PayPal scam alert.

[Ratrod]

Yesterday I received an email saying I should update my PayPal account.

Looked very professional, they even had a paypal.com email adress. However the link goes to a Polish site.

Obviously a scam. It's been reported to PayPal. Mark as phishing and delete.

[JDC]

damn phishers!

because of the way email works, it's very easy to make it look like it was from paypal, or a bank, etc

can't remember the exact details but something along the lines of, as an email is sent it's forwarded server by server to it's destination, so the original sender will make up the address and forward it like a server would

if I get something that I'm not sure is phishing or not, I'll go and type in the website myself, rather than use links in the email

[Dmoney]

i started that email....

sorry everyone!!!








(disclaimer: i actually didnt start it)

[Jonny]

If you find anything dodgey always check the Source code for the e-mail, view the email in its own window and then look up the page source.

I only know this works for Gmail but the RETURN PATH should have an official Paypal email or whatever email you may be made to believe it is, if its anything else then it's a scam.

I'm getting them from Blizzard which is annoying.

Here's an example:

[Fourth Feline]

Thank you for the warning / confirmation Ratrod.  I received and immediately deleted an e:mail of that description yesterday, but did not look up at 'Flagfox' - or investigate further.   If it happens again, I will now know to report and then delete.

Cheers !  :)