General Discussions

**bells401** · 01-01-2009, 05:08 PM

Dear valued PayPal® member:

Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the paypal
account we have issued this warning message.

It has come to our attention that your PayPal® account information needs to be
updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to
reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes
out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into
any future problems with the online service.

However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension.
Please update your records on or before January 02, 2009.

Once you have updated your account records your paypal account
service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.

To update your PayPal® records click on the following link:

hXXp://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run

Thank You.
PayPal® UPDATE TEAM

Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, PayPal® will
periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements.

Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions.
hXXp://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/ua/policy_privacy-outside

Got this e-mail today an i am assuming it is fake because it went to an e-mail that IS NOT MY ACTUAL PP ACCOUNT.

**chrishirst** · 01-01-2009, 05:14 PM

Phishing.

DO NOT CLICK THE LINK. The words may be the correct URI but the underlying URI will be in China or somewhere in Eastern Europe or the former Soviet Bloc countries.

Genuine emails from PayPal will be addressed to the ACCOUNT HOLDER NAME not to "Dear User" and will go to the email address(es) registered to the account.

**andrei155** · 01-01-2009, 05:41 PM

I don't understand how the correct address can lead somewhere else?

**Brian07002** · 01-01-2009, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrishirst

Phishing.

DO NOT CLICK THE LINK. The words may be the correct URI but the underlying URI will be in China or somewhere in Eastern Europe or the former Soviet Bloc countries.

Genuine emails from PayPal will be addressed to the ACCOUNT HOLDER NAME not to "Dear User" and will go to the email address(es) registered to the account.

That is EXACTLY Right! Do NOT click on the link if the Paypal Email is NOT addressed to the name you signed up with...

Dear Paypal User is FAKE DON'T FALL FOR THAT SCAM!

**chrishirst** · 01-01-2009, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andrei155

I don't understand how the correct address can lead somewhere else?

Try it

http://www.webmaster-talk.com/general-discussions/164209-fake-paypal-e-mail-post819397.html#post819397

**jv17** · 01-01-2009, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrishirst

Phishing.

DO NOT CLICK THE LINK. The words may be the correct URI but the underlying URI will be in China or somewhere in Eastern Europe or the former Soviet Bloc countries.

Genuine emails from PayPal will be addressed to the ACCOUNT HOLDER NAME not to "Dear User" and will go to the email address(es) registered to the account.

yeah you are right about this

**stevej** · 01-01-2009, 07:44 PM

Another way to find out is by looking at the 'favicon' of the page in the top corner next to the address bar... if the background is glowing green, it means that the site is secure. If the background is not glowing... you know the rest.

- Steve

**andrei155** · 01-01-2009, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrishirst

Try it

http://www.webmaster-talk.com/general-discussions/164209-fake-paypal-e-mail-post819397.html#post819397

Wow, PM me an explanation - I'm baffled.

**chrishirst** · 01-02-2009, 01:52 AM

Anchor text.

Nothing complicated. You can write anything you want in it.

**andrei155** · 01-02-2009, 03:46 AM

Lol......

I think we should delete this thread.

I'm an idiot

**ThemeFreak** · 01-03-2009, 08:41 AM

The easiest way to know if it's genuine is to see whether they address you as "Dear User" or "Dear Name" where name is your real name (obviously).

**dWhite** · 01-03-2009, 03:41 PM

PayPal doesn't use the ® sign after the name, they use the ™ such as PayPal™.

**NullPointer** · 01-04-2009, 05:00 AM

As long as there is anonymity on the internet there will be people who think they are absolved of any moral or social responsiblity. Unfortunatly the only thing you can do about it is be suspicious of everything.