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In the lead up to Christmas when PayPal members may be using their accounts more often than usual, be wary of authentic-looking emails doing the rounds purporting to be from the company.
Phishing emails are fakes that attempt to collect your personal and financial information for use by criminal scammers. Generally they take you through to spoof websites that encourage you to enter personal information like credit card numbers, bank details and account passwords.
Several have landed in my inbox recently, so convincing in appearance that even I – supposedly an experienced personal finance writer – initially thought they may be genuine .
The first appeared to be a receipt for a payment made from my PayPal account to Asda for a Motorola baby monitor, a purchase I had definitely not made. Having been the victim of identity theft in the past, it rang true. This email was followed by two more warning me that because, "our security system has detected unusual charges to a card linked to your PayPal account", a "limitation" had been put on to my account.
One said that the screening had picked up potentially fraudulent attempts to use my account details by someone overseas and I needed to let them know if it had, in fact, been me. It told me that I could sort things out and remove the limitation by filling out and submitting an attached form.
These emails were professional and convincing in tone and had all the "right" logos, letterheads and so on.
But two things alerted me. First, I had recently used my PayPal account to make a genuine payment so I knew there was no "limitation". Neither were there any suspicious payments to Asda or any other recipient recorded on my latest statement. But what really set the alarm bells ringing was that the attached form asked me to fill in my credit card details – something any reputable bank or financial institution would never ask you to do.
There are several ways to tell if an email purporting to be from PayPal is fake:
• It uses a generic greeting like "Dear user" or "Hello, PayPal member" or no greeting at all. Genuine PayPal emails always address you by the name on your PayPal account.
• It requests personal/financial details, such as your bank account or card numbers, your full name, your account password or the answers to your PayPal security questions. Genuine PayPal emails never ask you to send information via email. If details are needed from you, the email will ask you to log in to your account separately via the PayPal website.
• It includes an attachment. Genuine PayPal emails never do.
• It contains spelling mistakes and grammatical errors.
If you receive what you suspect is a phishing email, PayPal asks that you report it to the company, "to help us combat online fraud".
"We investigate the emails and try to take action against the people responsible," said a spokesperson. Forward it to spoof@paypal.co.uk, without changing the subject line. You should then delete the email from your inbox.
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ALERT!!! Veecubed wishes to warn u againt online PAYPAL scammers//// i just found one out now!!
In the lead up to Christmas when PayPal members may be using their accounts more often than usual, be wary of authentic-looking emails doing the rounds purporting to be from the company.
Phishing emails are fakes that attempt to collect your personal and financial information for use by criminal scammers. Generally they take you through to spoof websites that encourage you to enter personal information like credit card numbers, bank details and account passwords.
Several have landed in my inbox recently, so convincing in appearance that even I – supposedly an experienced personal finance writer – initially thought they may be genuine .
The first appeared to be a receipt for a payment made from my PayPal account to Asda for a Motorola baby monitor, a purchase I had definitely not made. Having been the victim of identity theft in the past, it rang true. This email was followed by two more warning me that because, "our security system has detected unusual charges to a card linked to your PayPal account", a "limitation" had been put on to my account.
One said that the screening had picked up potentially fraudulent attempts to use my account details by someone overseas and I needed to let them know if it had, in fact, been me. It told me that I could sort things out and remove the limitation by filling out and submitting an attached form.
These emails were professional and convincing in tone and had all the "right" logos, letterheads and so on.
But two things alerted me. First, I had recently used my PayPal account to make a genuine payment so I knew there was no "limitation". Neither were there any suspicious payments to Asda or any other recipient recorded on my latest statement. But what really set the alarm bells ringing was that the attached form asked me to fill in my credit card details – something any reputable bank or financial institution would never ask you to do.
There are several ways to tell if an email purporting to be from PayPal is fake:
• It uses a generic greeting like "Dear user" or "Hello, PayPal member" or no greeting at all. Genuine PayPal emails always address you by the name on your PayPal account.
• It requests personal/financial details, such as your bank account or card numbers, your full name, your account password or the answers to your PayPal security questions. Genuine PayPal emails never ask you to send information via email. If details are needed from you, the email will ask you to log in to your account separately via the PayPal website.
• It includes an attachment. Genuine PayPal emails never do.
• It contains spelling mistakes and grammatical errors.
If you receive what you suspect is a phishing email, PayPal asks that you report it to the company, "to help us combat online fraud".
"We investigate the emails and try to take action against the people responsible," said a spokesperson. Forward it to spoof@paypal.co.uk, without changing the subject line. You should then delete the email from your inbox.
BE WARNED.... visit www.facebook.com/Veecubed for more
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>>Campus Gist
>>Global News
>>2013/2014 POST UTME/ADMISSIONS
>>Scholarshops and essays
>>Tech News
>>Free Android Apps
>>Be a Co-Blogger of Veecubed
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4 Comments:
Phishing emails claiming to be sent by HM Revenue & Customs ....> These tell taxpayers they are in line for a rebate and then ask for personal details, including credit card or banking details, in order to make the refund. HMRC will never send notification of a tax rebate by email or ask you to disclose personal or payment information by email - it posts payment orders. Forward it to phishing@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk so it can be investigated, then delete it. If you have answered one of these emails, forward it and report what you have disclosed to security.custcon@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk. HMRC says it acts upon all HMRC related phishing emails, removing reported fraudulent websites.
Phishing emails claiming to be from a bank.....>. Banks and other financial institutions will never send emails asking you to click on a link and confirm your bank details.
Fake lottery emails These notify victims they have won thousands and ask recipients to send on their bank details in order for the cash to be transferred. Fraudsters will empty their entire account.
Advance fee fraud emails-----> These ask victims to make upfront payments for goods, services and/or financial gains that do not materialise. There are many variants. An email appearing to be from an overseas lawyer telling you that a person sharing your family name has died and left behind a vast amount of money which he suggests he can pay to you if you split it with him. You will be asked to pay various legal and banking fees so they can release your non-existent inheritance. Of course, the inheritance does not exist.
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