NEW AND IMPORTANT Paypal almost got scammed!!

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Had a close call. I got an email from paypal today saying i changed my password and my account was logged into from Singapore, so Paypal reduced the ability for my account to be used.

Then there was a link to PayPal with instructions on how to resolve and reactivate my account if I provided correct info.

Shit looked legit to me!!! In every way infact it was a good job!!!

but i had read before the following, and it saved my bacon for sure....

To help you identify suspicious email, below are a few things that
PayPal will NEVER DO!!! in an email communication:

1. Send an email to: "Undisclosed Recipients" or more than one email
address
2. Ask you to download a form or file to resolve an issue
3. Ask to verify an account using personal information such as name,
date of birth, driver license, or address
4. Ask to verify an account using bank account information such as bank
name, routing number, or PIN number
5. Ask to verify an account using credit card information such as credit
card number or type, expiration date, ATM PIN number, or CVV2 security
code
6. Ask you for your security question answers without displaying each
security question you created
7. Ask you to ship an item, pay a shipping fee, send a Western Union
Money Transfer, or provide a tracking number before the payment
received is available in your transaction history

Any time you receive an email about activity to your PayPal account, the
safest way to confirm the validity is to login directly to the PayPal
website and review the relevant section. If you see suspicious activity,
you would do the following:

1. Open a new browser and type in "www.paypal.com"
2. Log in to your PayPal account.
3. Click "Activity" near the top of the page.
4. Click on the suspicious transaction to expand the details.
5. Click "Report this as unauthorized"
6. Complete the report process on the next screen.

..............................

So i did just that but i called instead. I opened PayPal from my app, and found security section/ contact us

1 (855) 684-1966

I actually saved that number in my cotacts, and attached email info

[email protected]

They went threw checked all my transactions...

I changed my pins, passwords and security questions..

Be out in the look out folks just a heads up!!!

That email looked legit in every way, and caught me off guard!!! Glad I didn't do anything and contacted Paypal threw my own browser and called in...
 
That scam was going around in the early-mid 2000s.
Both for eBay and paypal accounts.
Basically they get you to login through a link and boom, they've highjacked your account.
Sucks it happened to you, what a hassle.
 
It was easy for me, they didnt get shit, i didnt hit the link, i called in, checked all was cool, changed a few things for protection and off to dinner[emoji41][emoji41]
 
I tell my clients ... there are 3 rules when it comes to email and its determination if an email is malicious

1. if you know it's malicious, it's malicious
2. if you think it's malicious, it's malicious
3. if you know it's safe, there's still a possibility it's malicious

you have to be suspect of any email-based communications these days, I don't care how strong/smart your filtering/security is.

glad you avoided the scam
 
you always login directly and never from email or link that's the most simplest rule out there.

like someone said above its been going on for 20 years now ;)
 
you always login directly and never from email or link that's the most simplest rule out there.

like someone said above its been going on for 20 years now ;)

Yep, just had that happen to me a month ago. I think it was Singapore too.

EDIT: I just got one at 11AM today. Same exact thing. Unfortunately it's pretty common because a lot of people must fall for that and the British people who always want to share 37 million pounds.
 
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I usually forward these email addresses and similar phone numbers to people online who do pranks professionally. Apparently, people are making good money pranking these scammers on youtube.
 
I got one of these emails yesterday as well - so many errors in the body of the email that it was clearly fake without even finishing reading the first sentence.

I did what Kickman did and reported it to [email protected]

...pretty easy to report.
 
I'm constantly getting emails telling me that I need to change my password and card info on my Play Station account. Thing is, I've never even owned a Play Station.

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