I recently recieved this email:
“Dear PayPal®member
You have recently updated your PayPal® account according to our standard security procedures.
Unfortunately the update procedure failed because some of the information you provided was incorrect.
Please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your personal records.
However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension.”
The address was services@ipaypal.com
This is a fradulent company When you click on their link, you will be asked for your bank and credit info.
I have been using paypal since it's inception in 99 or 2000. PAYPAL does not do this!
Be aware, as these are thieves. If you get this or anything like this, always call Paypal or forward the email to spoof@paypal.com
Sorry to bother, just trying to inform.
Best, PDXPIPELINE
Follow Up from Paypal when I sent it to the spoof@paypal.com
“Thank you for writing to PayPal regarding the email message you received
that appeared to be from eBay.
As you may have already suspected, this email was not sent by eBay.
These emails, commonly referred to as spoofs, are sent by fraudulent
sources posing as eBay in an attempt to collect sensitive financial
information or passwords.
Please know that PayPal and eBay are committed to the security of our
sites and our members. We review every report we receive and forward all
vital information on to the appropriate authorities for further action
and tracking. We work actively and aggressively in partnership with many
agencies, ISP's, and law enforcement groups to support their
investigation of these fraudulent entities. As a public company, we rely
on the same agencies you do to pursue these fraudulent activities. You
may also wish to contact your ISP or email service provider for further
information or instructions.”
There is a lot more…but you get the gist – please be careful and stop these a-holes!
LAST FOLLOW-UP:
I put this on Digg to get it out there…Digg is awesome and one of the greatest companies to come out of this “Web 2.0″ revolution. Whether you “digg” the story or not, you will likely find the website very handy..
Here: http://digg.com/business_finance/Paypal_Scammers_be_careful_of_this_fraudsters_trying_to_steal_your_info