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We got an email from Paypal asking us to verify our account details.
I clicked the link to go to the Paypal site, and it all looked cosher, but it suddenly occurred to me that this might be a phishing scam as we'd had the account for about 3 years, and I would have thought we would have already gone through this already.
Anyway I thought how can I tell if it's really from Paypal, then it occurred to me that only Paypal would know the correct password so I put in a wrong one, up pops a message saying wrong password, so I must be on the genuine Paypal site and proceeded with the verification.
This seems pretty fool proof to me but what do others think.
I am no security expert BUT I would still be careful even with this system which on the face of it seems to be a reasonable check. I dont know what personal details you put in of course BUT I would certainly not put in credit card details from an invitation of this nature.
If your account was functioning OK why do they need the details confirming.
I wouldn't do that, Kev. If ever I see an email like that, I hover over the link and see what address it's trying to send me to. Quite often, it's something similar to the Paypal one. It could be the phishers have heard of your trick, and automatically ask for the password again. You might think, if you've tried to put the right password in, that you've just mis-typed.
I'd log onto Paypal directly if I were you, and change your password on the site pretty pronto.
À tous mes amis du forum thankyou pour toutes vos pensées agréables et avec son amour derrière moi je lutterai contre mon conflit avec un esprit de postive et le triomphe
I did do the hovering to check the site too, I do it with any link, and forgot to mention it.
And I change my passwords quite often anyway, and of course never use the same one for different sites.
Passwords are almost our biggest modern nightmare, I have over a hundred now, but I have a trick to remember them all, but I can't reveal it as it'd bugger up my system.
Do NOT ever confirm emails asking you to verify your account unless you have started the process by joining an organisation first and then that should happen immediately upon joining.
This is the primary phishing scam online and far too many people fall for it. No reputable company sends out emails asking you to do this nice email reply or not.
Another scam to be aware of-
If you get a call from someone claiming to be from or allied to Microsoft asking you if you are seeing a lot of error messages and telling you they will fix the problem tell them in no uncertain terms to go away. I prefer words that involve sex and travel if you get my drift!!
This happened to a friend recently - he told me some hours later what he had done including paying for the priviledge - £100 quid seemed like a good deal!! What he had done was give them not only his card but allowed them direct access to his PC. They then placed their own software on his computer !!
Result was that it was stopped quickly - the software removed - all bank account and other information requiring log on information had to be changed and all credit and debit cards changed.
A nightmare!!! but it could have been a lot worse.
The old adage remains - if it sounds too good to be true then it is!!!
I have had loads of supposed genuine emails from Paypal over the last month. Each asking for verification or similar (worrying thing is they address me by name) and threatening account suspension or similar if I dont comply.
I have ignored every single one for at least 4 weeks now and guess what ??? My account has not been suspended and still works fine.
Rule one on the internet "TRUST NO-ONE"
Dont EVER click on these links, they only serve to confirm your email address to the scammers.
All of these emails have come from e.paypal (note the extra "e" thats dead easy to miss.)
Having said that I did get a VERY nice email from a charming chap in Nigeria the other day. Made me a fantastic offer !!! No idea why he picked me to help him move his money out of Nigeria but he is offering me SO much money to assist him I would be mad not to oblige. That came in about 4 hours after the Irish Lottery told me I had won a BIG prize. How marvelous is that??? I hadnt even bought a ticket !!
There is an adage. " A fool and his money are soon parted" which is one of those little sayings that is firmly implanted in my grey matter!
I had an email from PayPal last week telling me that as I had changed my email address (I hadn't) I needed to update my account.
I didnt open the email - I just looked at message source so I could read what was said.
I then logged into ebay - my paypal account - and checked no one had messed with my email address, it was still the same, as it should be.
I NEVER directly log in to any account via an email.
I have also had a spate of calls telling me I have problems with my computer, all from people with foreign accents. sometimes I play along, but I usually tell them where to go
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