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TWINSET

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Just got this in my email, not exactly creative, no logos or anything, and link leads to somewhere other than paypal, but if you're expecting some just be careful

This email confirms that Andrew Jackson has sent you 85.00 EUR with PayPal.

To complete this payment, you must accept or refuse it within 30 days by clicking Here

If you do not accept or refuse this payment within 30 days, it will be cancelled and the funds will be returned to Andrew Jackson's account.

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Payment Details

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Amount: 85.00 EUR

Transaction ID: 9D373306GD4453236

View details of the transaction online

This payment is pending because it was sent in a currency in which you do not currently hold a balance.

Thank you for using PayPal!

The PayPal Team

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Copyright 1999-2007 PayPal. All rights reserved. PayPal (Europe) Limited is authorised and regulated

by the Financial Services Authority in the United Kingdom as an electronic money institution. PayPal FSA Register Number: 226056.

PayPal Email ID PP2765

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Mad Ax

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I had the exact same email yesterday, really threw me because I'm doing a lot of trades at the mo but I didn't recognise the name. I checked out the SMTP headers and the mail came from a freeserve address, and was sent to an address at my domain that I don't use for paypal. The fact that the domain begins paypal.com is about to confuse people tho (it confused me for a bit!)

I forwarded the mail to Paypal and they have confirmed it is a spoof. My guess is they will steal your paypal username and password.

I own my own domain name, so everytime I sign up for a forum or website or buy anything on-line, I always use a new name@mydomain.com - that way if I get spam or virii or spoof emails, I know exactly which company sold my address. Plus it makes it easier to get rid of spams.

Ax

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Tamiya1/10

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is sad, the individual is smart enough to extract infromation from other people's computer for his own gain. Why don't this same individual apply his knowledge or smarts legitimately and earn his money by proper means. I guess he never thought that he may go to prison and when comes shower time or lights out, some hairy BIG DUDE will whisper in his ear that they'll do the first thing that comes up.

tomjkear Community Regular

tomjkear

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Losers- It really makes me angry, and my fingers want to spell out naughty words....

I've been done a few times through eBay and PayPal. Once when an eBay account had been highjacked, so they had decent feedback on the account and looked legitimate, and once by someone that took my money and closed the account down. On both occasions PayPal refused to be interested and eBay said it was not their responsibility either.

I HATE people that take money from others in an unfair manner. God help those two people if I ever happen to meet them in a dark alley, and I'm normally Mr Nice Guy!

ryanbored Veteran

ryanbored

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'Account hi-jacked'

smells like male cow poo to me.

I've heard it before but i don't buy it, i mean, if it did happen then how would the 'hi-jacker' get your money, cos surely you'd send it to the registered account or registered paypal account?

tomjkear Community Regular

tomjkear

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'Account hi-jacked'

smells like male cow poo to me.

I've heard it before but i don't buy it, i mean, if it did happen then how would the 'hi-jacker' get your money, cos surely you'd send it to the registered account or registered paypal account?

According to eBay, the eBay password was somehow discovered by a 3rd party and a different PayPal account was linked to the account, purely for the purpose of taking the cash from a bunch of unsuspecting bidders. By the time PayPal had any idea about what was going on, the money had been withdrawn from the account and into a bank account some place.

As far as PayPal are concerned, they will not refund payments under 15 and will only refund up to 105. Pretty lame if you ask me. I no longer buy from eBay, though I continue to sell there.

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KEV THE REV

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If you do not accept or refuse this payment within 30 days, it will be cancelled and the funds will be returned to Andrew Jackson's account.

Would this show up as a 'pending' action in your paypal account if it was a real transaction? I would assume if it was not shown there ,then it is not a real transaction.I've had a few Ebay and Paypal scam emails , but you can usually spot them a mile off .If in doubt just send them to the spoof controllers at Ebay and Paypal.

madaz75 Community Regular

madaz75

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Would this show up as a 'pending' action in your paypal account if it was a real transaction?

Yes it would show up on your paypal account as 'Pending'

So my advice is:

Don't follow Suspect links

and

Check your Paypal account for any 'Action', Pending or otherwise.

steviedee Mentor

steviedee

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just to add to this i just got another "spoof" paypal email, i must be loucky as aol mail picks them up straight away, but i though i would make you guys aware.

Hope none of you have been done by this too.

At the end of the day the only sure fire way to access paypal and be fully secure in the knowledge you got to the correct place is to type in the web address yourself. And if you do get emails saying your account is locked or anything suchlike. then close the email open your browser and type the address in. What ever issues you got if "legitamite" with be apparent on your paypal account.

The spoof goes some thing like this.

We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your PayPal account from a foreign IP address.

If you recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual log in attempts may have been initiated by you. However if you are the rightful holder of the account,click on the link below to log into the account and follow the instructions.

https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run

If you choose not to complete the request, you give us no choice but to suspend your account temporary.

It takes at least 72 hours for the investigation in this case and we strongly recommend you to verify your account at that time.

If you received this notice and you are not the authorized account holder, please be aware that it is in violation of PayPal policy to represent oneself as an other PayPal user.Such action may also be in violation of local, national, and/or international law. PayPal is committed to assist law enforcement with any inquires related attempts to missapropriate personal information with the intent to commit fraud or theft. Information will be provided at the request or law enforcement agencies to ensure that perpetrators are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Thanks for your patience as we work together to protect your account.

PayPal Account Review Department.

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Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response.

For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and click the Help link located in the top right corner of any PayPal page.

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PayPal Email ID PP00145

Copyright Paypal 2007. All rights

All the links go some where link http://trilogy dot net **** or what ever.

Hope this helps someone.

Steve

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ryanbored

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I'm so gullible for this sort of thing, (no ideas you lot!) so thanks for the heads up. It's confusing that the link starts with www.paypal.com...

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