Watch Out for These PayPal Scams

[dsresearch]

Hello everyone,

Today I received a very odd email claiming to be from PayPal. It appears to be a receipt for an eBay purchase that I know nothing about. The subject line is "Receipt for Your Payment"

OK, I know to be cautious with this sort of thing so I did not click on anything in the email. Instead I went to PayPal on my own and logged in. Guess what? There is no record there of the purchase!

Then I started looking at the formatting of the email. When I viewed the properties of the message I found that it was actually from a takethatfanclub.com sender and NOT paypal. Just because it says that it is from such and scuch.com at the top of the email doesn't always mean that is who it is from. The "From" name in an email can easily be altered.

This email was formatted more like a received payment PayPal email than it was an actual receipt. I looked at all of my other emails titled "Receipt for your payment" and not one of the others was formatted like this one.

Other types of scams that involve PayPal usually involve a message about unauthorized access attempts. The sender will tell you that someone has tried to get into your account. As a result your account is in danger of being "frozen". However if you click the link in the email (You are told) you will be able to enter your password to avoid the loss of your account. Naturally, those unfortunate enough to give their log in information will have given it to strangers.

Remember that this is not limited to PayPal. Users of Storm Pay, e gold, eBay and more will see similar emails.

Watch out for scams like this that are designed to trick you into submitting information (like passwords) to allow the sender to access your account. Whenever you receive any suspiscious messages go to your account via a new browser and by typing in the url. Never click a link in an email that is supposed to take you to your PayPal account. If you make that the rule then your account information (and funds!) will be much safer.


David

[FreePaidSurveys]

Thanks for that. Another key thing to look for is how they address you. PayPal and Ebay will both ALWAYS address you by first and last name. Most scam emails will address you by "Dear PayPal User" or something generic like that. Of course it doesn't always mean it's legit if your name is in it either.

If you do get one of these and you think it may be legit...DO NOT click on the links in the email, instead go to the webpage directly and login. Any important information will certainly be there for you to see.