Is this email dodgy?

This is an email I just received. I remember someone saying that a real email will never get you to click on a link, is that right?

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Information Regarding Your account:
Dear PayPal Member:

Attention! Your PayPal Account Has Been Limited!

As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system.We recently contacted you after noticing an issue on your account.We requested information from you for the following reason:

Our system detected unusual charges to a credit card linked to your PayPal account.

Reference Number: PP-259-187-991

This is the Last reminder to log in to PayPal as soon as possible. Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access.

Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access. We appreciate your understanding as we work to ensure account safety.

By Clicking Here




We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We apologise for any inconvenience..

Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department

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TIA!

Hover over the link and see where it takes you... most will take you to a site that looks like the authentic site unless you look closely...

Also look at the email address it is from... same deal.

Another thing I usually do is go and log onto my Paypal/Ebay account, as they store letters they send to you in their, in an 'inbox' so there should be a copy. If not, let Ebay/Paypal (whoever they are impersonating) know. There is usually a report section on the authentic website.

I always worry about emails like that.....most often enough they are fakes.....i can never tell though. So i make Dh check it our before i go doing what they ask.

Have you done anything to your account recently? Used it?

I've had one similar to that before and it's definately dodgy. If you know there have been no dodgy credit card transactions then its a moot point so dont worry about it. Do report it to paypal though.

I would just log in to your paypal account as per normal without going through the email link. That way if it is legitimate you can fix whatever the issue is & if not, no harm done.

It's a definite fake. Any genuine emails from Paypal or eBay will have your name in the title, anything that says "Dear PayPal member" or "Dear eBay member" is a red flag so definitely don't click on any links. If you're ever unsure about a PayPal email you can forward it to s****@paypal.com.au and they will reply back to you pretty quickly letting you know if it is fake or not.

HTH :)

ETA the email address I gave you has been sensored. It should be s p o o f @ paypal.com.au (without the spaces of course ;) )

What's wrong with the word s p o o f?

It's a sp00f. Fwd it to s****@paypal.com.au

Ren - If you take the "s" from the word it spells a kind of offensive word ;)

But it had an s on it? That's weird censorship...

And I agree with the others- I think it's a dodgy email.

Ren sp00f is also a derogatory term for semen

Definitely a scam. We got one too. Trish is right, they would have used your name. If ever in doubt go to the actual site and see if they are asking you to do the same thing.

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Ren sp00f is also a derogatory term for semen

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Oh... seems I'm learning all sorts of new uses for words today...

lol ren tell me about it... beaver... sp00f.... i must have lived a sheltered life!!!!!!

Or the sp00f bit...take off the S and you get another term for gay man.

Ooooooooooohhhhhhhh!!!! I get why the 's' was taken off now...
Yep, I'm quick on the uptake today!!!

How did it go Rachel? Was it dodgy as suspected?

i wouldnt even click on the link. I got a dodgy email apparently from Ebay and by clicking on the link you can allow the scammers to drop software or something similar onto your comp which can then pick up your keystrokes. Best thing to do if ever unsure is send it to ebay/paypal and wait for them to confirm its ok.
:angry: :angry: these people are the pits

Going OT: It still doesn't make sense to censor part of a word IMO... by adding a letter it's a whole other word!

OT - is pr!ckle censored?

ETA - yup, and it has nowhere near the meaning that is deroragoty

I once went to a parenting forum where the word "deliver" was censored! The administrators thought is was derogatory for women "delivering" their babies. I can see their point... but it's still a bit odd.

OT- it picks up the norty words so in pr!ckle it picks up Pr!ck....

a friend of mine got an unknowingly dodgy email from ebay after she bought something and it asked her to verify her information which she did. within 24hrs she was a victim of identity fraud with - literally took her identity and spent her money, claimed on her social security (US citizen) and Feds said nothing can be done..
it was complete hell for her.
so yes, be weary!

I hate it when people send cr@p like that. I get them from the "ANZ" all the time telling me my account security is being compromised. Too bad I dont have a ANZ account :cryinglaugh: Idiots!!

NEVER NEVER NEVER click on the links in these emails. Hover over it (in outlook) if you're interested and it should give you the url. WHATEVER the url says, forward it to eBay.

If there is a problem with your account you will be told that when you log in to eBay, using your password, they might email you if you have a problem, but they never ONLY email you, and in the emails i've had (legit) there are no links - it tells you to log in to your account for details.

o/t- the code (computer programming) that takes out expletives is WAY simpler than you are anticipating. It just basically says "if p is next to r is next to i is next to c is next to k then replace each with *". It isn't "reading" anything, it's only flagging the sequence. And in most cases the board comes wither with the programme and the owner (Kel and the admin in this case) set the words, or it comes with a preset bunch and you can add or remove (hence "deliver" being offensive (though i do wonder how anyone offended by something so mild could COPE being the parent to a toddler or a teenrager!). It would be incredibly pointlessly difficult to programme a board to only take out "meant" expletives. If you call a cigarette a fag in the UK, people know you mean a cigarette. In america that is a very derogatort word for a homosexual person. Potatoes/*******s! LOL.

Definately dodgy I recieved one a few months back and forwarded it on to paypal...I also recieved an email once about my Commonwealth bank account....um I dont have an account with them and today recieved a dodgy email from some "sick' woman in England who wanted my money to set up a c harity????

Thanks guys. How do these bastards sleep at night? *shakes head*

Probably in big expensive beds bought with their ill-gotten cash...

Yep... They probably sleep on money (or in jail cells)...

I think a lot of people justify it to themselves that you'll get the money back by claiming fraud through your bank etc. So they're not ripping off the little guys- just the big insurance companies. Makes our fees go up though...