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Offline Muddy Moo

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« on: April 09, 2006, 19:39:07 »
got this e mail today  a few people i know have also received it so please be aware  :shock: dont send then any details send them a polite email telling them to call us then at least that way  we can ask them some data protection questions to confirm they are who they say they are

  Dear customer  
 You have received this email because we have strong reason to believe that your Paypal account had been recently compromised. In order to prevent any fraudulent activity from occurring we are required to open an investigation into this matter.

 If your account informations is not updated within the next 72 hours, then will assume this account is fraudulent and will be suspended. We apologize for this inconvenience, but the purpose of this verification is to ensure that your Paypal account has not fraudulently used and to combat fraud.
 To speed up the process, you are required to verify your Paypal account by following the link below:

 https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-submit

  We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause you and we would like to thank you for cooperation as we review this matter.
 

 Regards,
 Paypal Online.
 

Copyright © 1999-2006 PayPal. All rights reserved.
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« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2006, 19:50:55 »
i had that one a few months back ... and so have a few on here :x
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« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2006, 20:03:53 »
paypal never emails you or any other financial institution.

if you are unsure, dont click on the link but go to the website directly.
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« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2006, 20:06:55 »
DONT EVER


REPLY to these emails. If you are unsure send it to spoof@paypal.co.uk

or if it is supposed to come from ebey send to spoof@ebay.co.uk

REPEAT DONT EVER REPLY TO THESE


OR CLICK ON ANY LINK
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« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2006, 20:20:16 »
We get loads of these each day, apparently my Barclays account will be shut unless I enter the details in a link....not too bothered as I don't have an account with them.

Also frequently get a supposed message from an ebay buyer wanting to know how much for p+p to west virginia for an item that finished in march!!!

Paypal will however briefly suspend you account (about 20mins) once you have received over a certain amount whilst they check it for money laundering but you don't need to do anything, they just do some sort of check.

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« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2006, 21:44:55 »
I thought real paypal emails started with your real full name? NOT DEAR CUSTOMER?
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« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2006, 22:55:22 »
Quote from: "abinitio"
We get loads of these each day, apparently my Barclays account will be shut unless I enter the details in a link....not too bothered as I don't have an account with them.
Lee


I had a barclays mail like that a few times at the begining of the year. I sent them a nice reply saying close my account I'm not bothered.

Second time they mailed me did exactly the same and pointed out I've never had any accounts with barclays ever at all.
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« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2006, 23:13:19 »
generally speaking, never reply to or open an email you consider to be dodgy.

at worst it can do all sorts of trojan nastyness, keyloggers and gosh knows what else.  At best all it does is confirm that there is a person at the other end of the address and will probably get you spammed to death.
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« Reply #8 on: April 10, 2006, 09:28:28 »
a lot of the time it can look very official, but if theres a link, by hovering over it you can see where it goes to (bottom left corner) if its a series of numbers BE VERY SUSPICIOUS!

no forums/sites/banks/etc will send you a mail asking for your details, they already have them. and in the highly unlikely event that they`ve lost them, they will ask you to re-register or come to the bank... not mail over all your personal info!
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« Reply #9 on: April 10, 2006, 12:38:48 »
Quote from: "Rocketman"
DONT EVER


REPLY to these emails. If you are unsure send it to spoof@paypal.co.uk

or if it is supposed to come from ebey send to spoof@ebay.co.uk

REPEAT DONT EVER REPLY TO THESE


OR CLICK ON ANY LINK


Clicking on the links can cost more people than just you, a guy in Wales clicked on an Ebay link and fed in his info, next morning he wonders why he has a heap of emails from Ebay - he is most surprised to see he is selling cameras in the US !!!!!

How do I know all this ?, my fiancee's neice got ripped off $1,000 trying to buy one on a 2nd chance off - she had already sent the money by Western Union before Ebay caught up with the scamsters. She managed to get hold of the original guy's details from Ebay and I called him to get confirmation of her fears.

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« Reply #10 on: April 10, 2006, 15:02:27 »
Well that's another lesson there then Trev, NEVER SEND PAYMENT BY WESTERN UNION!!
No comeback if it all goes wrong.  :wink:
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« Reply #11 on: April 10, 2006, 18:21:11 »
Thats another big scam going around at the moment,
you sell something on EBay, buyer says he has a cheque from his friend but it is made out for more than your sale price. He asks you if you would mind having the cheque for the larger amount and will you send him the differrence.
When you check western union it looks as though his cheque has cleared so you send him the goods and the balance. Then western union tell you that his cheque has bounced. Net result is he has your goods for free AND you have paid him to get them.
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« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2006, 20:58:07 »
Quote from: "Budgie"
Well that's another lesson there then Trev, NEVER SEND PAYMENT BY WESTERN UNION!!
No comeback if it all goes wrong.  :wink:


YEP,

By the time I hadf heard the dirty deed was already done though :(


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« Reply #13 on: April 14, 2006, 20:48:56 »
Last year i had a jeep YJ for sale on jeepclub,i had an email saying someone wanted to buy it and what was my 'best' price.
The thing was i also got an email from them to another seller on jeepclub site,They seem to come by yahoo.
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« Reply #14 on: April 16, 2006, 18:33:28 »
i have just received an email from the so called paypal security desk!!! asking me to click the link and change my settings which i have ignored this. So i have gone onto the proper site and changed um anyway so beware boys and girls :shock:
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