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12-22-2019, 10:29 AM #1
Warning: PayPal email scam
This week I have received 2 email posts from "service@paypaI.com".
The message is that your account needs to be verified via the enclosed link.
DON'T DO IT! It's a scam, phishing for your personal information.
Delete the email and open your account in the normal way. Confirm that there
is no real problem...which there won't be."If you come up to it, and you just can't do it, then that's jolly well where you are."
Lord Buckley
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12-22-2019, 11:22 AM #2
Thank you. I have also got a similar email from, what looks like, a credit card that I have. I called the company right away a confirmed it was a scam.
What a curse be a dull razor; what a prideful comfort a sharp one
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12-22-2019, 11:46 AM #3
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Thanked: 292If you are reading email in a browser, most will show the URL behind any link included in the email. These phishing scams often have you accessing a web site in some strange country. The OP's advice is sound.
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12-22-2019, 05:41 PM #4
I have followed this rule of thumb for years when dealing with emails and advised others accordingly;
If I don't recognize the sender it gets deleted....period!"If You Knew Half of What I Forgot You Would Be An Idiot" - by DoughBoy68
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12-22-2019, 09:25 PM #5
Never ever open any links for anything. Phishing. They will come from banks, from apple, PayPal, whatever you can imagine.
For fun just check where is the email coming from. It's always some weird long email address.
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12-24-2019, 06:35 PM #6
Thanks for the PSA, Paul-As someone whose entire bank account was cleaned out to the tune of 6k last spring (we got it all back, but it took weeks of frustrating forms, phone calls, and meetings), I'd like to hope there is a nice toasty corner of hell reserved for scam artists and con-men in any form. Not everyone observes the spirit of the holidays, sadly.
There are many roads to sharp.