Thread: PayPal scam

It looks like the scammers are at it again, watch out for an email like the one I just received below:

Firstly check out the senders email: ppl.verify#msn.com

It's also worth noting that you cannot authorize a payment without physically logging into Paypal which should set alarm bells ringing in the first place.

Also if that billing statement was correct it would also contain my email address as well as my name.



Also if you hover your cursor over the cancel button you will find that the link displayed in the bottom left browser has no redirector to paypal at all, in my case it was pointing to:

hxxp://portalsvr.kusd.org/jgraph/lang/debt, nothing to do with Paypal what so ever

You should also never follow links from any email from anyone that deals with any part of your finances, go directly to the site and login. If there is a problem you will be notified of it once you have logged into the site.

Source:Merlin @ The Lair Forum

Phising has always been an issue. This is just one case out out millions of examples. The best way of telling if you're attacked is when you click a link in your mail and a totally different link opens up.

Also people need to know that most of the time phishing sites look better than the real thing, this done just so they could lure everybody in, make'em feel it's cool and safe.

Anyways anybody should always be on the lookout. If you weren't now is a good time to start.

Whenever I get a message that something is wrong, needs to be fixed, or that money is involved I almost always delete the e-mail straight away.

It's pathetic to think how certain people would want to make money these days.

Originally Posted by sedin

It's pathetic to think how certain people would want to make money these days.

With that said...it's pathetic to think how often things of this nature work. I get an email from Bank of America saying my account has been breached, and I need to sign in. I think about it for a second, and realize I don't even have a Bank of America account. How many people just click the link?

Originally Posted by lookin4vids

With that said...it's pathetic to think how often things of this nature work. I get an email from Bank of America saying my account has been breached, and I need to sign in. I think about it for a second, and realize I don't even have a Bank of America account. How many people just click the link?

People, without enough knowledge, easily fall in these scams. Education is the only way to stop it.

I'm really surprised GMail didn't catch this (it looks like GMail at least in your picture). Their spam filter is usually very good.

Wow, thanks for the head up on this one. Looks good at first glance, aside from the wrong email address. Hope they don't get too many stupid people suckered in...

These scams are very profitable, even with a 0.1% success rate.

Our education systems deliberately instill financial unintelligence.

Interesting books regarding this is are Robert Kyosaki's "Rich Dad, Poor Dad"
and "Conspiracy of The Rich".

On video, check out "Four Centuries of American Education" in the Politically Incorrect Documentaries torrent at:

Politically Incorrect Documentaries (download torrent) - TPB

There's a sucker born every minute, but most are mis-educated to be that way.