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Paypal #992933
12/13/14 07:28 AM
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I just had an e mail from Paypal??-(service@e.pаyρal.com <casiworld@t-online.de>) asking me to click on a link to unsuspend my account, I was a bit suspicious so I went into Paypal from Firefox and had no trouble getting into my account, could this be phishing? think

Re: Paypal [Re: monbron] #992941
12/13/14 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted By: monbron
could this be phishing?

It sure is.
If you want, you can forward the email to spoof@paypal.com

Paypal has a webpage about fake emails ***here***.

Re: Paypal [Re: monbron] #992949
12/13/14 10:07 AM
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Thanks after I asked yourselves I went back to the paypal site and looked deeper and I forwarded my e mail to spoof and changed my password, hopefully they have not got any of my details, usually I can spot these a mile away, but this one was more convincing. thanks urock

Re: Paypal [Re: monbron] #992986
12/13/14 12:59 PM
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Monbron,
If I had received an e-mail like that stating something like "unsuspending" my account when I hadn't "suspended" it in the first place, I sure would have been suspicious. I would have dumped that e-mail into my Spam folder immediately, and then would have deleted it from my Spam folder. I admire you for taking further steps to report this to Paypal.
Sandy

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12/13/14 02:31 PM
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There isn't really a reason to change your password.
If they'd known your password, they wouldn't have sent you the phish email.

I hope you didn't use the link in the phish email to go to Paypal. Usually the links in phishing emails take you to a "lookalike" website that records the username/email and password you type in. Some of them even direct you to a website that acts as a middleman, recording everything you intend to send to Paypal and logging into Paypal for you so you won't suspect anything.

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