PAYPAL EMAIL I RECEIVED WITH A TRANSACTION I DID NOT TRANSACT!!! I just got an email from paypal (service@paypal.com) that my account was used to buy jewelry or something. In the email it has a Shipping info with someone's name and address: and the Address Status unconfirmed. And then Below that it says if the transaction is unauthorized click on the link below and get a full refund. I'm not stupid enough to do that. So I go to my paypal account and try to get my account history and there's nothing there. I can't find the transaction that was sent to me by email. I will check my bank account next. Was there really a transaction on my account or just an email claiming there was???? I need advice on what to do. What do you think?
Most definitly 100% fake. Just check the URL that the links go to. Usually its an IP address instead of www.paypal.com. If it would make you feel better, post the email here and I can confirm if its false or not.
Never click on these, the correct URL for paypal is https://www.paypal.com Notice the little 's' in there? What's it for by the way?
I actually answeard one of those one time telling him that it couldn't have happend b\c: * I didn't have any creditcard connected to it * I didn't have any founds on it * I havn't used it in 2 years * I don't remember the password (that's why I hadn't used it in 2 years)
Don't delete, otherwise, they'll send you more "unauthorized paypal access" emails where they ask you to log on to your account. Forward that email to: spoof@paypal.com. The only way you can tell its from paypal but don't count on it anytime soon is when paypal addresses you by your name in the paypal account, not by your email or by "Dear Paypal user". Other than that, always doubt any of emails you get from paypal, and go directly to paypal by typing in their URL, not thru watever link an email provides you.
Yeah, it's a Phising scam. You click on the link they provide and they proceed to empty your paypal account. I recently got one saying something to the effect of "You've added such-and-such e-mail to your account." Pay it no attention. Just check the message source of the e-mail, and if it's bounced from any wierd looking free e-mail addresses then it's total boolsheet.
>>Notice the little 's' in there? What's it for by the way? The 's' in https means secure. It ensures all communications are sent using the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) software which encrypts/decrypts messages and makes it *unlikely* for anyone to see the real contents of the message going across. (SSL = Secure Socket Layer, Secure=safe to send messages, socket=low level comms protocol of TCP/IP uses sockets to talk between machines, layer=it is transparently embedded into your networking software) It's safe to all intents and purposes but not 100% secure. It's safe enough for Credit Card companies to accept it as safe tho - which does imply safe for 99.9999% of the time. About 6 months ago there was a bug in Internet Explorer that allowed someone to give you a link https://www.paypal.com that didn't even go to Paypal. There's bound to be a patch for that on M$. It's unlikely you'll come across it but it's possible.
One of the links on those spoof emails had that, where the actual URL is different than the one you see in the address bar. MS fixed that exploitation I think, but Firefox warned me about that when I clicked on that link, even though I knew it was a fake paypal email, but I wanted to know where it would lead me.
