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Warning - paypal spoof emails

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ayse Sat 17-Jan-15 10:14:12

This morning I received an email purporting to be from Pay Pal saying I had made a purchase yesterday and giving me the details for rather a lot of money. 'If it was incorrect I should contact them via the details below'. I'd actually been having some real difficulties with buying something from Ebay and in the process mucked up my Pay Pal account.
I rang Pay Pal and finally managed to get through - I read it to them and they told me it was a spoof and to report it to their fraud department.

How to tell if this email is a spoof - it says 'Dear Pay Pal user'
Don't click on any links but contact Pay Pal to report it. Luckily I knew I hadn't made any expenditure yesterday.

Has anyone else had this one?

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Teetime Sat 17-Jan-15 10:15:33

Yes - often!!! and Santander who I don't bank with anyway and BT saying my card number is wrong- I pay by Standing Order - just delete.

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Mishap Sat 17-Jan-15 10:20:16

Yes - we get this paypal one - and we too have information coming through from banks we do not bank with.

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Marelli Sat 17-Jan-15 10:21:05

Yes, I have ayse. Sometimes they tell me I've made a payment to Skype and should log on to my account to check, etc, etc. I don't use Skype so...!
'They' have tried other things, too - just don't click on any of the links and report to Spoof@paypal. Delete as soon as you've forwarded the email to them.

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ayse Sat 17-Jan-15 10:24:10

I actually do use paypal when I can remember my password - but not very often. I did delete and did not follow any links - it must be so easy to get caught if you have made a payment. Very creepy!

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Marelli Sat 17-Jan-15 10:43:01

They're all creeps! Just this minute had a phone call from a gentleman (from afar), who is very concerned about something that's wrong with my computer. I put on a wavery voice and said that this sort of thing was very worrying for me, as I'm an old lady.....and he launched into an explanation of what could happen if he didn't help me sort my computer out. I had to butt in and tell him that someone was trying to break in at my back door - and that I had to phone for help....shock

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Teetime Sat 17-Jan-15 11:04:06

I'd be tempted to say ' the police/MI5 are monitoring all my phone calls' they will soon ring off.

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pompa Sat 17-Jan-15 11:15:58

If you get any suspect email from Paypal, forward it to :-

[email protected]

You will get a reply very quickly.

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