eCommerce Tycoon

**cloudybutnice** · 03-04-2007, 08:24 AM

A couple of days ago we received an e mail from Paypal, confirming a payment of $29.99 had been sent from our account to a lady in Texas.
As we were not aware of the lady or having sent her any payment we were a bit concerned.
The e mail contained a prominent 'button' stating " Dispute Payment". Obviously there was a huge temptation to click this button, but fortunately commonsense prevailed, and we checked our Paypal account (not through the e mail) only to find no such transaction had taken place.
This is obviously some kind of scam to obtain your Paypal details. The e mail looked genuine, and was very convincing.
Beware.

**Inigma** · 03-05-2007, 07:16 AM

Thank you for the heads up as i would be in one of the few people who would be daft enough to click on the dispute payment button

**charlesgan** · 03-05-2007, 09:06 AM

never ever click links from email that route to any payment provider.
only go to their site directly through browser www.paypal.com.

**travelagent** · 03-06-2007, 12:47 AM

Go into your PayPal account -- they have a specific area where you can report "spoof" emails; trust me ... PayPal enjoys getting those reports and taking action against the perp.

**D.O.I.P** · 03-06-2007, 04:06 AM

And remember, Paypal always refers to you be your name.

Firefox 2.0 will sometimes alert you if you have come across a website suspected of being fraudulent.