Beware of Fradulent Emails
This is a friendly reminder to be skeptical of emails from Ebay, Paypal, or your bank. Scammers are doing a really good job at making email notifications look like the real deal. Today I received one claiming to be from Paypal.
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I am leary of anything asking me to log-in through a link in an email or anything asking me about my credit card. Fortunately, I forwarded this email to spoof@paypal.com and they quickly confirmed it was a scam.
If you are unsure if an email is fake, then call or email the company directly. Do not click on any links in the email. You can also check email verification sites such as Truth or Fiction or Hoax Slayer.
Have you received any fradulent emails?
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4 opinions for Beware of Fradulent Emails
ButrflyGarden
Aug 24, 2007 at 6:04 am
I don’t know if it was because I followed a fraudulent email, but my ebay account was recently hijacked. It was between two different sellers - one was like 8 different bids on some really fugly men’s size 9 Gucci shoes. They looked like bowling shoes. Ebay eventually took care of everything - both the sellers were actually scamming me (I believe *they* (or one person pretending to be two) just tried to get their bids up with my account - I don’t think they were doing it to get items, because they didn’t change my personal information. Scary and stressful stuff, though - I had almost $700 in bids under my name on stuff I REALLY didn’t want!
ButrflyGarden
Aug 24, 2007 at 6:07 am
Oops, forgot to add - since my ebay username is the same as my email (before the @), they said that makes it easier for phishing and scams. They recommended getting a new email. I have so many right now, I’ve been just not clicking through any emails. If I get an email from them, I just type the address in instead of clicking through.
Karen
Aug 24, 2007 at 7:09 am
I got this from Paypal:
Phishing emails attempt to steal your identity and will often ask you to reveal your password or other personal or financial information. PayPal
will never ask for your password over the phone or in an email and will always address you by your first and last name.
Take our Fight Phishing Challenge at
https://www.paypal.com/fightphishing to learn 5 things you should know about phishing. You’ll also see what we’re doing to help fight fraud
every day.
Jodi
Aug 24, 2007 at 9:05 am
I got an phishing email claiming to be from the IRS. It said that they wanted to give me a tax refund. HA! Like the IRS ever takes time to find out when they can give back more money. :)
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