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<blockquote data-quote="Marg's Man" data-source="post: 558000" data-attributes="member: 4085"><p>There's a common form of scam around that has been attacking PayPal lately.</p><p></p><p>You've probably seen variations of it, apparently coming from banks and other institutions that take money from your account legitimately.</p><p></p><p>The email says something like your account is compromised/stopped/hacked/etc and to click on a link in the email to go to the site to that will fix it up for you. If you're stupid enough to click this link it will take you to a very good imitation of the legit site where you will be prompted to login with your username and password. At this point I don't know what happens on screen because I've never done it but I DO know that you have just given a spammer the details they need to access your bank (or whatever).</p><p></p><p>If you EVER get one of these emails and its possible that it may be legit do NOT click the link in the email. Instead go to the company's website by navigating there yourself and check out the claims. You will almost certainly find it's a known hoax. </p><p></p><p>No reputable institution (and I even include PayPal here) will ever put a link in an email that takes you to a login page.</p><p></p><p>Marg's Man</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marg's Man, post: 558000, member: 4085"] There's a common form of scam around that has been attacking PayPal lately. You've probably seen variations of it, apparently coming from banks and other institutions that take money from your account legitimately. The email says something like your account is compromised/stopped/hacked/etc and to click on a link in the email to go to the site to that will fix it up for you. If you're stupid enough to click this link it will take you to a very good imitation of the legit site where you will be prompted to login with your username and password. At this point I don't know what happens on screen because I've never done it but I DO know that you have just given a spammer the details they need to access your bank (or whatever). If you EVER get one of these emails and its possible that it may be legit do NOT click the link in the email. Instead go to the company's website by navigating there yourself and check out the claims. You will almost certainly find it's a known hoax. No reputable institution (and I even include PayPal here) will ever put a link in an email that takes you to a login page. Marg's Man [/QUOTE]
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