Paypal

Well I got an email from paypal.com in the subject line that said 'YOUR ACCOUNT LIMITED" the weird thing was it came a exe file. At 1st I didnt do anything but I got the same exact email again today. So I checked my account and nothing was wrong so I emailed payapal about it. Well I just a response from paypal and they said its fake. I figured I let people know about this scam since its XMAS time nothing worse than getting scammed this time of year. Here is the fake email that I received.

>To: Redalert <[email protected]>
>Subject: YOUR ACCOUNT LIMITED
>Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:04:48 +0300
>
>Dear PayPal user,
>
>We are currently performing regular maintenance of our security
measures.
>Your account has been randomly selected for this
>maintenance, and you will now be taken through a series of identity
>verification pages. Protecting the security of your
>PayPal account is our primary concern, and we apologize for any
>inconvenience this may cause.
>
>We recently received a report of unauthorized credit card use
associated
>with this account. As a precaution, we have
>limited access to you PayPal account in order to protect against future

>unauthorized transactions.You can check your
>transaction details in attachment.
>
>Case ID Number: PE-901-449-020
>
>Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help
protect
>you and your account.
>Thank you,
>PayPal Billing Center.
>

 

What was the from address?

And yea that sucks..I got paypal but it isnt set up to a credit card or to the bank yet..I'd have to get my parents to work something out there

 

email addy was [email protected]

 

Ive had this email, but ive also not set up my credit card or anything..i just deleted it, lol

 

HINT: Business never give you something to DL, except off their official site.

 

lol^

I dont even have a credit card yet...and I dont know about setting up my bank account, my parents probly wont allow me to...damn youngness..

 

Might have been a mistake :/

 

well my one CC is connected to my paypal so I checked I checked my CC and my paypal accounts. Blazeman your a Forsberg fan?

 

Yup, a typical scam that attempts to get you to fill in your private information. I've gotten one of these two and I mocked them with a fake information sheet.

Username: Noobstfuplease
Password: Yespleasestfunow
Account number: go----yourselfnow

lol

 

send them a check for 2K then cancel it before they cash it in. ^_^

 

and then pay a canceling fee? No thanks.

BFTP

 

Getting scammed in Xmas is the worst... imagine feeling sad when you're supposed to be happy. Scammers these days...

 

that is so true i believe even h4x0rs should take a break at Christmas.

 

Well you'd be stupid to get scammed by that,

 

well, the ending could get ya, it looks pretty real to me (the ending that is)