dodgy e mails

[FISHMAN]

just received an e mail supposedly from pay pall saying that something in my account had been noticed and my account had been limited then told to contact reselutions center to reinstate account to limit click on link when you click link they ask for full bank account no. and credit card nos. contacted paypall they say has nothing to do with them and it is known as phishing trying to get your personal details and are looking into the site concerned (BE WARE)
message from paypall.
Thank you for contacting PayPal. We appreciate you bringing this
suspicious email to our attention.

Commonly referred to as phishing, these emails are sent by fraudsters in
an attempt to collect sensitive personal or financial information from
the recipients. PayPal takes phishing threats seriously. Our fraud
prevention specialists are working 24/7 to help protect you and enable
the community to stay safe.


[Edited on 16/3/2006 by FISHMAN]

[Edited on 16/3/2006 by FISHMAN]

[BriH]

I got one last week - they are a good copy , i filled in my password , all false ,it went through ,i then proceeded to fill in the bank details ,i think i put Venus or Saturn as home address ,this also went through ,bank address though kept bouncing back as not valid please check bank details - Spooky or what - thought i was about to make some Dumb F*ck think he had got some details ,but i got bored and closed it

[sless]

i got one last night
i closed the account and opened another
on different details

[Grommit]

Send any of thse emails to...

spoof@paypal.co.uk

They then investigate the source of them through the IP address and hopefully nail the b*****ds!!!

[rambo79]

i got one from what to anybody else would would look like was from my banki just delete them and i got the paypal one like i said before every time i bid on sum thing on ebay i get one but the bank one was new

[FISHMAN]

sent it to spoof@paypall hopefully they will catch the baxxxxs first one i have had.

[thewestwind]

Seems to be quite a few in here affected, and yes these attempts are quite believable BUT the first thing you should take notice of is who the email is addressed to. If it\'s from Paypal or your Bank it should start with \"Dear Billy Bollocks\" or whatever real name is and not \"Dear ???@paypal.com\"
Also Paypal or your Bank will never link you to another page to fill in private information. Also any information you do fill in for Paypal, Banks or whatever are always done at a secure site, the address will always start with\"https://\" rather than \"http://\"
Just a couple of things to check if anything lands in your mail but always treat every mail you receive with caution and you should be safe.
As to Paypal investigating fraud I\'ll take that with a pinch of salt. The only email you\'ll get from them will be an automated response and no more follow up I\'ll bet. It takes time and money to track down this type of fraud and Paypal are interested in making money not spending it.
Be carefull how you go and if in doubt just delete the mail, but never follow any links.

[johnf]

[quote]\"Dear Billy Bollocks\"
And theres me thinking I had an unfortunate name!!.
Regards
Tommy Testicle

[Edited on 16/3/2006 by johnf]

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

We\'ve got a recent member named BB ,it might be him lol ,some great advice there by the way lads I had the same type of e mail from e bay a while back ,I reported it and got loads of help and feedback from e bay as they tried to hunt them down .

[Grommit]

I reported it and got loads of help and feedback from e bay as they tried to hunt them down

Same here with PayPal steve. Got usual automated reply and then a couple of hours latera response from someone in customer service followed up by a phone call. Couldn\'t fault their service