Bogus Paypal Email

[Bill Gruby]

 I received what looked like an official notice from paypal security this morning. It originated from Info@9784ppsecure.com, not paypal. It said my account had been limited  and had "Click here to lift limits" in blue. I forwarded it unopen to spoof@paypal.com and their answer was that it is a "phishing" attempt to either get my password or other identity info.

  If you receive this email please don't open it, just forward it to spoof@paypal.com.  Let's try to get this guy. Thanx.

  "Billy G" 

[ray copeland]

Bill, i received the same email last year! What got me thinking something was wrong right off the bat was a simple word in the small print was mispelled.. I called Paypal and they wanted the address to investigate.  Beware because it does look authentic!!!

[John Stiles]

Thanks for the heads up, Bill!

[Paul Taylor]

Hey G-Man,
I got a few of those last year too. Even said I got paid and to click here to enter my info so I could get my money.

Set it off to paypal like you did.

[Bob Reeves]

The bad guys are getting more inventive everyday.. I receive 30 to 50 junk emails a day on one of my email addresses mainly because it has been on our web site for 14 years and on every spam list in existence. Problem is I can't get rid of it because it does make me a buck once in a while.

Anyway your bank, PayPal or eBay will never send a link, if they do send you an email (very rare) they will ask you to go to the site and log on as normal. The best way to stay safe is never open an email attachment or click on a link in an email unless you are expecting it and know it's coming and who from. Even if you know the person, it doesn't matter, email addresses are easy to spoof and the guy sending the email may have an infected computer using his email to send out bad stuff. I delete almost everything without even reading it. If you are sending me jokes and such all you are doing is using up internet bandwidth because 99.9 % of the time it won't even get opened.

[Robert McHam]

It has been several years ago but I got one myself and it absolutely looked authentic aside from the wording.
There were several links on the page that would actually take you to the PayPal website! I forwarded the thing to PayPal and got a thank you and pat on the back for not being taken in.

It could have easily fooled others, Robert

[Don Curry AMA 267060]

I have gotten several over the years and the reason I know it was bogus is because I do not have a Pay Pal account. And that is the reason I won't have an account.

Don

[Ralph Wenzel (d)]

Hey Bill, I have a great source for "hot Nigerians". Interested??? 

[Bill Gruby]

Hey Bill, I have a great source for "hot Nigerians". Interested??? 

Ralph;

  I got that one about 6 months ago. It was from a murdered Nigerian Generals Daughter. She was trying to get 180 million dollars out of Nigeria. I could earn 10% of that, all I had to do was give her my account number so she could transfer the mony to my bank. I wonder what they will come up with next. 

  "Billy G"   

[Richard Grogan]

unless you see https://www.paypal.com  , it is bogus. the "s" in the https means "secure" site. Paypal will never send emails requesting personal information.You can hover your mouse cursor(don't click!) over any link and see what it really is, on the lower task bar of your browser window.Almost fell for it 7or 8 years ago...clever phishing trickery almost got me!

[Wynn Robins]

I thought everybody knew that ALL phising e-mails from "PAYPAL"  start with "dear paypal user" 

All REAL e-mails from actual PAYPAL start with your real name -

 it is not possible for the spam guys to get your name off PAYPAL - so they will always start with "Paypal user" or similar

[Randy Powell]

Hey, the internet can be a jungle. Be careful out there.

[Bill Gruby]

I thought everybody knew that ALL phising e-mails from "PAYPAL"  start with "dear paypal user" 

All REAL e-mails from actual PAYPAL start with your real name -

 it is not possible for the spam guys to get your name off PAYPAL - so they will always start with "Paypal user" or similar

 This is the first time I ever received a notice like this from Paypal. I was unaware of how they address you. Not knowing is why I referred the email to them and did not open it. Thanx for the info, I am sure others thank you also.


   "Billy G"   

[Steve Helmick]

I have gotten several over the years and the reason I know it was bogus is because I do not have a Pay Pal account. And that is the reason I won't have an account.

Don

Yup!    Steve

[Bill Adair]

Get them all the time. I just forward them to the bank, Paypal, or whatever institution they claim to represent. Nigerians are another story, so I just delete all that crap.

Wish there was some way to get to these creeps, but there isn't. What a shame the internet ever allowed user names instead of real identities. Makes it too easy for the criminals to hide behind screen names.

It's about time they eliminate all screen names, and insist on real names, and verifiable identification for net users.

Bill Smith

[Douglas Babb]

another is if you have a cell phone, you get a text message saying your bank has locked out your account and to contact them at some 888 number, ya BS try somewhere else.

[Mike Anderson]

I can't recall how many times I've won the "European Lottery" but they never send my winnings -- 

I started telling them to send them to that Nigerian guy --

[john e. holliday]

E-Bay & Paypal one and the same as I remember.  I used to get those bogus e-mails and kept sending them on to E-bay and Paypal.  Was hoping they would catch them or it.  Can't call them idiots or morons as you have to have a brain first.  By the way I am still waiting on the millions I have won.  I reply, you have my address, send the money.  Nothing yet.  Most of the time I send a reply with no comments hoping to tie up their computor.