Beware of Email – Paypal Account Review Department
Today, i received an email, subject as “Account Review Department” from PayPal (noreply@webssl.com). This email said my Paypal account is limited access due to some fault credit card cases, request download the attached form and open in my browser to restore my Paypal password.
It’s just a funny email, how can i trust an email which is from webssl.com instead of paypal.com? Paypal will never send email and ask for password restore. I can guarantee this is 1000% fault or spam email which try to still my Paypal password. Just delete it, start wonder where they have my Paypal information….
Email’s body as follow :
Dear PayPal user,
As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in
the PayPal system. We recently contacted you after noticing an
issue on your account.We requested information from you for the following reason:
We recently received a report of unauthorized credit card use
associated with this account. As a precaution, we have limited
access to your PayPal account in order to protect against future
unauthorized transactions.Case ID Number: PP-238-937-388
This is a reminder to restore your account as soon as possible.
Please download the form attached to this email and open it in a
web browser. Once opened, you will be provided with steps to
restore your account access. We appreciate your understanding as
we work to ensure account safety.In accordance with PayPal’s User Agreement, your account access
will remain limited until the issue has been resolved.
Unfortunately, if access to your account remains limited for an
extended period of time, it may result in further limitations or
eventual account closure. We encourage you to restore your PayPal
account as soon as possible to help avoid this. We thank you for
your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this
is a security measure intended to help protect you and your
account. We apologize for any inconvenience.Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review DepartmentPayPal Email ID PP238-937-388
Forgot to add, this is the “address” that the email comes from: service@PayPal.co.uk
So they even know I have a UK account. I hate these people.
I’ve received it too but now it’s got the correct PayPal address as the sender. Marking it as Spam, now puts all notification of PayPal transactions in my spam folder. Not a show stopper but very annoying
I just got this email apparantly from paypal! I was pretty sure it was crap. notice the copyright at the bottom. They try and make it so authentic looking but the email address screws them up lol
Dear PayPal Member,
We recorded a payment request from “HostGator -www.hostgator.com- Reseller Web Hosting”
to enable the charge of $74.95 on your account.
Because the order was made from an Nigerian internet address, we put an Exception Payment on
Transaction ID: #3G185216JX351710Y motivated by our Geographical Tracking System.
THE PAYMENT IS PENDING FOR THE MOMENT.
If you made this transaction or if you just authorize this payment, please ignore or remove this email
message. The transaction will be shown on your monthly statement as “HostGator – Reseller Web Hosting”.
If you didn’t make this payment and would like to decline the $74.95 billing to your card, please follow
the link below to cancel the payment :
Cancel this payment (Transaction ID: #3G185216JX351710Y)
NOTE: Because email is not a secure form of communication, please do not reply to this email.
Copyright © 1999-2010 PayPal. All rights reserved.
Nowadays, spam and phishing site is really countless.
I have also just received this email, how can these parasites be stopped
There is a scam company scaming paypal.com, sending out e-mails asking for your credit card information. Watch out they are fake.
There is another coming scaming http://www.LoanStaff.com Domain Name trying to get your ID information. If you go to Google and put in http://www.LoanStaff.com, the Scam site will come up at the top or on the side of the page in the sponsored links. Click on it and you will see it is a fake but do not enter any information. The real http://www.LoanStaff.com has put up funny “Loan Shark” warning on their site take a look.
Dear friend,
I have received this e-mail too!
Notice?
From: PayPal (noreply@webssl.com)
You may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as junk
Sent: Tue 11/10/09 11:25 AM
To:
1 attachment
Form.html (5.7 KB)
As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the system.We recently contacted you after noticing an issue on your account.We requested information from you for the following reason:We have observed activity in this account that is unusual or potentially high risk. Please download the form attached to this email and open it in a web browser.Once opened, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access.We appreciate your understanding as we work to ensure account safety.
–Forwarded Message Attachment–
Restore Your Account
Secure
You have received this form because your PayPal account has been suspended for security reasons.
If you are the rightful owner of this account, please fill out and submit this form in order to restore it.
Please fill in all the fields.
Full Name
Credit/Debit Card Number
Card Expiration Date
-
(mm/yyyy)
CSC
What’s this?
Social Security Number:
Date of Birthday:
Billing Address
City
State/Province
Zip/Postal Code
Home Phone Number
Copyright © 1999-2009 PayPal. All rights reserved.
DO NOT fill in anything or download the form, spam mail, it’s may contains trojan as well. Just delete this email.
“Paypal will never send email and ask for password /account restore”
I got this exact same email
Just delete this spamming message ~