Comments on: PayPal Scam

By: Web Design Middlesex

Web Design Middlesex — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:50:22 +0000

Jen’s righ, the ebay one’s are very convincing indeed, beaware of those too.
As Ebay owns PayPal, there’s lot’s of talk about eBay having people inside their company who do this on purpose. Thinking of it, why do you think these emails sometimes have really personal data about you?

Just google “ebay phishing emails” and you will find tons about it.

By: Tchit

Tchit — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:43:54 +0000

Of course the email of the sender was more than suspicious. But you should know that it is extremely easy to fake the real address.. You can send a mail from @paypal.com or even @whitehouse.gov from any smtp addresse.
So the real thing is to watch the address of the website in your browser : that cannot be faked.

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:22:44 +0000

I use the security that texts me a numeric code that allows me to log in. Without it, you can’t get into the account. Quick, fast and secure. I highly recommend everyone does it

By: Sergio Igartua

Sergio Igartua — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:08:33 +0000

The domain and extension are a dead give away, of course. However, the spelling and grammar is a red flag too. For starters it reads “biling” (with one L) instead of “billing” (with two L’s as it should be). Then it says “your information ARE out of date”, another mistake… The bad use of English and the .FR extension would make me toss that one right out.

I get alot of these from time to time and from banks I don’t even have an account with. If it’s from a company I work with, I will simply log into the website from my browser as I would do normally, without clicking on anything from any email, and then I check the details there.

It’s a good idea to make a habit of doing it that way. Never click on emails, log in separately to the legitimate site directly from your web browser. Thanks for the heads up!

By: Chef Patrick

Chef Patrick — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:19:42 +0000

True, I get a ton from eBay as well. Really there are scammers for everything!!!

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:49:01 +0000

I get one of these e-mails once every two months or so. I forward everyone to the spoof e-mail address and every time I am told it is a phishing scam. Watch out for ebay e-mails like this as well. If suspect, send to spoof@ebay.com.