Paypal alert

mattacjones

Hi - for the less technical, I know there's a lot of payal users on here. Just had a text saying 'suspicious activity ... please sign in and check' or words to that effect. Short link supplied in message that leads to a payal login page .... or is it? I don't think so, http at start of url not https, plus it wasn't a paypal.com or paypal.co.uk domain.

So, if you get one, don't use the supplied link - log in the normal way and chack.

Sorry to sound paranoid, but had a bellyful of this stuff 

guitarfishbay

Yeah these are annoyingly common, not just 'PayPal' either...

If ever in doubt visit the site yourself via your browser, don't use any email links.

NeilMcG

Simple rule - never ever click on links in emails.

I see dozens of these emails every day purporting to come from banks, amazon, paypal - you name it. Some are pretty convincing. It's a never-ending plague of phishing and malware.

Funkfingers

The usual formula is, "something alarming has happened to your account. We are so concerned that we have provided a hyperlink at the bottom of this page. Don't delay. No time to go through the recommended secure log-in procedures. Re-enter your address and payment details NOW. Hurry. Hurry. Hurry."

Sometimes, the terminology, phrasing and spelling are slightly "off" - as if composed by somebody whose first language is not English. 

JezWynd

mattacjones said:

Hi - for the less technical, I know there's a lot of payal users on here. Just had a text saying 'suspicious activity ... please sign in and check' or words to that effect. Short link supplied in message that leads to a payal login page .... or is it? I don't think so, http at start of url not https, plus it wasn't a paypal.com or paypal.co.uk domain.

So, if you get one, don't use the supplied link - log in the normal way and chack.

Sorry to sound paranoid, but had a bellyful of this stuff 

Forward it to PayPal. Most companies have a dedicated email address to forward spam attempts etc. Every little helps.

Roland

Moved to Off Topic

Phil_aka_Pip

If you hover over their link you'll discover it's not kosher. Just do as @JezWynd says forward it to the real people and then delete itl

mart

NeilMcG said:

Simple rule - never ever click on links in emails.
....

Good, sound advice.

So good, in fact, that the organization I work for thought it should be communicated to all staff ... by putting it on the website and emailing a link to all staff.

I still don’t know whether to be in awe of their sense of irony or their stupidity.

chillidoggy

I had one yesterday purportedly from Google, saying someone had tried to log in to my Rocketmail account.

Which was fine, except Rocketmail is a Yahoo email address.

Twats.

57Deluxe

I love doing this when they send me an email to an email account that has no Paypal linked to it!

darthed1981

My email server rejects dozens every day and still some get through.

Bastards

maltingsaudio

Have a rule to ignore every email I get like this, even the ones from the leccy and gas.

its bloody cold in the house in the dark!

jonnyburgo

Paypal state that they will never email you asking for login details.

mattacjones

It was a text btw ...