Just to warn all people with Paypal accounts - earlier I received an email supposedly from Paypal informing me that fraudulent activity was suspected on my account and to login using the link ASAP. However, the embedded link did not match the text in the email and when clicked the URL was not a proper Paypal URL. This made me know it was a hoax (along with the fact that the email address they sent it to isn't even registered with Paypal!). If you do login via the hoax page I suspect they will store your login details and clear out your account at a later stage, so don't do it. Always login via www.paypal.com and not by email links.

thanks will keep an eye out.

Just to say, always log in via the home page yourself anyway. Never click on links in emails even if they appear to be legitimate at all times. Don't take the risk.

Had one of these myself a few days ago.

These things are getting so common that I just funnel all the Paypal mails coming to the mail address on this laptop in to my Spam bucket! Oddly enough, I never get any spam pretending to be from Paypal on the account that IS registered with Paypal.

Joe

Cheers for that - I'll keep an eye out :)

Thanks to the moderator who changed the thread title from "fiching" to "fishing", however it turns out we're both wrong - the correct term is "phishing".

I understand that unless the paypal address has an 's' after http
i.e https:// It is likley to be bogus ( I think) :)
The additional 's' stands for 'security' (I think) :)

just forward the whole thing without altering anything to
spoof@paypal.com & they'll trace & prosecute where appropriate :thumbsup:

Originally posted by Draggletail
The additional 's' stands for 'security' (I think) :)

The full definition of HTTPS is : Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer, or HTTP over SSL :thumbsup:

Full security page by the nice people at PayPal is here :

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/general/SecuritySpoof-outside

You've added an additional email address to your PayPal account.
If you don't agree with this email glasshk32@comcast.net and if you need assistance with your account,
please click here to login to your account

just received the above email today & yesterday.
advised paypal obviously.just thought i'd make folks aware agin.

anyone who uses paypal/ebay regularly please also be aware that both a collegue and I have sold items and have then received the following email:-

Hello,
I'm Pleased to be a winner of your auction.I live in England but presently on official assignment to Bangladesh..I'm relatively new to Ebay as you can see,I have never bought anything on this site. I heard its very convinient and easy thats why i'm trying it now. This item is a gift for my Husband who is studing at University of Ibadan in Nigeria, I'm buying it for him as he requested for this and to show him i care about him due to distance between us.
I will be paying you by Postal Order from Bidpay Auction Payment Company.......for this deal to be conclude very fast since i am having problem with my paypal account....Please let me have the total cost plus shipping down Ibadan Nigeria,I'll be paying for the cost and I will like you to send it through Royal Mail Service. I will want you to kindly give me your Full Name,Contact Address and your direct telephone number for quick payment......Note..Immediately i make the payment..bidpay wll notify you and your money will get to you in 2-4 working days from payment confirmation date. Do get back to me ASAP.
thanks
regards

This was received after being told that the user was no longer registered. My collegues email was slightly different but basically said the same thing.

Don't know what the scam is exactly but all seems very dodgy to me !

I get these emails all the time, plus similar ones supposedly from various banks: Barclays, HSBC and numerous American banks that I never have and never will have an account with. All are deleted unopened.

the scam (posted by Lea) is probably that the postal order is forged. I did hear about some where your account would be credited and the forgery wasn't discovered until later, at which point you've already sent the item and the money is then removed from your account and returned to its rightful owner.

Oh I see. Thanks for that Cyclone.

We both reported it to ebay anyway so hopefully they will investigate.

I get these emails all the time... In fact aside from stupid adverts and idiot American drug companies trying to sell me Viagra, it's probably all I ever get on my Pipex email and quite a lot on my Wanadoo.

yep, just had a slew of these accross my accounts.

You must always remember that no legit bank credit agency or establishment will NEVER ask you to verify your security details.

I have had these type of phishing e-mails from what looked like Barclays, natwest, ebay and pay pal all I do is bounce them using mail washer. then do a through check with spybot and hijack this