Papal warning

[mk2 v6]

Received an emai from Support-Online claiming to be from PayPal.

Starting with Hello Dear Custormer. Stating that my card issuer had informed them that a transaction had been made without my permission and they have now restricted my account .To resolve the issue, download the link attached and fill in the details to activate your account. They ask for your user name password bank card details including the security number. Obviously I deleted the email but some people may get drawn in,as I know for my mother has the early stages of dementia and would give her details without a second thought. If PayPal ever contact you they will always start with your name, so please pass on.

[walsh253]

Yeah got that yesterday aswell and I don't even have the paypal in my name ,I guess if 1 in 1000 reply its worth them having a go

[Mk2Jo]

I get these too and also banking emails asking the same thing (even from banks that I don't bank with!). Some look very authentic, others are easy to spot with their poor grammar but I am sure many would click the link and end up in trouble. I always go direct to my paypal account to check rather than follow the link.

[Mrs O/H/C]

Like Jo , I also get paypal / bank emails but just delete them especially as the bank ones are irrelevant .

[Vista]

Top tip, always check the properties for the link. It will look genuine on the surface but hidden underneath (don't know the technical name for what this process is called) the actual text of the link will be total garbage

[skeeter]

Top tip, always check the properties for the link. It will look genuine on the surface but hidden underneath (don't know the technical name for what this process is called) the actual text of the link will be total garbage

Even simpler - delete and ignore. No financial institution sends unsolicited emails asking you to click a link. If in doubt, ring them using the normal phone number, not any number quoted in the email.

 

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[Blimey]

You can report them online ,I just junk them all

[PCOE]

I just got that too

There was grammar mistakes too so reported to PP

[mk2 mike]

Another way to tell ( if you DO click the link) is to look at the web address it takes you to. For example a real one will be

 

Http//:Barclays.co.uk/customer help

 

A fake will be

 

Http//:Johnnyscamfund/barclays/customerhelp

 

The real bank ones will have the bank name at the start, fake ones won't.

[Tom E Cropp]

Like wise I got this PayPal email just deleted it

[gwtaylor22]

Little tip folks

Paypal has an app to down load on PC's so that when you go on to your emails and a "paypal" email comes up if it's genuine it has the P sign next to it but not in the subject box so can't even be coppied 

 

it's good as I've had the dodgy ones afew times and only by downloading the app i can now see safely which are genuine and which are fake

[fieldy1972]

Another way to tell ( if you DO click the link) is to look at the web address it takes you to. For example a real one will beHttp//:Barclays.co.uk/customer helpA fake will beHttp//:Johnnyscamfund/barclays/customerhelpThe real bank ones will have the bank name at the start, fake ones won't.

Yep totally agree mate. Any "out of the blue" emails I get from I.e paypal, Barclays etc , I always have a look at the web address. Just like Jo I got a paypal one the other day. Web address was for some random hotel. Paradise Hotel or something. I do try and reply to the email with some choice words but it always gets bounced back to me. One day eh?.

[aardvark101]

Oh Pay-Pal......I thought it was the Vatican alerting us to more Paedo priests :

[cdeane74]

Yeah I got that paypal and loads of others,usually at 3 or 4am,just delete them, although I'm still waiting on a reply from a Nigerian businessman I gave 10grand to, he reckons il get 15k back very shortly

[Bigfish]

Another thing to check when paying for anything or wheb you log into a secure account etc

 

They should all start with https:// the s meaning secure