|
Viewing Single Post From: E-mail Scam posing as Paypal- don't fall for it!
|
|
JanWhatever
|
Nov 29 2008, 06:14 PM
|
|
Administrator
- Posts:
- 1,410
- Group:
- Admins
- Member
- #1
- Joined:
- Nov 4, 2008
|
If you get this e-mail, DO NOT CLICK GO TO THE LINK. DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR PRIVATE INFO. It is a scam.
Paypal will never ask you for information or ask you to click on a link in their e-mail.
- Quote:
-
Dear valued PayPal® member:
Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the paypal
account we have issued this warning message.
It has come to our attention that your PayPal® account information needs to be
updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to
reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes
out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into
any future problems with the online service.
However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension.
Please update your records on or before December 1, 2008.
Once you have updated your account records your paypal account
service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
To update your PayPal® records click on the following link:
[url]www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run[/url]
Thank You.
PayPal® UPDATE TEAM
Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, PayPal® will
periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements.
Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions.
[url]www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/ua/policy_privacy-outside[/url]
I repeat: THIS IS A SCAM. If you ever need to update your account, you would be asked to go to the paypal site to login normally and update your info. Never click on a link to do it.
|
|
|
10:11 PM Nov 26
