DANGER FRAUD INFO

[Woodland Detectors]

Be careful folks if you receive an email like this that reads Paypal has froze your account.
I called Paypal and they advised me it was a scam. I was asked to forward the attachment to : [email protected] The email asks to open an attachment where you are to verify all of your credit card info.
Here is what it looks like:--------->

"PayPal Email ID XXXXXXXX
From: PayPal Inc ([email protected])
Medium risk You may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as junk
Sent: Fri 3/05/10 6:47 AM
To:

Attachments: 1 attachment
PP7685668...html (3.8 KB)

Dear PayPal user,

As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in
the PayPal system. We recently contacted you after noticing an
issue on your account.

We requested information from you for the following reason:

We recently received a report of unauthorized credit card use
associated with this account. As a precaution, we have limited
access to your PayPal account in order to protect against future
unauthorized transactions.

Case ID Number: PP-76-856-683

This is a reminder to restore your account as soon as possible.

Please download the form attached to this email and open it in a
web browser. Once opened, you will be provided with steps to
restore your account access. We appreciate your understanding as
we work to ensure account safety.

In accordance with PayPal's User Agreement, your account access
will remain limited until the issue has been resolved.
Unfortunately, if access to your account remains limited for an
extended period of time, it may result in further limitations or
eventual account closure. We encourage you to restore your PayPal
account as soon as possible to help avoid this. We thank you for
your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this
is a security measure intended to help protect you and your
account. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department

PayPal Email ID PP-76-856-683"

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[treasurehound]

Re: DANGER

Thanks Mike. You are correct about scams being sent to your email. Both paypal and eBay only contact you thru your actual account. They never send you info concerning your account via email. I have reported this a couple of times myself. Good job Mike in letting others know about this scam.

 

[liftloop]

Re: DANGER

thanks all be on the look out.

 

[GPS53]

Re: DANGER

I received one the other day, not quite the same wording, but similar.
As 4-H stated, never, never, never log on to any account through a link in an e-mail.
Whenever I get these phishing e-mails, I close them, then log into my account through my links,
and then check my account for any abnormalitys.
Be careful

 

[mainer]

Re: DANGER

Thanks for the heads up 4-H.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Re: DANGER

Interesting..
Thanks Mike.

I have all "paypal" emails marked as "spam" anyway....

I don't keep anything in it (The paypal acct), and anything I NEED, I get from the SITE when I am using it, the rest is just marketing BS...

Thank Brian good advise.

 

[luvsdux]

What's doubly worrisome is the folks that do these scams will make the presentation look truly authentic. The logos etc. look just like the real deal.
luvsdux