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[waspy]

Iv'e just had a bogus paypal email to my paypal logged email address. It heads "Dear Member" & apparently iv'e payed for a computer in US Dollers which will show in my paypal as "BUDDY COMPUTERS". It invites you to dispute this payment via a link in the email. They must think i'm stupid.
Shortly the email will be forwarded to paypal for their viewing.
BE AWARE

[Mr Skrunts]

Paypal have allways said they will never email members direct, and so any problems should become displayed during logon.

As bad as Ebay is at times I believe they operate the same policy.

[Danny]

Iv'e just had a bogus paypal email to my paypal logged email address. It heads "Dear Member" & apparently iv'e payed for a computer in US Dollers which will show in my paypal as "BUDDY COMPUTERS". It invites you to dispute this payment via a link in the email. They must think i'm stupid.
Shortly the email will be forwarded to paypal for their viewing.
BE AWARE

had the same mail for a digital camera years ago, the paypal login page is fake, its a phishing scam that keylogs your details

if you go on the dodgy link and type in any billy-bull**** password it still directs you to the apparent correct page "if page doesnt load in 5 seconds..."

[HolyCount]

I never respond to these, from Paypal or Ebay --- if there is a chance it is genuine I log into my accounts directly ( not through any provided links) -- any genuine messages will be accessible that way.

[Entwood]

DON'T respond to these .. but DO forward to spoof@paypal.com then simply delete.

Paypal do actually take steps to close down/block as many of these phishing sites as they can .. but if they are not told about them they can't....  

[amigov6]

I never seem to to get any of these scam things, pop ups, dodgy p***s enlargement/viagra etc (given all that old caper up now anyway), Is this down to ntl netguard? Comes free + i've got one or two other protecting programme thingies installed & running by computer literate friends who pop round & "clean em out" for me every so often.
   I do refresh my paypal after 5 secs as instructed & despite being a computer numpty Am not gullible enough to fall for such scams.

[miggy]

  Thanks for the warning

[Plomien]

if you aren't sure just go to your own paypal link you type in that way you are covered.
then forward the email to them

[Ken T]

I got one from the Inland Revenue today telling me I was entitled to a GBP94.74 refund, and would I just go the following website and enter my details. Yea Right. I know its wrong cause I actually owe them a small bit !.

Can nobody stop these ?. Can't the amazing banks with all their amazing (crap) computer systems track where the money goes to in these scams and stop that bank from trading ?. Cause if they can't/won't, they are liable and hence they should pay the bills. We are paying (a Lot) for a secure banking system, we should have one. Any internet scams should be stopped by them, its their online system we are using, if it doesn't work its their fault. Or have I not  read the terms and conditions properly.

Ken

[amigov6]

You'd think so wouldn't you? They can when it's in their favour,system works quick enough then. I've remembered a DD going out next day, realized the balance is say £30 short, put £50 & a paying in slip through the letterbox & my branch the night before only to incur charges the next day. On phoning to enquire (on an 0845 no, full charge on my mobile, no landline so more expense) was told all payments go out before incoming payments are processed. No surprise there then. That's ok, next BIG cash injection (inheritance) i'll sit on the cheque & decide carefully where to deposit it. I was naive with the last one.
     Nutwaste bunk wo'nt see a penny of it. Once bitten.....

[Martin_1962]

I poison them!

use made up data!

[waspy]

I tried in vain to forward the email last night to both paypal & ebay, but the mesaage i get is "Message cannot be sent, please check your address details are correct". So im wondering if they have a safe guard of sorts so you can't forward the email & so their scam runs a little longer. If anyone has any ideas as to what i could try, please let me know.

[Plomien]

don't forward it send it as an attachment

[Debs.]

I never seem to to get any of these scam things, pop ups, dodgy p***s enlargement/viagra etc (given all that old caper up now anyway), Is this down to ntl netguard? Comes free + i've got one or two other protecting programme thingies installed & running by computer literate friends who pop round & "clean em out" for me every so often.
   I do refresh my paypal after 5 secs as instructed & despite being a computer numpty Am not gullible enough to fall for such scams.

  They obvioiusly know it`s not required!

[Dave-C]

I had a similar e-mail. It states that there has been another e-mail address added to my PayPay account...  click here to re-enter your details......  silly twohats do they really think were stupid?