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Looks dodgy to me - delete the email being my immediate reaction unless anyone here has experience to say otherwise?
Normally I check the senders email, it will be a scam.
if theres anything you need to do, you will find it on the authentic paypal site. Only do it there.
Dodgy.
Just log onto PayPal and see any issues they've raised there.
Never open mails from them (or their fakers) You just never know whats in them.
Don't click on the link.Log into PayPal externally.
I've said it before, if you have to ask "is it a scam" then the answer is "yes, it is." Simple enough to test, just log in to your account by going to paypal.com (and not clicking any links in the email!).
Very, very common. The link will say "paypal" but if you mouse-over it it'll show some random server name in the Status Bar. Also, Paypal know your name and the scam ones will usually start "Dear Customer" or variations thereof. I had "Dear Costumer" the other day, which gave me the giggles.
Its a well used scam thats been circulating for months. The email goes along the lines of your account being limited due to suspicious activity. You'll get them continuously, also with subjects saying urgent etc...
Dont click it, dont enter any details. Just go to the paypal site straight from your address bar or google and check your account is normal.
You can forward the mail to spoof@paypal.com.
I'm just on my way to Merlins website, I suspect I will find out if my Paypal account is working shortly!
Official emails from paypal will be personally addressed.
A lot of them going about at the moment. Must admit the first one nearly got me...
I had "Dear Costumer" the other day, which gave me the giggles.
I read somewhere that these scam emails deliberately had bad grammar and spelling, to filter out the more intelligent recipients.
You can forward the mail to spoof@paypal.com.
I'd be tempted not to bother; forwarding them could activate "hot spots" which dial home, verifying to the spammer that your email address is valid and in use.
I read somewhere that these scam emails deliberately had bad grammar and spelling, to filter out the more intelligent recipients.
Yup, more so with Advance Fee Fraud and suchlike though, which require social engineering; they don't want to waste actual time talking to someone who's going to go "hang on a minute..." at the 11th hour. Whereas things like Trojans are going to want to maximise their click-throughs so tend to be more professional. Though there's no hard-and-fast rule, the more different approaches they try, the more likely they are to catch someone out.
They also use bad grammar to sucker in the dickheads who think they are smart and will play with the stupid scammer, the scammer is far better at the game and gains a lot of social engineering from the interaction.
[quote=MSP said]They also use bad grammar to sucker in the dickheads who think they are smart and will play with the stupid scammer, the scammer is far better at the game and gains a lot of social engineering from the interaction.
I doubt it. The grammar is just bad 🙂
OP is this serious? I love to goof on here but come on.
The normal thing to do is try to log into your account normally.
Woe.