Is this a scam email re: PAYPAL? Help needed, please!

[Wheezy]

Sent from [e-mail]

Here is the text of the email:



Security Center Advisory!

We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your PayPal account from a foreign IP address and we have reasons to belive that your account was hijacked by a third party without your authorization. If you recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual log in attempts may have been initiated by you.

If you are the rightful holder of the account you must click the link below and then complete all steps from the following page as we try to verify your identity.

Click here to verify your account




If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choise but to temporaly suspend your account.

Thank you for using PayPal!
PayPal Email ID PP697

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If I remember correctly, the last time there was a paypal scam, PayPal came out and said they would never have a link for you to click on to verify your account.

I received a different email the other day, saying that 'so and so' has been successfully added to your paypal account. Click here to verify.

I sent that email directly to Paypal's 'suspicious email' place last Thursday, and did not reply or click on anything in either of these emails -- but I haven't heard back from Paypal yet.

Anybody want to confirm that I'm doing the right thing? Even though my gut says 'scam', I still don't want to risk somebody taking control of my account or of Paypal suspending my account. But I noticed a typo in the email, which makes me think it's really a doofus scam.

Thank you--

[BigMcLargehuge]

1. it's a scam

delete it

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

15. Self-delete! Someone beat me to it! eom

[electropop]

2. Yes it's a very common scam.

And not a very new one either. Delete it.

[starroute]

3. Yes, I get those all the time

The rule of thumb is to *never* click on a link in an email. If you have any doubts, go to your paypal account in the normal way and check it out.

[Sydnie]

4. They spelled "choice" wrong

Things that make you go hummmmmmmmmmmm.

[tsuki]

5. I get these emails and I don't have a paypal account. I get

at least two a month.

[sabbat hunter]

6. scam

no legit business (whether pay pal, a bank etc) will ever contact you and ask for your contact info. EVER.

[NanceGreggs]

7. I have had similar messages ...

... for months now. They seem to come in tandem with similar messages from eBay; both threaten to suspend these respective accounts.

Here's the problem: I have never had a PayPal account, and I've never even accessed eBay on my computer.

SCAM!

[Wheezy]

8. Thanks, everybody!

You guys are great -- it's so nice to get immediate help from all around. Kisses!

:* :* :* :* :* :* :* :* :* :* :* :* :* :* :* :* :* :* :* :* :* :* :* :* :*

:hi:

[WinkyDink]

9. Yes. Don't do ANYthing, EVER, from an e-mail.

Go directly to their Internet site and report this.

[Orrin_73]

10. Watch out with PayPal

look at this link:paypalsucks

[mikeytherat]

11. Forward the message to [e-mail]

They will reply letting you know this is, indeed, a spoof.

mikey_the_rat

[Adelante]

21. They respond right away

I send on about three a week to spoof@paypal and the response is very prompt.

[tenshi816]

12. Make sure you don't click on

any of the links in e-mails like this. I forwarded a similar e-mail to Paypal recently, and they said that clicking on any link would likely trigger a trojan or a keystroke logger. When you get anything like this, just forward it to eBay or Paypal and then delete it immediately.

It's such a lame attempt anyway - anyone who uses eBay or Paypal knows that logging on to either site from a "foreign IP address" doesn't make a bit of difference at all. I've conducted Paypal transactions from halfway around the world.

The scammers can never spell either and obviously don't have English as a first language.

[Ron Mexico]

13. When in doubt, two steps:

1.) assume it's BS, and 2.) run a spell check. A company as big as PayPal would not send anything saying "you leave us no choise but to temporaly suspend your account."

[unblock]

14. NEVER click a clink from an email sent to you

if you get email from paypal, go to paypal's website and navigate there.
DO NOT click on the link "paypal" sends you because there's a good chance it's not from paypal.

it's call phishing and you can expose your account to nefarious individuals.

legit: www.paypal.com
phishing: www.paypal.qx0w2.com

[PetraPooh]

16. Don't just "believe or not believe," BE SMART and

don't go to the web at all, call the related credit card company direct, grab the phone and CALL your credit card company. This happened to me with one coming by snail mail saying that my credit stance had changed dramatically and I should go to a site to clear it up, implying that my identity had been stolen. Instead I called my #1 credit card, figuring if there was a problem they would know about it, and they said it was indeed a scam and the only change in my credit status was that it had climbed even more. My point is that you have choices besides "believing or not believing" these letters and emails. Call a party whose phone number YOU have chosen and dialed and talk to customer service you know will have some answers. As a matter of fact your credit card company (their number is on the back of the card) would know if Paypal was having issues with your account as they would have charges that you didn't make. AND that makes them the best place to start so you can ge that card stopped, charges reversed, and a new one issued, on the rare likelihood that it has been hijacked. So my advice to repeat once more, USE THE NUMBER ON THE BACK OF YOUR CREDIT CARD, because they really do know everything about your credit risk, how do you think they know so quickly to put the screws to some folks?

[Laurab]

17. This is what I do and yes, it's a scam

I sell on ebay and use paypal a lot. I get scam emails almost daily. Ebay or paypal will NEVER ask you to put your personal information in an email, but I like to do a simple little test, hoping it gets back to the people scamming. I type as my password, something like: youasshole or jackass or fuckingidiot. The password is ALWAYS accepted, and I then know the email is a scam. I also forward them immediately to either [e-mail], or [e-mail].

A LOT of people fall for these emails, and the scammers are always trying new ones, so it's important to forward them to paypal or ebay.

[northzax]

18. you should be very careful

about even clicking on the links, you never know what might be hiding on the other end.

[Coastie for Truth]

19. Forward it to

[e-mail] (or [e-mail])

THEN DELETE IT

[Coastie for Truth]

20. Latest

TKO NOTICE: Suspicious Activity.

Dear ,

For the User Agreement, Section 9, we may immediately issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership and refuse to provide our services to you if we believe that your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our users or us. We may also take these actions if we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to us.

We regret to inform you that your eBay account could be suspended if you don't re-update your account information. To resolve this problems please use the link below and re-enter your account information. If your problems could not be resolved your account will be suspended for a period of 24 hours, after this period your account will be terminated.
Due to the suspension of this account, please be advised you are prohibited from using eBay in any way. This includes the registering of a new account. Please note that this suspension does not relieve you of your agreed-upon obligation to pay any fees you may owe to eBay.



To update your record please click here:
It is highly recommended that you right click on the link and select "Open in new window" option
as some mail clients will not allow you to proceed!
https://signin.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?OneTimePayment&ssPageName=h:h:sin:US

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




eBay will request personal data (password, credit card/bank numbers, and so on) in this email.

Thank you for using eBay!
www.ebay.com

Give aways-
"TkO Notice" ?
"For the user agreement"

eBay will request personal data (password, credit card/bank numbers, and so on) in this email.

Notice - the spoofer asks you to "click here" -- eBay and PayPal will ask you to exit the e-mail and go to your account in the normal way and click on "Member Information."

[Raksha]

22. Never click on the links in suspicious e-mails.

Log into your PayPal account using your password as usual, then report it: [e-mail]

[uppityperson]

23. I got an odd ebay one recently, said I owed ebay fees for someone

for an article I'd bid on and agreed not to buy. The buyer wanted me to pay the ebay fees. Click "here".

I haven't been ebaying, didn't bid on this article and didn't click "here".

[LibertyLover]

24. Definately Scam

I get these emails several times a week. My husband and I both got one a few days ago about our Bank of America account. For giggles he even opened the email to look at it. It looked very official. The only problem is that we do not now, nor have we, either individually or as a couple, ever had a Bank of America account. He forwarded it to our IP's scam reporting service. I love to read the scam emails from "Mrs. Mobuto Sese Seiko" or "Director, Camaroon Import Export Control Authority" begging for my help as a fellow Christian. The grammer and syntax mistakes are real howlers.