Leafsrule16 5 Report post Posted July 7, 2009 Heres what i got for an email : Due to numerous attacks over internet from the last time PayPal require the confirmation of your account informations to remain active in our community.If your PayPal account will be suspended within 24 hours.For the confirmation please use the link below:http://secureaccount.nm.ru/paypal-confirm-...e785756580.htmlThank you for cooperation and for your time!PayPal Customers SupportIts a scam. I went on the website and my phishing thing popped up, i thought something was up, then something started to download on my computer but was blocked by my norton saying it was a virus. Whatever you do, do not listen to this and do not give them your paypal information, just thought i'd pass it out since it must be spread to quite a few people if i got it , i dont even have a paypal! I just went on the site to see if maybe my parents had signed up for one on my computer or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TBLfan 25 Report post Posted July 7, 2009 Key thing is that the address should be http://paypal.com/***************************************If you get an email like that, delete it. If you wonder if there's something going on, log into paypal normally and if there's an issue, it will say it on the home page. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kovyperron5727 0 Report post Posted July 7, 2009 Heres what i got for an email : Due to numerous attacks over internet from the last time PayPal require the confirmation of your account informations to remain active in our community.If your PayPal account will be suspended within 24 hours.For the confirmation please use the link below:http://secureaccount.nm.ru/paypal-confirm-...e785756580.htmlThank you for cooperation and for your time!PayPal Customers SupportIts a scam. I went on the website and my phishing thing popped up, i thought something was up, then something started to download on my computer but was blocked by my norton saying it was a virus. Whatever you do, do not listen to this and do not give them your paypal information, just thought i'd pass it out since it must be spread to quite a few people if i got it , i dont even have a paypal! I just went on the site to see if maybe my parents had signed up for one on my computer or something.Thanks for posting this man, I use paypal now and then on ebay. What's odd is the .ru part. It's a site registered in Russia, and every paypal transaction I've made has never had this. Pretty much anything you get emailed with an IP address you never see is most likely a virus from a different country. Also the US State Department has a nice article saying how they've had problems with Russian scammers online, so this doesnt surprise me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leafsrule16 5 Report post Posted July 7, 2009 Yeah its a bit noticeable but i just wanted to make sure nobody fell for it, im sure a few people will. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
reyno2ac 0 Report post Posted July 7, 2009 If you wonder if there's something going on, log into paypal normally and if there's an issue, it will say it on the home page.That's the safest thing to do. I never click links related to any financial or sensitive material. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dumbpolak9 1 Report post Posted July 7, 2009 when i clicked on the site that was in the original post this came up a red screen with the words saying "reported Web Forgery" so i think your good Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chk hrd 164 Report post Posted July 7, 2009 paypal, hotmail and the likes will never ask for your password in an email request, Be careful, someone's trying scam your accounts. We had a friend fall for it. My wife gets an email from her friend's email account saying that he had flown to England and was robbed, now he needs someone to send him money to get home, funny thing was she had just talked to him 5 minutes before. The person high jacked his email account and sent out a mass mailing. It cost our friend alot of money because he had to redo his website where he does alot of business from. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fieldofdreams 0 Report post Posted July 7, 2009 Heres what i got for an email : Due to numerous attacks over internet from the last time PayPal require the confirmation of your account informations to remain active in our community.If your PayPal account will be suspended within 24 hours.For the confirmation please use the link below:http://secureaccount.nm.ru/paypal-confirm-...e785756580.htmlThank you for cooperation and for your time!PayPal Customers SupportOk, the terrible grammar and poor English would be the first clue not to click on it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
porky45 1 Report post Posted July 7, 2009 That's exactly what I was thinking. It's not even put together very well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lampliter87 8 Report post Posted July 7, 2009 That fact that it's ".ru" (Russia?) would have me wary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fieldofdreams 0 Report post Posted July 7, 2009 That fact that it's ".ru" (Russia?) would have me wary.It's like a litmus test for the uneducated. .ru retarded? Then CLICK HERE and give me all your personal info!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve_v3 289 Report post Posted July 7, 2009 I got it and don't even have a paypal account. My Security software blocked the link as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chippa13 1844 Report post Posted July 9, 2009 Never follow the links from these kind of emails. The links often put spyware on your pc so even if you don't enter your personal information into their bogus site, they can get your info the next time you go through the legitimate site. Like someone said before, anytime you get one of these emails, use the official sites to check if the claims in the email are correct. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
