[mjomha]

hi just opened my inbox at hotmail and recieved this email from paypal its weird since i dont got a paypal account.

Dear PayPal Member,


This email confirms that you have sent an eBay payment of $347.85 USD to

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for an eBay item.



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Payment Details
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Amount: $347.85 USD

Transaction ID: 2LC956793J776333Y

Subject: Digimax 130





Note:
If you haven't authorized this charge ,click the link below to dispute transaction
and get full refund


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(Encrypted Link ) (this is the link:
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) (dont press!!)

*SSL connection:
PayPal automatically encrypts your confidential information
in transit from your computer to ours using the Secure
Sockets Layer protocol (SSL) with an encryption key length
of 128-bits (the highest level commercially available)......

i dont own a paypal account and even if i did i dont that kind of funds lol what could this be? phishing scam trying to steal my passwords off my computer or something?

[sysax]

It's called Phishing!
Phishing is a way to get people's their password.
Don't be scared, just remove the e-mail.
It's not on your PC, it's just an e-mail send to you.
Thanks for reporting thi.

[nooby4ever]

Originally Posted by sysax
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It's called Phishing!
Phishing is a way to get people's their password.
Don't be scared, just remove the e-mail.
It's not on your PC, it's just an e-mail send to you.
Thanks for reporting thi.

yes just remove it and your done with it =)...........(nice phishing try)..........

[mjomha]

no problem never pressed the link or anything, acutally i got 2 emails of this the same thing i looked at the link before pressing Dispute transaction and saw that if it were to be secured by 128 bit its suppose to start like this https not http so i knew that it was fishy, also reported to hotmail as phishing scam

[sysax]

Good that you have reported it.
Also, firefox reported to me that the site a scam.
Firefox ftw
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[Greyian]

You can tell it's a scam because it says Dear PayPal Member. The real PayPal emails say "Dear *First Name* *Last Name*". Always beware when reading your emails from any payment processor!

[serenacyh]

The big joke here is mjomha doesn't have a paypal account and already paid for an item! Ridiculous! But then any online payment processor will get these scam emails. And once, I even got such email for a "dispute" at another forum! Sadly that one I did click and lost my forum account to a scammer. Scammer posted his referral links using my account and I need to get help from the forum Admin to settle problem. Phishing emails are really getting so clever and they are really wicked.

[terakoh]

A lot of phishing emails nowadays, remember to always check the link by mouseover. Also, only login to the payment processor site and NEVER click any link claiming to lead to the payment processor in email.

[mosaich2t]

Yeah, this is clearly a phishing email. Do not click on the link in it as it will send your paypal (Although you do not have the paypal processor, it will be good to create awareness for other paypal users) information.

[sigroid75]

i got an email that is supposedly from paypal. glad i didn't fill up the information. so i am glad, because it was a phishing email. it asked for my credit card number