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[Closed] PSA - PayPal speculative emails doing the rounds..
I've had a couple of "genuine" PayPal mails asking for suspension's to be lifted on my account.. a couple stating "limitations" that also need lifting.
Well as you guessed in the mail it asks for you to click the link and I reckon it's all just a super scam of the highest order.
The mails do look remarkably genuine though, so just keep your fingers off the mouse unless you decide to trust these mails.
😉
I had a similar one a few weeks ago. Ignored it for the same reasons but then when I logged onto Paypal my account has indeed been limited and it's prompting me to go through various security and verification (automated phone call to my landline stating a number). None of it worked and I got sick of dicking about. I haven't noticed any activity that wasn't me on either my Paypal account of associated bank account so perhaps everything is fine and it's just user error.....really should get it sorted I suppose as I can't use Paypal to pay for anything whilst it is limited.
Get these from PayPal or natwest or hsbc or Barclays etc pretty much daily. Arseholes.
bikebouy - Member
The mails do look remarkably genuine though
Thanks for the ‘heads-up’.
Any genuine emails from PayPal will have your name e.g. ‘David Smith’ either in the header or the first line of the email.
It takes nothing to hover your pointer over a link anywhere on the web. That's usually a good indication of where you're going to end up...
On a Mac you can view the raw source of the message (hovering can be hit and miss for me) via the menu. Usually there's a whole lot of trouble in links that end .ru or similar.
hovering can be hit and miss for me
How so?
I have two scam emails supposedly from Paypal. If the sender address wasn't enough to alert me (both are from an @outlook.com address), when I hover over the "Log in now" button the link shows www . x . co/PayPcal and the other x.co/PaypalEU. Neither are the correct address as is evident if you hover a genuine Paypal email.
AFAIK It's not hard to spoof an address.
Sharpmail, etc.
That reminds me, I have to email Chicks On The Right again [from their own email address] and tell them how much Obama has done for me 🙂
AFAIK It's not hard to spoof an address.
Which goes to show how smart the senders of this batch are.
Any genuine emails from PayPal will have your name e.g. ‘David Smith’ either in the header or the first line of the email.
Check out spear phishing. They will have these details.