Your opinion on this mail?
@Professor2010 (20162)
India
December 8, 2012 3:03am CST
Today I saw this mail in my ‘spam’, it says; be careful with this message. Many people marked similar messages as phishing scams, so this might contain unsafe content.
And the mail is supposed to come from ‘Paypal ‘paypal@accounts.com to undisclosed recipients; it says; ‘There’s an issue with your account; ‘Dear Paypal user We recently noticed an issue with your account. What's the problem? For reasons relating to the safe use of the PayPal service we need some more information about some of your recent sales. Reference Number: PP-001-555-194-277 To see what you can and can't do while your account is limited, please go to the Resolution Centre Or simply Click Here To Verfiy Your Account info;
You'll be able to withdraw money from your account within 180 days. We'll email you when it's available. We just want to make sure that you have money in your account to cover any payment reversals. Yours sincerely, PayPal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Help Centre:
https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/helpweb?cmd=_help Safety Advice: https://www.paypal.com/uk/security Please do not reply to this email because we are not monitoring this inbox. To get in touch with us, log in to your account and click "Contact Us" at the bottom of any page. Copyright © 2011 PayPal. All rights reserved. PayPal (Europe) S.? r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. Soci?t? en Commandite par Actions Registered office: 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxemburg RCS Luxemburg B 118 349 PayPal Email ID PP1589
Whenever I receive any mail from PayPal, it addresses me as, never as Dear Paypal user; so I suspect something foul; I logged to my account; it was intact, not limited .
More over see this spelling; ‘Paypal’ it is not ‘PayPal’ .
[b]I know this is foul mail, hence landed in spam folder.
But I want to know; how Gmail knows it is spam?
Who sends such mails?
What is their benefit?[/b]
Please respond and share your views.
Thanks in advance.
Enjoy a Happy Sunday
Professor ‘Bhuwan’. . 08/12/2012
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9 responses
@Mavic123456 (21893)
• Thailand
8 Dec 12
Thanks too... but I don't have any idea. I just read this so if I encounter with regards to paypal I know what to do. Is this a Scam or something? 
@Mavic123456 (21893)
• Thailand
8 Dec 12
ohh then it should just be ignored. thanks Aka.. you are really smart 
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@nytrisco (567)
• Philippines
8 Dec 12
Hi Prof, before when I was very an active user of Paypal. I also received an email similar as yours, as far as I can remember, the email was instructing me to login my username and password to the link given for security purposes. It smelled fishy so I didn't do what the email instructed me to do, but I send an email to Paypal regarding the said email. And less than 12 hours, they replied to me that it was just a bogus mail. Be very careful on emails. Might as well confirm it with Paypal with a copy of print screen of it.
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@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
8 Dec 12
I have confirmed it, thanks for detailed response
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@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
8 Dec 12
It does sound questionable my friend. I would be very cautious about it. Maybe you should log on to the paypal site and ask them about it. If it was from them (and I don't think it is...) then they will have a duplicate on the site in your account I would think.
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@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
10 Dec 12
It has actually been a long time since I've gotten one of the spam emails that is supposed to be from paypal. However, I do have to tell you that any time that I get something that could even possibly be related to paypal, I will delete the mail and log directly into my paypal account.
There have also been a lot of different phishing scams that I have forwarded to Paypal for further investigation because it is clear that they are trying to rip people off.
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@vernaC (1491)
• Romania
8 Dec 12
So far nothing to scammed in my paypal, but thank you for this warning. The mail is almost believable because it stated an alarming situation about your account and they have even use or gave link for help centers. But how they address the account owner is doubtful and asking for your info is the crucial one. I can say how this email is done very smart you can almost fall if you are not so smart.
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@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
8 Dec 12
Yes it makes one alarmed, the scammers use so many techniques
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
9 Dec 12
hi professor if you get another one send it to abuse paypal.com so they know that
phishing is g oing on. the people who do this have tried to make it look real
but you realized Paypad does n ot address you as undisclosed recepiten so its all false.they are frauds who want your info on how to getinto yo ur acoount so they can steal any money there from you. You are wise and also Gmail can tell by the discreptancies in the wa y you were addressed the spelling of the message
and other terms that thy do not use and they would address yo u u sing your eami address too. it is a horrid scam and I am glad gmail was smart to put it in the
right place.they are crooks thats whyo they are and tghey steal enough legitimate addresses to make it believable until you start really looking at it. to begin with I do not think there is a Safety advice for Pay pal at least not listed that way.They overdid it w ith all the legalese stuff thats all phony too.
@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
9 Dec 12
mom
I am not getting you, where to write, i tried --abuse paypal.com no site opened; please guide me
I am not getting you, where to write, i tried --abuse paypal.com no site opened; please guide me
@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
9 Dec 12
Gmail must have some sort of filter to detect these things.
When ever any official mail comes to my inbox , it will have a label to separate it from fakes.
Gmail does make mistakes, however. Even if there is an official label, I always go directly to the site from my address bar, never from any email .link.
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@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
9 Dec 12
I agree Gmail detects, must have some filter; more over i have seen this too; once i mark any mail as spam, it sends similar mail to spam folder
