boys2enough
04-26-2006, 11:00 AM
Just thought I should share this: I just received an e-mail seemingly from Paypal. It said, "Your payment to so-and-so company has been sent." The amount was $300. Not too large to be unbelievable, yet large enough that I was in a panic, thinking someone may have hacked into my PP account. My first reaction was to click on the bottom of the page where there was a button for "Dispute payment."
Luckily I didn't. I assume that once I click on the button, it would ask me for my ID and my password to "log in."
I receive phishing emails targeting eBay, Citi Card, and PayPal regularly, but this is something new (for me). Thought I should bring this to people's attention.
After I checked my paypal account and saw no such transaction, I noticed the two telltale signs: it addresses me as "Dear PayPal member" instead of my name, and the text itself is a GIF "picture file," not html text. (Attached here)
HTH.
Luckily I didn't. I assume that once I click on the button, it would ask me for my ID and my password to "log in."
I receive phishing emails targeting eBay, Citi Card, and PayPal regularly, but this is something new (for me). Thought I should bring this to people's attention.
After I checked my paypal account and saw no such transaction, I noticed the two telltale signs: it addresses me as "Dear PayPal member" instead of my name, and the text itself is a GIF "picture file," not html text. (Attached here)
HTH.