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[dbug]

Never click a link in an email :exclamation - UNLESS you are 100% sure of the sender.  Bin it

[TheBoy]

Had a couple of emails from paypal saying they wanted to verify some recent activity. A link took me to a page that asked for my card detials etc.
Now I have made a couple of recent sales and purchases and have money in my paypal account so it is obviously working ok, I was not happy to fill in my details to an email sent to me.
Contacted paypal direct and basicaly they say that they have checked my account, no problems and that I have been spoofed.

Now that is a worry, good job I thought about what was being asked, how many people would just give the details.
emails now forwarded to paypal.

I'm surprised you have never received such an email before.

If you logged in via that spoofed site, chnage you password immediately, and contact Paypal - the scum are after your paypal login as well as your card details.

[Bandit127]

I get dozens of these -- from paypal, various banks, etc -- Golden Rule :

NEVER, ever, respond to these mails direct .... if you have an account with whatever the organization is and want to check -- go to that site directly ( not using any supplied links) .... any legit messages for you will be stored there>

Same goes for telephone calls asking for payment (Virgin have done this before). Tell them you will call back and use their standard CS number. May cost a few p but could save lots more than that.

[Cumbria]

Ive just had an email saying ive won the the Austrian lottery. Not bad considering ive never done it. Must win about about 10 Million a month. I wish.

[Big_Roger]

Hi,
Just before Easter, I had a call from my bank (security department)wishing to verify some transactions I had made.

I smelt a rat and thought it was a con, and refused to give any information and put the phone down.

Next day, when I called to get some petrol, my card wasn't accepted. Fortunately I just had enough cash with me.

Went to hole in wall, and it said something like contact bank.

Now very irate, phoned bank, told that my card had been stopped as a precaution as it had been used at a venue that was under investigation for card cloning.

As it was Thursday before Easter, and we were going away for the holiday, I asked how on earth was I supposed to manage.

As banks were then closed, they told me they would authorise my card for a once only cash withdrawal from the hole in wall at a stated bank branch at a certain time with only a 15 minute "window", and to withdraw the full amount in cash that I expected to need for the next week.

It worked OK, but just goes to show that even when banks try, they have no way of assuring you they are genuine.

I would still be just as cautious if it happened again.

Roger