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retrose1 · ‎10-13-2017

I just got this email that is supposedly is from paypal with this heading and my name on it....

Important ? We noticed unusual activity in your PayPal account (PP 735-xxx-xxx)

And it has nothing but links to click to display the message, obvious scam.

I did not click on anything and went directly to the pal from my ebay link and of course nothing is wrong.

But just in case some newbie lurkers don't know about it, heads up. Never click on any links about your accounts - go directly to the account itself.

(*Bleep*)

emerald40 · ‎10-13-2017

@odditiesandantiquities1 wrote:
@retrose1 wrote:
@emerald40 wrote:
Yes, it is a scam as old as the hills, but what Rose is trying to point out is it has her actal name on it.

In the past when I received them it was always addressed to emerald 40 or dear customer or some other generic salutation. But it did not include my actual name, which I assume they did not have access to.
Exactly like it is on the account, not the business name that is on the address.

Since I tried to link my new card to register for the cashback a few days ago and failed because the pal doesn't like seeing the card number the way it is on the card, but as one continuous string of numbers, I figured that the pal might be contacting me because of that.

But the useless question mark and the click on these links to find out why we are contacting you just screamed scam to me.
These hackers are getting smarter than ever, which is what they are. This is very serious.

And that is why sellers need to be ever more vigilant.

myboardid · ‎10-13-2017

Last week my DH changed the password on our PP account while I was out of the house and forgot to tell me he did so. I came home to a Paypal email asking me if I'd changed it, and full of links to contact them or go to the site. It was a legitimate email from them, not a spoof, but it was very scary looking with all those links. I was not happy with them. Any cautious user would have been upset.

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emerald40 · ‎10-13-2017

I have received genuine emails from ebay and paypal, like the times I was hacked and they locked out my account.

And I have received bogus ones as well. But until Rose's thread, they never had my full name on it.

Now I will never respond to any of them, and would just call ebay or paypal's main number and verify it with them.

gramophone-georg · ‎10-13-2017

@myboardid wrote:
Last week my DH changed the password on our PP account while I was out of the house and forgot to tell me he did so. I came home to a Paypal email asking me if I'd changed it, and full of links to contact them or go to the site. It was a legitimate email from them, not a spoof, but it was very scary looking with all those links. I was not happy with them. Any cautious user would have been upset.

Yup- they were setill sending out warnings that they'd ALWAYS use your real name and NEVER your eBay ID and NEVER include links in their emails when they were, in fact, starting to do just that.

Face it- these people simply do not care. Heck, it took 3 months for them to wake up and figure out they'd been hacked last time. And we're supposed to rely on these "separate companies" to protect users? Don't make me laugh.

ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS go direct to the "source" in these cases, and never click on a link in an email. NEVER.

The only person who will protect you is... you.

Chaos is NOT an "industry standard".

castlemagicmemories · ‎10-13-2017

Great post, retrose, there may be those who are not familiar with this.

vw · ‎10-13-2017

"Since neither eBay nor PayPal seem to be doing anything at all about these phishing emails"

What do you expect them to do?

It's BEYOND their control. . .

OP: My question is how they got your email address?

Have you bought any .99 cent items from china lately?

emerald40 · ‎10-13-2017

@vw wrote:
"Since neither eBay nor PayPal seem to be doing anything at all about these phishing emails"

What do you expect them to do?

It's BEYOND their control. . .

OP: My question is how they got your email address?

Have you bought any .99 cent items from china lately?

Make some security changes in their official emails which will now distinguish them from the phishing ones.

It used to be that ebay would use your entire full name. Now they need to come up with another security measure to stay one step ahead of these scammers.

d-k_treasures · ‎10-13-2017

@sharingtheland wrote:
I did send it to PP, and they responded that they could not tell if it was a spoof or not because it wasn't from them.

Seriously? This is what they're saying now? Of course it's a spoof if it didn't come from paypal.

Talk about weaseling out ...

You can tell who is in charge over there now ..........

Doesn't that response make you feel like they are on top of things? Geez.

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"Nothing is obvious to the oblivious"

d-k_treasures · ‎10-13-2017

@rixstuff wrote:
I love it when I get that e-mail from "Bob jonhson, Paypal accounts manger" (no kidding, really just like that) telling me that my funds will be released to me as soon as I can show that I have shipped. Nope. I dont ship until I see money in my Paypal account.

And how many do they reel in when you couple that with the ebay 'List it, Ship it, Get paid'?

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"Nothing is obvious to the oblivious"

d-k_treasures · ‎10-13-2017

@myboardid wrote:
Last week my DH changed the password on our PP account while I was out of the house and forgot to tell me he did so. I came home to a Paypal email asking me if I'd changed it, and full of links to contact them or go to the site. It was a legitimate email from them, not a spoof, but it was very scary looking with all those links. I was not happy with them. Any cautious user would have been upset.

Wow - and these people handle money ...............

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"Nothing is obvious to the oblivious"

d-k_treasures · ‎10-13-2017

@vw wrote:
"Since neither eBay nor PayPal seem to be doing anything at all about these phishing emails"

What do you expect them to do?

It's BEYOND their control. . .

OP: My question is how they got your email address?

Have you bought any .99 cent items from china lately?

Seriously?

I EXPECT them to investigate them and shut them down.

What would you say to your bank if you received a spoof email, sent it to them, and they just blew you off?

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"Nothing is obvious to the oblivious"

newview · ‎10-13-2017

@vw wrote:
"Since neither eBay nor PayPal seem to be doing anything at all about these phishing emails"

What do you expect them to do?

It's BEYOND their control. . .

It is NOT beyond their control. ... if they would allocate the resources needed to track and trace the domain host that is providing hosting services to the phishing web site that these scumbags use to gather the login credentials of those taken in by the phishing emails. It's not rocket science. They would not be reinventing the wheel. There are tools and APIs readily available to do so.

They don't have a problem shutting down sellers who deal in counterfeit goods, but throw their hands up and give up when a scammer sets up a counterfeit website.

Apparently, like so many other things, they just plain DON'T. CARE. PERIOD.

I'm ̶p̶r̶e̶t̶t̶y̶ ̶s̶u̶r̶e̶ certain the lunatics have taken over the asylum.

gramophone-georg · ‎10-13-2017

@vw wrote:
"Since neither eBay nor PayPal seem to be doing anything at all about these phishing emails"

What do you expect them to do?

It's BEYOND their control. . .

OP: My question is how they got your email address?

Have you bought any .99 cent items from china lately?

Knowing for sure which emails come from them and which do not is beyond their control?

Chaos is NOT an "industry standard".

odditiesandantiquities1 · ‎10-13-2017

@gramophone-georg wrote:
@vw wrote:
"Since neither eBay nor PayPal seem to be doing anything at all about these phishing emails"

What do you expect them to do?

It's BEYOND their control. . .

OP: My question is how they got your email address?

Have you bought any .99 cent items from china lately?
@vw wrote:
"Since neither eBay nor PayPal seem to be doing anything at all about these phishing emails"

What do you expect them to do?

It's BEYOND their control. . .

OP: My question is how they got your email address?

Have you bought any .99 cent items from china lately?
Knowing for sure which emails come from them and which do not is beyond their control?

It used to be in their control?

retrose1 · ‎10-13-2017

@vw wrote:
"Since neither eBay nor PayPal seem to be doing anything at all about these phishing emails"

What do you expect them to do?

It's BEYOND their control. . .

OP: My question is how they got your email address?

Have you bought any .99 cent items from china lately?

I expect them to find out how a scammer has the exact name on my account to send along in their phishing email. Says to me that they have been hacked and this might be the tip of a soon to come iceburg.

And no, I have not bought anything from China at all.

(*Bleep*)