Just a heads up about Paypal email scams.

byElwinDutton

1.2K followers

7 years ago

I get them all the time. The people that send these scams are good if you don't know how to spot them. First of all in the first image if you look at the very bottom of the page you will know right off. I'm not even sure what country that is.

All PayPal emails will have: (copyright 1999-2017 PayPay. All rights reserved.) at the bottom of there email.

The login link button in the center of the page is done with a URL shortener so they can track you to see if you open the email. When i clicked on that button, and went to there login page i could not save link as to find out where that was coming from. Pretty dam smart.

Then if they see that you opened the email, they will send you another warning, telling you your PayPal account will be suspended if you don't take action. PayPal does not do that.

Sometimes i wonder, how many people will panic, login and put all their information.

I just thought i would post this for everybody, especially for the new members so they won't fall into this scam. I know a lot of use PayPal.

This is the scam email i got.

This is what their login page looks like.

This the URL shortener that they use to track you. Notice the text at the top. Not the kind of shortener i would want to use. :)