More scam emails

[stona]

Just thought I'd mention that I've recently received a very professional looking email purporting to come from 'Paypal Service Security'.


There are no typos or awkward grammar (apart from maybe the title, Paypal Service Security is a bit clunky) and the whole thing is very convincing, even to a sceptic like me. It was so convincing that I actually checked my genuine Paypal account to make sure it is okay, which it is.


I wasn't daft enough to click on anything in the body of the email, accessing my account by other means, but somebody else could easily fall for this one.


Cheers


Steve

[Lee W]

I had one the other day Steve, I was busy at the time, so didn't read it properly and deleted it...guess I wasn't missing much


Lee

[stona]

I had one the other day Steve, I was busy at the time, so didn't read it properly and deleted it...guess I wasn't missing much
Lee

I'd say you did exactly the right thing


Cheers


Steve

[Guest]

I had the same thing arrive a few days ago Steve, but just looking at it I got the feeling it was not genuine so I did not even open it & just deleted it.


John.

[Guest]

PayPal will always address any email with your name - something these scams don't do.

[takeslousyphotos]

There is also an ITunes one going around that looks very convincing........ says it is an invoice for a small amount and if you do not think it's valid click on the box......... My daughter got hit on it. She thought maybe her little girl had done something on her iPad......... Apparently it takes you to what looks like a genuine Apple site......... Her bank account got hit for £600

[stona]

Quite right Patrick. Never to 'dear user' or something similar.


Cheers


Steve

[Guest]

Yep me too , paypal amazon barclays bank and I`m not even with barclays , all go to my junk mail I don`t open them just delete them straight away , first few times like Steve I checked my paypal account and amazon account and all was ok.


Richy

[tr1ckey66]

I think it's always safest to assume the worse with emails and NEVER use click-throughs. It doesn't take long to check your account through normal internet navigation and will give you piece of mind. I do feel for the people that fall foul of these schemes though and hope the people behind the scams get what is coming to them ie. a lengthy jail sentence.


Paul

[eddiesolo]

Thanks for the heads up Steve.

[PaulTRose]

get them all the time...............thing is they go to my junk email account that i use for signing up for places where i know im going to end up getting spammed, NOT the one i use for stuff like banking or paypal, so its a bit of a giveaway that they are bogus.........and they are double easy to spot cos they will have a strange senders address, not 'paypal.com or 'Halifax.plc.com' or the such like

[stona]

get them all the time...............thing is they go to my junk email account that i use for signing up for places where i know im going to end up getting spammed, NOT the one i use for stuff like banking or paypal, so its a bit of a giveaway that they are bogus.........and they are double easy to spot cos they will have a strange senders address, not 'paypal.com or 'Halifax.plc.com' or the such like

Not necessarily so easy. I had to do a double take of this one , from 'admin@paypalsecuures.com, to spot the double U.


Cheers


Steve

[dave]

Thanks for the warning, I have also had a similar email and I don't have a paypal account.

[Gern]

Interesting question. I've just checked my email and found two new emails. Nothing strange about that perhaps, but what is strange is that the sender's address is shown as my own address! I don't send emails to myself, and in any case how is it possible for the sender to change their address to mine?

[Gern]

A couple of days ago I received two emails with the sender's address in my inbox shown as my own email address.


I just found out that anyone can change the address which shows in the recipient's inbox when they send an email.


Is it just me, or is this an open invitation to absolutely anyone to send anything they like to any email address they can find and leave no way for the sender to trace who sent it?


You know the sort of thing:


From your building society: "We have recently changed banks, so you must change the details on your standing order and send all future payments to ...."


From your friend: "I know your wife is being unfaithful"


Next time you see an email showing your bank/service provider (broadband, gas, water, electricity)/landlord (building society)/employer's email address as the sender, are you going to open it? Or anything attached to it?


Somebody please tell me I'm wrong!