Scam Alert

**Dra'ki Areese** · 20th February 2007, 07:05 AM

ok.. im not sure if i should be worried or if someone is just trying to scam me..

this morning i check my mail and find 4 transactions from my paypal account... i flip.. i havn't used it in a while and all the transactions are for Ipods totalling around 1k.. I run to my antivirus and start a check.. I run to paypal and change the password, and i change the password on the email... then.. I look at my account summary.. it doesn't mention any of these transactions.. yes, i went to paypal.com not any of the links in the email..

anyway.. the emails look very authentic, but the account page doesn't mention anything about the transactions... am I missing something or is someone just trying to get me to click on the "dispute this transaction" like in the paypal email?

**Vepl** · 20th February 2007, 07:22 AM

I would guess it is a phishing email. Glad you didn't click on any links in the email. I do recommend that you forward the email to PayPal. I think it is spoof@paypal.com . They can/will check into it.

Vepl

Rhus Radicans · 20th February 2007, 07:33 AM

It was a phishing email. Forward the suspect emails to spoof@paypal.com as has already been advised. You'll get a reply from paypal as to whether it was genuine or not.

Never click a link in such an email. If you suspect the email itself, change your password at paypal by typing the address in your browser's address window, not by clicking any links.

**Dra'ki Areese** · 20th February 2007, 07:35 AM

I called the guy who i supposedly bought 4 ipods off of.. apperantly he has gotten a lot of calls about this... he confirmed it was a scam... I sent the emails to paypal (thanks for the addy)

hopefully everyone else will watch out for this and go straight to paypal.com to invistgate it issue.. I learned a while ago NEVER use the links in strange emails.

**Queen Mum** · 20th February 2007, 08:48 AM

Thank you for the heads up!!

Mercedes · 20th February 2007, 09:28 AM

Thank you, for the info

**Adam** · 20th February 2007, 03:01 PM

Yea sounds like a fishing scam
As far as I know, Paypal doesn't send out recent transaction histories, at least, i've never got one.

Tukaram · 20th February 2007, 04:18 PM

That is why when I never click the link on the e-mail. I always type the address myself.

I also use MailWasher to proof read my e-mails and 'bounce' all those back to sender as undeliverable. It's a shame they have taught us to be so paranoid.

...just because you are paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

20th February 2007, 07:05 AM	#1
Dra'ki Areese Slave to emptiness Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 338 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Scam Alert ok.. im not sure if i should be worried or if someone is just trying to scam me.. this morning i check my mail and find 4 transactions from my paypal account... i flip.. i havn't used it in a while and all the transactions are for Ipods totalling around 1k.. I run to my antivirus and start a check.. I run to paypal and change the password, and i change the password on the email... then.. I look at my account summary.. it doesn't mention any of these transactions.. yes, i went to paypal.com not any of the links in the email.. anyway.. the emails look very authentic, but the account page doesn't mention anything about the transactions... am I missing something or is someone just trying to get me to click on the "dispute this transaction" like in the paypal email? __________________ I've never figured out how to be gracefully humble without appearing weak. Nor have I figured out how to be gracefully passionate without appearing arrogant. In the end, I always seem to be arrogant and weak instead of humbly passionate.

20th February 2007, 07:22 AM	#2
Vepl Forum Legend Join Date: Oct 2006 Shard: Lake Superior Posts: 3,638 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Scam Alert I would guess it is a phishing email. Glad you didn't click on any links in the email. I do recommend that you forward the email to PayPal. I think it is spoof@paypal.com . They can/will check into it. Vepl __________________ Another Quality Job by Atlas607 Member of K*S

20th February 2007, 07:33 AM	#3
Rhus Radicans Join Date: Apr 2006 Shard: Catskills Posts: 602 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Scam Alert It was a phishing email. Forward the suspect emails to spoof@paypal.com as has already been advised. You'll get a reply from paypal as to whether it was genuine or not. Never click a link in such an email. If you suspect the email itself, change your password at paypal by typing the address in your browser's address window, not by clicking any links. __________________

20th February 2007, 07:35 AM	#4
Dra'ki Areese Slave to emptiness Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 338 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Scam Alert I called the guy who i supposedly bought 4 ipods off of.. apperantly he has gotten a lot of calls about this... he confirmed it was a scam... I sent the emails to paypal (thanks for the addy) hopefully everyone else will watch out for this and go straight to paypal.com to invistgate it issue.. I learned a while ago NEVER use the links in strange emails. __________________ I've never figured out how to be gracefully humble without appearing weak. Nor have I figured out how to be gracefully passionate without appearing arrogant. In the end, I always seem to be arrogant and weak instead of humbly passionate.

20th February 2007, 08:48 AM	#5
Queen Mum Lead Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Shard: Sonoma Posts: 2,870 Blog Entries: 17 Thanks: 66 Thanked 176 Times in 59 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 1	Re: Scam Alert Thank you for the heads up!!

20th February 2007, 09:28 AM	#6
Mercedes Banned Join Date: Sep 2006 Shard: Chessy Posts: 778 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Scam Alert Thank you, for the info

20th February 2007, 03:01 PM	#7
Adam Lead Administrator Owner Join Date: Oct 1990 Posts: 5,279 Thanks: 36 Thanked 321 Times in 116 Posts	Re: Scam Alert Yea sounds like a fishing scam As far as I know, Paypal doesn't send out recent transaction histories, at least, i've never got one. __________________ Get your own personal forum Like these ones - Personal forum listing Bored @ work? Play in our arcade! Useful Tips on how to use UOForums Open your own blog

20th February 2007, 04:18 PM	#8
Tukaram Old & grouchy Join Date: Apr 2004 Shard: Great Lakes Posts: 1,387 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Scam Alert That is why when I never click the link on the e-mail. I always type the address myself. I also use MailWasher to proof read my e-mails and 'bounce' all those back to sender as undeliverable. It's a shame they have taught us to be so paranoid. ...just because you are paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you. __________________ Tuka Kinsmen are born. Friendship is a gift of the gods.

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