Paypal - Beware Fraud Emails

Shadow Leader

Shadow Leader

At the Start
Joined
Nov 9, 2003
Messages
9,884
I got an email today purporting to be from Paypal, telling me that my account had been locked and would only be unlocked if I clicked on a link and verified some of my details. The email looked genuine and I thought it might have been as it was delivered to my inbox, not my junk email. On clicking the link that took me to Paypal (or a site that looked very much like it) they asked for all my bank details including the security number on the back of the card at which point I went no further. The website told me that my account would remain locked until I entered the details. Funnily enough on logging onto the Paypal website later there was no mention of the locked account. Beware though, both the email and the website look absolutely genuine.
 
Just like the fraud ebay emails, I also get these Paypal emails all the time. The golden rule with all these companies is that they will NEVER ask you for details by email. So if you do receive anything from them asking for passwords etc, ignore them.
 
the funniest ones are those that say you have a long lost relative who has left you x ammount in an offshore trust fund. they want your bank details so that they can deposit the money into your acount, but i never understand where they make money. say if i did give them my sort code & acc. no they cant withdraw from my account, or can they?
 
Jft, just for fun, you understand - PM me your sort code and your bank account number, and let's see if I can take out a tenner, shall we?
 
They have been going around for ages.

I can't believe people actually fall for this kind of thing, no organisation will ever email you and ask for personal details.
 
I know they've been going around for ages - my point is that this is the first one I've seen that looks the real thing. They didn't ask for details via email either.
 
Many of them do look like the real thing, that what fraudsters do, but with real companies they will never email you and ask you to log in to your account ,so no matter how good it looks always keep this in mind.
 
Originally posted by Shadow Leader@Apr 6 2006, 03:12 PM
What surprised me most was that the email managed to bypass my junk mail folder and land in my inbox.
Click to expand...
Oh so that means it's real.

Please Shads, when it comes to the net, dont reply to anyone who asks or tells you anything about account being locked etc etc

I think i'll turn into an internet conman, so many mugs out there it's unreal.
 
I know it's not bloody real for Christ's sake!! I didn't fall for it!!! Have you actually read anything I've put?

Get back in your box and stop calling me a mug will you?
 
I agree with Bar ~ please, please, please Shads, if you get an e-mail from Paypal asking for your bank details, don't give them out. Apparently it's some sort of con. I can't emphasise this strongly enough, and hope that you don't get suckered in, you poor naive girl :P
 
Originally posted by Shadow Leader@Apr 7 2006, 09:53 AM
I know it's not bloody real for Christ's sake!! I didn't fall for it!!! Have you actually read anything I've put?

Get back in your box and stop calling me a mug will you?
Click to expand...
Shads going off your original post, you did get sucked in, then on your 2nd post you said it "looked real" so yes I will call you a mug, you stopped short of getting burnt, if they did a bit more work you would of been had, fact! They got your interest.

Dont ever RESPOND MONGO! (that will save you money you mug!)

Firm but fair!
 
I received my first 'bank' hoax e-mail this morning, purporting to be from JP Morgan, with whom I do not have an a/c. It was very badly spelled, warning that unless I clicked on the link, my account would have to be suspended 'temporally' (!). I phoned up JPM to let them know I'd received this tosh, and the very nice chap in their security/fraud office said to forward them to the relevant bank mentioned if you receive them, so they can trace the site and destroy it.

Anyone getting a JP Morgan e-mail can forward it to him at raymond.f.oliver@jpmorgan.com or phone on 020 7777 2000 - he told me that banks are receiving around 40,000 CALLS A DAY because of these wretches, and that some 4-5 MILLION are send DAILY from the previous Soviet Union countries. Bring back Stalin, I say, and teach 'em the evils of capitalism!

Unbelievably, he said, some people actually click the link, send their details, and don't even have accounts with the banks mentioned!
 
Originally posted by krizon@Apr 11 2006, 02:01 PM
so they can trace the site and destroy it.
Click to expand...
Interesting. I would like to know exactly how they are doing this when they openly admit that they originate from a foreing jurisdiction. JP Morgan launching DOS attacks?
 
Don't shoot the messenger, darling! The actual term was 'so we can trace the site and have it shut down', which might translate in the originating country as "Boris end Ivan pays zem a visit end shoots zem with zeze nice Uzis".
 
Sorry didn't mean to sound as if I was! Your solution would probably be regarded as acceptable business practice by some JPM execs...
 
Back
Top