PayPal Email Spoofs (1 Viewer)

[Tommy]

The email spoofs that try to steal your login info are starting to show up a lot lately. Be careful!
This one it pretty obvious when you look at the actual email it came from but not all will be that easy to spot. Never click any links and just delete them.

 

[FordPickup92]

Omg is that why weird transactions have been coming out of my account!

 

[Rieguy]

I highly recommend everyone turns on and/or uses Two Factor Authentication for their PayPal Account (and honestly all of your important online accounts). This is highly beneficial in today's internet, as hackers and phishing scams become more prevalent and sophisticated.

 

[LeGold]

Yeah, doesn't help that Outlook & Apple & co. do whatever is possible to hide the sender's actual address.
Be careful, and remember that PayPal always starts their e-mails with the recipient's full name (either with or without "Hello" in front).

 

[Tommy]

Best practice is to delete the emails and go directly to the paypal website if you have any concerns about your account.

 

[redwine]

Honestly, this is a pretty good one; some red flags I found:

shitty return email address

poor grammar

sense of urgency

along with the fact that the entire email just seems a bit off. Just doesn't sound like something you'd get from a F500 company or a bank.

Be careful out there.

 

[Jambine]

Started seeing these a while ago. I always report them as "phishing". Don't know if that actually does anything

 

[moose]

It was me. I was trying to empty everyone's PayPal account before the chip room sale.