Comments on: Another scam warning – recent PayPal phishing

By: jjo

jjo — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:07:55 +0000

I got 3 of these today in my Yahoo inbox, the Paypal phishing ones, and the sender’s address is not hidden so I could see they’re from Yahoo email addresses.

Yahoo has gone WAY downhill the last year in protecting me from spam and phishing emails. I’ve had my yahoo address for ten years. These emails used to never get past my spam filters, and I wouldn’t get many at all in the spam folder anyway. Now I get tons and tons in my spam folder and at least once a day every day a spam email sneaks through into my inbox.

By: Shelley

Shelley — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:43:43 +0000

If I had received all the kazillions of money I have won from Nigeria, England, etc… We could all retire! Now I have a guy who sent me a check and told me to keep 10% and send him the remainder, “oh yea!, I was born yesterday!”

By: Judi

Judi — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:21:45 +0000

I would NEVER use Paypal again – got caught up with someone using my credit card after buying a CD from Amazon.

By: john trejo

john trejo — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:36:17 +0000

i did not get an email .a box pop up and said did you want this charge to go through if not despute it i click dispute it then the box went off that was it now what do i do i didn’t give nobody my credit number so how will they charge me i know i’m confuse they charges me 19.95 also

By: T. P.

T. P. — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:43:23 +0000

It is scary knowing about this fake paypal is out there. Even when I buy things online I don’t have the time to check if the paypal site is authentic. And I consider myself very aware about issues like this. From now on The caution level has to ba raised. I don’t mind spending more time to pay for something than risk being taken advantage of.

By: d wax

d wax — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:19:11 +0000

If you have received an email stating that our website has charged you $19.95 via Paypal, please ignore this and DO NOT click on any links inside the email. This is a phishing email. You were not charged anything from us. This email did not come from us. Please forward the email you received to spoof@paypal.com immediately. We are working with them to track the individuals involved. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you.

Regards,

ResearchAnyone.com Team

By: HARRY ROSENGARD

HARRY ROSENGARD — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:16:26 +0000

YES, SHERRY I HAVE RECEIVED THAT $19.95 MESSAGE – WHO CAN i CONTACT TO STRAIGHTED THIS THING OUT. THANKS. HARRY

By: Laurie

Laurie — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:33:13 +0000

i get all of these every day. i sympathize with you all. i get ones from nigeria, uk, microsoft, yahoo, some have the nerve to say they are service men stationed in iraq (i am in NY!). these people are low and will stoop to any level to get your information.
one thing i can help you with is who to report the fake paypal to. when you get this one, you can foward it to “spoof@paypal.com”.

By: HermioneO

HermioneO — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:18:48 +0000

I got that so-called alert from yahoo accounts too, warning me my account would be deleted if I didn’t verify my information within two weeks. I forwarded it to the phish email. This was a little more difficult to spot than the usual phishing scams, but I just keep in mind that any email asking for my password is phishy.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:57:28 +0000

reply to sherry P
yes! I received the exact same one. dang those ppl