possable paypal scam

[the loon]

just got this claiming to be from paypal

Your credit card ending in 9699 will expire soon.

To avoid any interruption to your service, please update your credit card expiry
date by following the steps below. If you do not update your credit card expiry
date

- You will no longer be able to fund payments with this card

To update your credit card expiry date:

1.  Log in to your PayPal account
2.  Go to the Profile subtab
3.  Click on the 'Credit Cards' link in the Financial Information column
4.  Select the radio button next to the credit card you would like to update and
click 'Edit'
5.  Enter your credit card verification number
6.  Enter the new credit card expiry date
7.  Click 'Save'


Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team


considering I dont use a credit card on paypal think that maybe a hoax

[discoandy]

I have heard about this one on the news,
email it to spoof@paypal.co.uk and they will try to trace it

[the loon]

I have heard about this one on the news,
email it to spoof@paypal.co.uk and they will try to trace it

sent. Dont know what good it will do though as they never seem to act on them

[chuggaman]

never never ever use a paypal email

allways log in through the site and nothing else

same with ebay

[discoandy]

spoof@paypal.co.uk and spoof@ebay.co.uk are legit email addresses, most of the dodgy emails that u recieve will have a link ending .com

[the loon]

never never ever use a paypal email

allways log in through the site and nothing else

same with ebay

SWMBO got caught like that with ebay once

[Budgie]

As the email is asking you to log into your account on PayPal and not giving you a link within the email, then it could be genuine.

You have to register a credit card when you sign up for an eBay account and PayPal is part of eBay!! Anyway, you've done the right thing if your not happy with it, PayPal will answer the email and let you know.

I've had a number of spoof emails reportedly from PayPal asking me to log into my account using a link at the bottom of the message, not very well done cos if you "mouse over" the address another url appears at the bottom of the screen! Dead give away that it's spoof!!
Anyway, I've sent every one of these to PayPal and checked the site within 24hrs and each time it's been closed down!  =D>
So it does help to send them in, don't just think "well they won't take any notice" cos they do.  

[Kate]

Tip,

Take every email you receive from Ebay or paypal and send it back to them, they will confirm if it is a real one.

Do not take chances as I have had this problem someone started using my original account selling and buying and I couldn't access my account.
 :oops:

So now I do not take that chance, I just send everything to Spoof, and they confirm with me if it is real.

I think they maybe fed up with me sending them, but it is a small price to pay.
 :lol:

[TimM]

I've had a similar paypal scam on my work email - something along the lines of:

'Receipt for £1000 paypal payment.'

Looks genuine (but isn't), as it is a good copy of an actual receipt, the obvious flaw is that I use my private email for paypal, it gives you a link to 'your' paypal account ('sign in here') so you can check who you've paid.

i.e. trying to get your sign in details so they can rip you off.

I hadn't realised there was an emial you could forward them too (spoof@paypal.co.uk), I will forward them on next time.

ALWAYS BE AWARE!

Tim.