Help! Is this a PAYPAL Scam? Help!

[finnman]

My wife signed up for Paypal years ago.
She didn't even use this E-mail account when
she signed up nor has she even used
Paypal for years.
But tonight she got this E-mail.
Does this look fishy? or lejit?

"[email protected]" <[email protected]> Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert Subject: New email address added to your account! Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 13:54:25 -0600 YAHOO.Shortcuts.hasSensitiveText = false; YAHOO.Shortcuts.doUlt = false; YAHOO.Shortcuts.location = "us"; YAHOO.Shortcuts.lang = "us"; YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet = { lw_1168310668_0: { text: '[email protected]', weight: 1, type: ['shortcuts:/us/instance/identifier/email_address']} }; YAHOO.Shortcuts.overlaySpaceId = "97546169"; YAHOO.Shortcuts.hostSpaceId = "97546168";


You have added [email protected] as a new email address for
your PayPal account.

If you did not authorize this change or if you need assistance
with your account, please contact PayPal customer service at:

https://www.paypal.com/us/wf/f=cancel_email

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team

Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot
be answered. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose
the "Help" link in the header of any page.

[toejam]

Yep, sounds like a scam to me. Don't click on any links in the email. If you want to check your account, just type it in your browser and do it that way. BTW, if you hold your cursor over the paypal.com link you posted here, it says something else besides paypal.

[finnman]

Thanks TOE !!

[EvDog]

This is most likely a phishing scam.

Paypal and other companies will not send you an email with a link to click. It is always better to type the URL directly into your browser, and then login in.

[quakana]

Its Called Phishing....scammers send a bogus email looking like its from paypal with some stupid info like that hoping you will click on the link and enter your password. If you did happen to do this they now have your username and password....simply go to the real paypal site and logon....and then change your password. Notify paypal of what happened. If you catch it fast enough its no biggie

[kelly user]

good call brother

[finnman]

Nope we didn't click the link.
She says she doesn't even remember her
log on info or password.

[VitaminG]

BTW, if you hold your cursor over the paypal.com link you posted here, it says something else besides paypal.

that's the giveaway right there. With any of these things, if you're unsure, just wave your cursor over the link they want you to click and look at the status bar at the bottom of your browser/email client. If it says anything other than what it says it is in the body of the email, it's definitely dodgy.

but the safest way to handle these is to never click the links, even if they seem to be legit. Open your browser, go to the real website instead, login and look at your alerts or messages page (however the site in question would alert you to real problems with your account).

[whackmaster]

We had something similar happen to us a couple of years ago. I contacted Paypal directly and they said if they do send an email, they will use your actual name, not your user i.d. in the "dear so-and-so" line.

[xenophobe]

Yes, that is a scam.

PayPal and Ebay will always address the message specifically to you. If you are not named in the email, forward the message to [email protected] or [email protected], and they will notify you if it is one of theirs or not.

After sending the email, log directly onto ebay or paypal by opening a new browser window manually, and manually entering the URL, logging in, and seeing if there is any problem directly from the website.

Never click on a link from an email message from someone you don't personally trust, haven't asked for personally (confirmation that you just signed up or registered for something within the last 24 hrs) even then, check the actual URL before clicking it.