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Response was quick!!!
Dear ,
Thank you for being a proactive contributor by reporting
suspicious-looking emails to PayPal's Abuse Department. Our security
team is
working to identify if the email you forwarded to us is a
malicious
email.
Paypal Will Always:
- Address our customers by their first and last
name or business name of
their PayPal account
Paypal Will Never:
- Send an
email to: "Undisclosed Recipients" or more than one email
address
- Ask you
to download a form or file to resolve an issue
- Ask in an email to verify an
account using Personal Information such
as Name, Date of Birth, Driver's
License, or Address
- Ask in an email to verify an account using Bank Account
Information
such as Bank Name, Routing Number, or Bank Account PIN Number
-
Ask in an email to verify an account using Credit Card Information
such as
Credit Card Number or Type, Expiration Date, ATM PIN Number, or
CVV2 Security
Code
- Ask for your full credit card number without displaying the type of
card and the last two digits
- Ask you for your full bank account number
without displaying your bank
name, type of account (Checking/Savings) and the
last two digits
- Ask you for your security question answers without displaying
each
security question you created
- Ask you to ship an item, pay a shipping
fee, send a Western Union
Money Transfer, or provide a tracking number before
the payment received
is available in your transaction history
READ!
Any time
you receive an email about changes to your PayPal account, the
safest way to
confirm the email's validity is to log in to your PayPal
account where any of
the activity reported in the email will be
available to view. DO NOT USE THE
LINKS IN THE EMAIL RECEIVED TO VISIT
THE PAYPAL WEBSITE. Instead, enter
www.paypal.com into your browser to
log in to your account.
What is a
phishing email?
You may have received an email falsely claiming to be from
PayPal or
another known entity. This is called "phishing" because the sender
is
"fishing" for your personal data. The goal is to trick you into
clicking
through to a fake or "spoofed" website, or into calling a bogus
customer
service number where they can collect and steal your sensitive
personal
or financial information.
We will carefully review the content
reported to us to certify that the
content is legitimate. We will contact you
if we need any additional
information for investigating the matter. Please
take note to the
security tips provided above as they may help to answer any
questions
that you may have about the email you are reporting to us.
Help! I
responded to a phishing email!
If you have responded to a phishing email and
provided any personal
information, or if you think someone has used your
account without
permission, you should immediately change your password and
security
questions.
You should also report it to PayPal immediately and we'll
help protect
you as much as possible.
1. Open a new browser and type in
www.paypal.com.
2. Log in to your PayPal account.
3. Click "Security and
Protection" near the top of the page.
4. Click "Identify a problem."
5.
Click "I think someone may be using my account without permission."
6. Click
"Unauthorized Account Activity."
Thank you for your help making a
difference.
Every email counts. By forwarding a suspicious-looking email to
[email protected], you have helped keep yourself and others safe from
identity theft.
Thanks,
The PayPal
Team
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Finally got one.............
DEAR CARDHOLDER,
New private message from 'Pay Pal' received, download the
attached file and complete the form.
Thank you
yep
sent off to spoof(at)paypal .com
pronto.......
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