fake paypal warning!

[speed3se-r]

MODS move this to the proper area, however i wanted to reach the main audience so that everyone see...thanks.

WARNING!(five-0)
I just received a "payment sent" email from "paypal" stating that funds had been sent to someone. I opened it and it was a payment of 149.95 for a WIFI hand held PDA. Looked legit, had the paypal header and all.
I was like WTF, since strange things have already been happening to my bank account, so i was already a little paranoid. At the bottom of the email, in bold, "If you have not authorized this this charge, click the link below to cancel payment and get a full refund." With a dispute charge link.
Clicked the link and it asks that you to verify that you are indeed you by entering in your account information. I suddenly thought that i'd better check my paypal history through the actual paypal site to see if i can gather any information on the payment.
Entered the site and found no history on it. Upon further examination of the fake email did not address me, instead it said "Dear Client", Paypal always addresses you by your first and last name. Paypal also does not automatically have a "dispute charge" link set up in BOLD directly in your face so you automatically panic and click it and enter in your information.
ALSO...the email is sent as a gif image so you cannot highlight specific information unlike authentic paypal emails. That is how i can post the acutal email i received...i just found this out just now while trying to figure out how i could post up the email. I've already forwarded this to paypal...PLEASE LET EVERYONE KNOW!!!!! You can copy and paste this in other forums if you want...

here is the email:

 

[ForceFed]

Nothing new..I get one of these a week...for about the last two years or so.
Just look at the Email Addy..Its a tell tale sign of whether its legit or not.

I simply report it as spam and delete it.

I never do anything like that through Email..Straight through the site only for me.

 

[TRMS3]

Ha! I love the 'Save My Information' Link too! No doubt it will prompt you to re-enter your info into thier bogus site! Another off-shore scam to be on the lookout for!

It's why I only use 'temporary' card numbers on the web... each one funded with the exact amount needed for that purchase only, even when transacting through PayPal... and, you should never, ever use your Debit card on the web!!

 

[Rotus8]

Forward the whole email to spoof@paypal.com so they can attempt to shut them down. The quicker you do it the more likely they will get caught.

 

[sephiroth]

that's the easiest way to tell it's a fake, ebay and paypal always address you either by your real name or your ebay account.

 

[Boosted03MSP]

Nothing new man. I get these all the time. Report it, mark it in your email as spam/filtered mail and delete it and move on. When yo make alot of sales, or buy alot online, eventually you just start getting these bad emails.

 

[speed3se-r]

reported immediately after i figured out it was a fake....what had me going was that my bank account already had some interesting charges on it....not by me thought which had me paranoid...

 

[ZZZOOM!]

I get these all the time for all kinds of stuff. It is almost funny the language that is in some of them. Most do not come from the USA. Always go directly to the site and log in there. The email log in link page is fake. I have been known to put some interesting language in them.

 

[Loose]

Exactly why I don't use online payers...