A Word of Caution

[virtuistic]

I just recieved a security e-mail from "PayPal" that said:

Dear PayPal Member1As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system

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[sideshowkat]

I've gotten emails like that before. And I don't even use PayPal. They're definitely scams. I remember tracing the IP on one email and it traced back to Russia, I believe. You should report them to PayPal.

[virtuistic]

O I did. Don't worry.

[anonymisty]

Not to mention Paypal won't address you as "member" - they always use your name in correspondence. :)

[virtuistic]

Yeah, I have that in there as a footnote. :)

[rhapsody]

I have gotten that before on an email that is not on my paypal account so it wasn't that much of a stretch for me to figure out it was another scam. When it comes to emails that ask me for any notification, I'm wary.

[virtuistic]

That's a good practice to be in.

[riney]

I am constantly getting authentic-looking e-mails from "PayPal" and "Ebay" and even "Facebook." I just delete them, since they're coming to my work e-mail, and we don't have any of those three things set up under that e-mail address.

You should never click on links to e-mails like this - at least not until you've actually logged into the website (not through the e-mail) to see if there's any messages on there for you. You should also contact that company to let them know about the e-mail - they can also let you know if the e-mail is legit or not.

[virtuistic]

I did all of those things. :)

[mattador]

I got one of those myself a few weeks back; my main clue was that it wasn't an html-email.

[virtuistic]

Good call. I think everyone at the U of M got one. All the peeps I've talked to have. I wrote this as a blog for class... and figured I'd stick it here.

I'm thinking about deleting it though.