Dad3353 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Just a heads up; this has just popped into my 'Spam' folder... It's not from Paypal, of course (note the '.ru' email address..!), and it will be deleted with no further ado. Just thought I'd bring attention to it; unwitting innocents could fall for it. As far as I know, Paypal never ask for personal or bank details in this way, nor any other respectable financial organisation... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Nice one, cheers for the alert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburstjazz1967 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 First rule of pay pal and eBay, dear member or similar goes in the spam! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 I had a few from tescos bank around Christmas. Just deleted them straight away. I'm amazed that people do fall for these scams though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 [quote name='ambient' timestamp='1454605600' post='2971302'] I had a few from tescos bank around Christmas. Just deleted them straight away. I'm amazed that people do fall for these scams though. [/quote] Ooops, that'll be me then...bastards turned me over for £1300 which I did get back from the bank but I did feel like a plonker and it could, otherwise, have been an expensive life lesson... As they say.."no fool like an old fool".. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 [quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1454607701' post='2971327'] Ooops, that'll be me then...bastards turned me over for £1300 which I did get back from the bank but I did feel like a plonker and it could, otherwise, have been an expensive life lesson... As they say.."no fool like an old fool".. [/quote] Lots of people do. They can be very convincing. I think the main thing to look out for is how the email is addressed, a real email will address you by name. They will also never, ever ask for passwords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mybass Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1454604881' post='2971291'] Just a heads up; this has just popped into my 'Spam' folder... It's not from Paypal, of course (note the '.ru' email address..!), and it will be deleted with no further ado. Just thought I'd bring attention to it; unwitting innocents could fall for it. As far as I know, Paypal never ask for personal or bank details in this way, nor any other respectable financial organisation... [/quote] it can be forwarded to Paypal as they like to monitor all this stuff....I think Paypal have a link somewhere for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted February 4, 2016 Author Share Posted February 4, 2016 [quote name='mybass' timestamp='1454608765' post='2971333'] it can be forwarded to Paypal as they like to monitor all this stuff....I think Paypal have a link somewhere for this. [/quote] Too late, I'm afraid..! Worth bearing in mind for another time, though; thanks for the tip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Here: [email protected] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 [quote name='mybass' timestamp='1454608765' post='2971333'] it can be forwarded to Paypal as they like to monitor all this stuff....I think Paypal have a link somewhere for this. [/quote] Send it to [email protected] I think Paypal may also know how to spell the word 'tried' too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taunton-hobbit Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 I get this stuff all the time, fortunately most of it seems to land automatically in 'spam' - which I always delete. If they really want me, they can write, they've got the address......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Not a week goes by when I don't get one of these Generally easy to spot as the PayPal font looks different in my email inbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 They sometimes also spell the from email address wrong. I had one recently that was from [i]npaypal.co.uk[/i] You had to look closely to see the email address spelling. I was alerted by the fact it was address to dear customer or something, they didn't use my name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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