Beware of the scammers
kwinn
Posts: 8,697
Beware of the scammers. I just received the email in the screenshot posted below. Although the spelling and grammar was much better than the typical scammer email there were several red flags.
1 - The use of “limited” instead of “limit” in the body of the email.
2 - The From: service@paypaI.com <j64Kjb-JnhBHgyT34.rigayunah42@1774-politikus53.j64kjbb.KJnbhG34Hga.pp-id-66582928.com>
3 - Instructing me to click on a link instead of logging in to my account in the usual manner. Hovering over the “Log in Now” and the “contact us” link shows the destination address as http://gg.gg/fxcmo . Not even a secure link.
1 - The use of “limited” instead of “limit” in the body of the email.
2 - The From: service@paypaI.com <j64Kjb-JnhBHgyT34.rigayunah42@1774-politikus53.j64kjbb.KJnbhG34Hga.pp-id-66582928.com>
3 - Instructing me to click on a link instead of logging in to my account in the usual manner. Hovering over the “Log in Now” and the “contact us” link shows the destination address as http://gg.gg/fxcmo . Not even a secure link.
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Yes, there's always a chance the vendors account was hacked, and then the hackers sending you a phising email from it. That has been going on a lot lately.
I see a lot of those, but never on the e-mail address registered with PayPal. Just for fun I was tempted to give them the classic e-mail address that Microsoft wanted us to use to test Outlook and the simple client that came with IE.
And that was (wait for it) someone@microsoft.com and then give the scammer the password of PASSWORD.
I did not do that. I decided that its bad enough they are desperate to try to make money by scamming us, but making them look foolish would not work.
I agree. I see one of those scammers, I immediately open a new tab and log into PayPal there to check to see if there's something wrong.
However.... Where did that mountain lion come from? I know they are getting active again in LA but this is pushing it...