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 Post subject: Warning! Paypal Phishing E-mail alert
PostPosted: October 12th, 2007, 7:08 am 
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I just got an e-mail from "paypal" saying they needed my details to be updated because of maintenance. This is not true! Please, if anyone get's an e-mail from Paypal saying to update your detail, check the url, it probably isn't paypal! I know a lot of RV user's use Paypal, and it's a big website, so I'm letting everyone know before anyone else get's it.

The message starts and reads with:
Phishing e-mail wrote:
It has come to our attention that your PayPal Information records are out of date. That requires you to update the Information.
Failure to update your records will result in account termination. Please update your records within 24 hours. Once you have updated your account records, your PayPal session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Failure to update will result in cancellation of service, Terms of Service (TOS) violations or future billing problems.


Firstly this TOS is not true, paypal give you a lot longer than 24 hours to update your details, (about a month), and your account is never terminated, only suspended.

Please anyone that's get's an e-mail from "service@paypal.com" be very very careful about it.

As a quick note, the e-mail takes you to a page that uses the OLD layout of paypal. if you go to http://www.paypal.com you'll notice the new one if you haven't already, this e-mail will look like what paypal used to.

Moose out

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 Post subject: Re: Warning! Paypal Phising E-mail alert
PostPosted: October 12th, 2007, 9:46 am 
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Whoah... i'll keep a lookout for this then.... :?

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 Post subject: Re: Warning! Paypal Phishing E-mail alert
PostPosted: October 12th, 2007, 11:07 am 
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Wow, just got this e-mail. *Deletes*

Thanks for the heads up, Mogo. :\


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 Post subject: Re: Warning! Paypal Phishing E-mail alert
PostPosted: October 12th, 2007, 11:57 am 
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i got it too, cheers for the warning.

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 Post subject: Re: Warning! Paypal Phishing E-mail alert
PostPosted: October 12th, 2007, 10:13 pm 
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I got one of these once, odd thing being... I don't haaaave a paypal account.

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 Post subject: Re: Warning! Paypal Phishing E-mail alert
PostPosted: October 13th, 2007, 4:14 am 
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Woah, laziness for the win. I got this, thought it was legit and everything just hadn't got round to doing it XD Cheers for the warning :)

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 Post subject: Re: Warning! Paypal Phishing E-mail alert
PostPosted: October 13th, 2007, 6:29 am 
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thanks for the heads up, havent gotten the Email, im glad, ;).

thanks again though.

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 Post subject: Re: Warning! Paypal Phishing E-mail alert
PostPosted: October 13th, 2007, 6:44 am 
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I got it yesterday, but luckily it went right to mah spam folder. :D

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 Post subject: Re: Warning! Paypal Phishing E-mail alert
PostPosted: October 13th, 2007, 12:45 pm 
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Lol thanks for the warning :D

Would be funny if it turns out to be leggit and we all get out paypal accounts deleted lol

Cheers for the heads up :D

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 Post subject: Re: Warning! Paypal Phishing E-mail alert
PostPosted: October 13th, 2007, 3:51 pm 
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Lol thanks for the warning :D

Would be funny if it turns out to be leggit and we all get out paypal accounts deleted lol

Cheers for the heads up :D
The deletion point would have been eight hours ago. Still got your account? :P

I'll warn people I know with Paypal, thanks Mogo.

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 Post subject: Re: Warning! Paypal Phishing E-mail alert
PostPosted: October 13th, 2007, 4:37 pm 
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Haha, lame attempt. XD

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 Post subject: Re: Warning! Paypal Phishing E-mail alert
PostPosted: October 13th, 2007, 5:02 pm 
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I opened one of these up a long time ago but ended up catching on to what it was. I guess I just got lucky.

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 Post subject: Re: Warning! Paypal Phishing E-mail alert
PostPosted: October 15th, 2007, 3:46 am 
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I haven't got one yet :D

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 Post subject: Re: Warning! Paypal Phishing E-mail alert
PostPosted: October 15th, 2007, 10:08 am 
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Thanks for the heads up deleted mine :)

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