Another scam to watch out for!

[ZumbroKid]

Got this on the other day: You get a email claiming you won a certain high value item. It looks like pay pal. It looks official and if you want to contest it click a certain link. if you do it pops up what looks like Pay pal my account section with a place to type in your email address and also your pass word. Check your pay pal and ebay to see if you really won something first. I believe many people are getting this new one and some will be fooled into a bad situation. Hope no one here falls for this one, Let your family and friends know.

 

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[Gypsy Heart]

Thanks Free ...I got to of these in my email...appreciate the warning!

 

[jeff of pa]

I delete ANYTHING from EBAY or PAYPAL on sight.

I DON'T HAVE PAYPAL, So when they Ask for My info to Update,
I know it's a scam.

and IF EBay wants to contact me they can do it by Ground Mail

 

[beeper]

Yep your right Jeff, I recieved the same and almost started to fill it out andi said OH OH< something wrong here!

 

[rjnail]

DONT LIKE PAYPAL, BUT TNKS,

 

[Seamuss]

If I don't know the person who sends email of that nature then it gets deleted. People never offer you something without a catch.

 

[Xraywolf]

Both paypal & ebay occasionally send legit emails.
They almost always do so with your name, and don't have any links to click, but rather tell you to go to their site, as you normally do, and log in.

Anything else is a scam.

 

[Shortstack]

Yep, one of the suggestions eBay gives for avoiding phishing crap is to open a new window and type in their site address on the address bar and then sign in to check on the "news" or "needs" spouted about in the email.

 

[Smee]

I never open those emails from Ebay or Paypal. Too many phishers have friends who can help them infect your computer. How? When you open that email, it can run a script which can enable the sender to capture your password even if you log on to the legitimate sites.

I get a paypal email, it goes in the trash without opening, then I log on to my account to see if I have any messages there.

Same with ebay.

 

[mlayers]

Thanks for the infor......Matt

 

[desertfox]

Don't use either PayPal or EBay but have gotten emails asking for my password etc. Into the trash they go. HH

Desertfox