Check Out My New Email Scam!!!
By Rozie37
@Rozie37 (15499)
Turkmenistan
January 14, 2009 10:42pm CST
I was scammed again by someone pretending to be Paypal. It was interesting because a lot of us on Mylot did get emails from Paypal today. This is what kind of confused me, until I realize that they spelled Paypal, as Paypol. So do be careful my friend's. This is what it looks like.
PayPal Email Confirmation Reminder?
From: PayPal Inc. (service@paypol.com)
Medium risk You may not know this sender. Mark as safe|Mark as unsafe
Sent: Wed 1/14/09 10:11 PM
To:
Dear PayPal Customer,
We noticed that you haven't confirmed your email address for the PayPal account you recently signed up for.
It only takes a minute to confirm your email and get access to all the great features PayPal offers, including:
Proven payment network - PayPal has over 35 million members in 38 countries worldwide
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16 responses
@khan2abdul (416)
• India
15 Jan 09
What will happen to them if I forward that mail to spoof@payal.com. I am eagerly waiting for ur answer.
@fwidman (11514)
• United States
15 Jan 09
Sorry for the delay in answering, my wife wanted to use the computer 
If you forward the emails to PayPal they will try to find out who is sending them out. They have far better equipment and skills thatn most people i guess. I'm sure they will try to track down the ISP of the mailer and get him shut down so he cannot mail any more people
If you forward the emails to PayPal they will try to find out who is sending them out. They have far better equipment and skills thatn most people i guess. I'm sure they will try to track down the ISP of the mailer and get him shut down so he cannot mail any more people @Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
15 Jan 09
I forwarded it to spoof@paypal.com and they got back to me within the hour. They confirm that it was indeed Phishing and thanked me for taking the time to send it to them. They said, because of this, it can help prevent it from happening to others. It is the best thing to do, besides warning people.
@faith210 (11224)
• Philippines
15 Jan 09
Hi Rozie37! Good thing that you have noticed that it is a fraud email. I haven't receive any email like that and I am glad that you have posted this so I can be aware that it is nothing but a scam. Thanks again!
Take care and have a nice day!
lovelots..faith210
@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
15 Jan 09
Its good you spotted it. I never go to paypal or ebay thru my email. If I need to go to paypal, I always go there directly. I never answer emails from them neither. I have gotten phony emails from paypal and ebay, you have to be so careful these days. If you would have fallen for it, instead of you having access to all the great features. The scammers would have access to your money and your bank account or credit card if you have it attached to your account. Good lookin out Rozie.
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@teapotmommommerced (10359)
• United States
15 Jan 09
What a scam and if you do not look at it correctly you can think it would be real. I did not get one. I got paid but did not get the one to confirm my email address. I would not because my paypal account is several years old.
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@teapotmommommerced (10359)
• United States
16 Jan 09
Rozie did my response sound like I was nasty to you if it did I did not mean it that way. I was talking about myself so if I offended you I am sorry it was not my intent.
I would have opened it but then read your paypal account needs to be confirmed. That would have sent bells off in my head because my account is several years old.
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@rosdimy (3926)
• Malaysia
15 Jan 09
I have had several spoof emails purportedly from PayPal. Everything was almost correct including the spelling. But a very long address made the email a suspect. There is one give away which gave the game away. I knew it was a spoof before I opened it because it was sent to the wrong email address. It seems that these scammers/phishers were taking email addresses at random. PayPal was not the only spoofed site. Among other spoof email that I received in the past include Liberty Reserve, NatWest, Lloyds, and Barclays.
all the best,
rosdimy
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@arthi_88 (1516)
• India
15 Jan 09
Thanks for the information. Now here is something else also. Don't answer any email saying they are conducting a survey for paypal and blah blah..I had got it few days ago so wanted to inform you all..Be careful and don't open any email from address that are not from paypal.com yet have paypal as their subject lines.I had forwarded he mail to spoof@paypal.com and I am sure that they will take appropriate action.
Have a nice day!
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@disvachic (10117)
• United States
15 Jan 09
Yes its a shame folks want to go around scamming.Yes you have to be very careful.
@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
16 Jan 09
The thing that makes me so mad is that these kind of crooks make it so hard for everyone else. They say that "Necessity is the mother of invention," or something like that. When you think of all the new things that have been created and then all the new things that had to be created, because of the criminal minds, it can be quite overwhelming to try to get your mind around.
@multimastery (1195)
• United States
15 Jan 09
Wow these scammers are getting verrry clever. You have sharp eyes. I'm sure they get a lot of people with this one. Thanks for the alert!
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
15 Jan 09
Thanks for sharing us this information with us. It seems that scammers never give up trying to lure us into their filthy tactics. I am glad that you have warned other users so that they would not fall into such schemes.
@annjilena (5618)
• United States
16 Jan 09
wow thanks it always a crook trying to steal your money it,s good you caught it what if you didn,t catch it they could have stolen your money.
@Feona1962 (7526)
• United States
15 Jan 09
My paypal account is not under my email address...so when I get an email from them I ignore it....because paypal (or whoever it is) doesn't have my email account...so this way I know right away that they are not really paypal...
@dexterfigg (3)
• India
15 Jan 09
please forward the email to spoof@paypal.com it helps them to trackdown these IP addresses and nab the scamsters.
@ilgattofelice99 (192)
• Chile
15 Jan 09
That is a rather comical error that they made, I can always spot a fradulent email because there are often mistakes in the English.
@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
16 Jan 09
That is true. You know that it had to be a foreigner. Or else they think that it is some kind of joke to make obvious stupid mistakes. Well I know one thing, the criminal mind can be both brilliant and dumb, all at the same time. Ever seen stories on America's dumbest criminals? If not, check out this months Reader's Digest.
@jwfarrimond (4473)
•
15 Jan 09
You would never access PayPal or any other secure site from a link in an email. You should always access PayPal and other financial sites directly by typing the website URL into the browser. PayPal or any other financial institution will not send out an email asking you to access the site from a link on the email, and any email that asks you to do so is fake. Lastly, if you are at all uncertain, just place the mouse cursor over the address link. It will show you what the true website URL is that it will send you to. CLUE! It won't be PayPal!
@Savvynlady (3684)
• United States
15 Jan 09
Roz,
I had a similar complaint, and I had to call Paypal and they told me when you get emails like that, send it to spoof@paypal.com. Also, whenever Paypal sends you an email, they send it in your name ALWAYS. Like, Dear Rozie whatever, Just to let you know that so you know the deal from now.
