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 05/12/2011 10:20:32 AM · #1
"important update to PayPal communications - your action required"

If you get an email like this, do not respond or click any links. This is a fairly authentic looking spoof or phishing effort. I received one last week. I assumed it was authentic. It took me to an authentic looking website. But, the update actions did not work. At that point, I realized it was not PayPal's site. I immediately changed my password.

I forwarded the original email to spoof@paypal.com. They responded yesterday that the email WAS a spoof. This morning, my wife received the identical spoof email for her PayPal account. This was forwarded to spoof@paypal.com, too.

05/12/2011 10:59:48 AM · #2
i got one as well. Any email i receive with a link to take me to a login page is suspect. i also forwarded it to the spoof@paypal.com address. I should have posted a warning here but didnt realize it was so widespread. thanks Richard and sorry it got you.

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 05/12/2011 11:42:18 AM · #3
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
i got one as well. Any email i receive with a link to take me to a login page is suspect. i also forwarded it to the spoof@paypal.com address. I should have posted a warning here but didnt realize it was so widespread. thanks Richard and sorry it got you.

I consider myself "mostly aware" of Internet predators. This one fooled me. It led me right into a trap. To my horror, I realized too late that I had entered my username and password on a spoof site. There was no unusual account activity, but I immediately went to the real paypal account and changed my password and security questions.

Yes, I'm posting this here to heightness the awareness of others to the risk.
 05/12/2011 01:46:08 PM · #4
Thanks for the warning. Seems I too fell into the trap while preparing for this trip and with too many other things on my mind was less vigilant than usual. I've changed my password.

Robert (Bear_music) tells me that every official communication from PayPal will include your name (whatever name you registered with).
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