PayPal E-Mail Scam - IMPORTANT! READ!

[FragTek]

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run

http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/ua/policy_privacy-outside

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DO NOT FILL OUT ANY INFORMATION IT MAY ASK YOU FOR IN THE LAST LINK!!!!

I was tricked nearly all the way into this until I got to the end of the information verification form where it was verifying my bank account information. There was a field that asked for my PIN number. I thought to myself right then and there, wtf??? I then looked up at the address bar and noticed that I was at an http://someonesipaddress. PayPal is ALWAYS a secure page if it's authentic (ie. https://www.paypal.com).

I didn't think anything of this email because lately I havent been able to use my PayPal card so I thought that may have been the reason that this email was sent, explaining that my account had limited access and what not.

Just wanted to make everyone aware that this is a scam!!!!!!!!!! NO ONE FALL INTO THIS ONE, IT'S VERY VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT!

The e-mail contains all the proper logos and sub texts pertaining to the email ID's that PayPal will send out.

Did anyone else get this???

[PyRo]

Thanks for the warning.
Basically any e-mail you get like that from paypal, ebay, your bank, etc is fake. Always go to directly to the sites homepage and login if this is actually a problem they will usually let you know when you login. If you really think it might be true you can send it to [email protected] or [email protected] and they will let you know within a couple hours.

[Kevmaster]

two things:

1) theres also an email goingaround saying that $175 hasbeencharged to your creditcard through paypal. thats not true either

2) if you click on ANY paypal link in an email...make sure 100% it is httpS://www.paypal.com/...

if its not, then youre being tricked!