Paypal Phishing Scam
Published on September 8, 2016
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Please be aware that Phishing scammers are posing as Paypal via email.
The email will say something like this
"Dear customer Or Dear and your email
Your PayPal account has been limited, To get back into your account you'll need to confirm your identity. It's easy: Click on the link below or copy and past the link into your browser. Confirm that you're the owner of the account, and then follow the instructions"
The email will look like this
Once you click you will be sent to a page like this
Do not ever give paypal financial or personal information via email.
There are ways to spot it is fake and here are a few.
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1 Paypal will never address you with a dear customer or dear email. They always use your First and Last names.
2 The Url may have Paypal in it like www.paypalsecure,com. Never login to paypal directly from a link always login from browser with https://www.paypal.com.
Never ever enter your id and password unless on this login page.
3 Popups. Paypal will never use a popup box in an email.
4 Bad spelling
5 PayPal will never email you an attachment or a software update to install on your computer.
6 Paypal will never ask for financial details via email
Update sorry i missed this out.
If you do happen to fall for this,. Change your passwords with paypal immediately and contact your bank and cancel your card.
Also forward the email to spoof@paypal.com then remove the email from your computer.
Keep your wits about you and keep your money safe from these criminals.
Laters people
Tim
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