Paypal scam Heads Up

wealthy199

wealthy199

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Emails have started circulating claiming to be paypal. They get you to enter you paypal email address so that you can receive some "so called money" when really you're paying some scammer.

I got this from the warrior forum-

-email starts here-


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 the details of this 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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i won't fall for that as my account is set up in euro and i do not need any currecncy conversion to confirm :D. But i must say that the idea is ingenious. I use to receive a lot of such emails when i receive dollars payment.
 
You mean dead presidents aren't actually sending me money for nothing!?!? I better check with my buddies George Washington and Abe Lincoln to make sure they didn't in fact send me $25,000 apiece last week...
 
I've also gotten similiar emails claiming to be pay pal. One email even knew when my last purchase was and was asking for my pin to verify the purchase. I send these to paypal security and let them try and track it.
Thanks for the heads up.
 
Justmeron: maybe the guy posted you this fake shit whom you had business with last time, thats why he knew about your last transaction :D
 
It was weird. It was like a month later they knew when and what I purchased. I forwarded it to paypal and they verified it was a scam. Havent herd anything since that was over a month ago. But yeah I thought the same thing.
 
But i never understood how these people get away with scamming paypal, isnt everything traceable, i mean the money has to end up in someones bank account somewhere and those details are held with paypal !
 
Thanks for the warning, i had a guy try to scam me last night. http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/black-hat-seo/3153-new-scammer-alert-must-read.html
 
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