Garage_Doors
Originally the Swankers
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[Finance] Scam alert with Paypal
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Tricky Dicky
New member
Hmm, there's probably more in my Paypal account.
symyjym
Banned
Natwest and Paypal is quite common and I think I had a gas one a short while aho. I've even had several parking fines emailed to me recently and none of them even had my car reg on them. I am surprised that these scammers think they can get away with it these days with people paying up without checking. I only wonder what their success rate is.
And even then, I'd be careful about clicking a link to a site. If I want to use a bank/PP etc, I never use a link to the site, but find the site myself.
They get away with it because for every hundred normal people, there's a BG.
symyjym
Banned
This recent one is a beauty:
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
Magic Sponge
Well-known member
Thanks for the heads up [MENTION=17029]Rogero[/MENTION]
I have just received one saying a payment is under review.
It asks that if I didn't make the payment would I like to cancel it and claim a full refund, then to click the link and apply.
Forwarded a copy to Paypal.
I did ask you not to post that picture, that colour of dress really didn't suit me.This?
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wow,pleased to help you. Thats why I love this forum.
nicko31
Well-known member
Had one from BT with an unusually large bill, it asks to do nothing but your immediate instinct is to log in and see where the high price came from. Of course, next thing they've got a PW and often many use the same PW for multiple accounts.
Very simple but probably quite a high success rate for stealing PW's
Very simple but probably quite a high success rate for stealing PW's
Postman Pat
Well-known member
My most recent from PayPal contained this:
Dear ,
You sent a payment of 26.33 GBP
This email confirms your purchase of the following subscription usign your PayPalID
You have 7 days from the date of the transaction to cancel the subscription without beeing charged.
Come on at least try and look convincing! Didn't even spoof in my email address after dear,
Dear ,
You sent a payment of 26.33 GBP
This email confirms your purchase of the following subscription usign your PayPalID
You have 7 days from the date of the transaction to cancel the subscription without beeing charged.
Come on at least try and look convincing! Didn't even spoof in my email address after dear,
Laptop Ell
Laptop Specialist!
In this day & age with phishing e-mails very common, do semi-intelligent people still fall for them? 
Garage_Doors
Originally the Swankers
In this day & age with phishing e-mails very common, do semi-intelligent people still fall for them?
It's a numbers game, if they send it to a few 100,000 people 1/2 dozen will fall for it.
Worried Man Blues
Well-known member
I get about 6 a day but when I go to unsubscribe my mcavee says, whoa don't go there, so I am stuck with deleting daily hoping they will get fed up.
surrey jim
Not in Surrey
Clicking unsubscribe will only confirm to the spammers that your email address is valid. Best to mark it as spam so future emails from them are deleted immediately.
Worried Man Blues
Well-known member
Thanks have just found that option, will try that, ta
Official Old Man
Uckfield Seagull
Yesterday I received two emails, one for a parking violation and one for speeding. As I was away on holiday I know they are fake (cars blocked in drive and keys hidden) but still had to look twice as they are convincing.