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99.9% of the time anything that is not addressed to you personally by the name the the company knows you by is a scam. Dear Customer, dear account@hotmail, dear Valued User, etc.
As as is anything that claims there is unusual activity detected, asks for missing information or purports to be upgrading your account. I have had a bank account for over fifty years and not once has is been 'upgraded'.
Paypal, however, do send you emails each time you make a payment through them - I use Pay after Delivery when I can, and usually get three emails. The first on the day of purchase, the second a few days before the payment is due and the third on the day the money is claimed.
1) Receipt for your ABC Ltd purchase — your payment has been scheduled
2) Remember: We'll be processing the payment for your ABC Ltd purchase soon
3) We're processing the payment for your ABC Ltd purchase
Each month I receive an email headed up "Review Your Recent Transactions Now"
I have also got the one Inky mentions about 10 days ago. At first sight it looks the part but on closer examination is clearly a spoof.
The other thing you can do to check authenticity is to hover - but don't Click under any circumstances - over any links and look at the url which shows at the bottom of your screen. The non-genuine ones are pretty obvious.
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We've had several from Paypal and all get deleted. Most of them just don't make sense in relation to our account.
We've also had them from banks, both ours and ones we have never used. The only genuine one had at the bottom - please contact us using the details at the top of your bank statement.
I tend to be sceptical - nothing is genuine unless I can prove it to my satisfaction.
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I had that one the other day Inky1 and deleted it. It's the first one that I've had purporting to be Paypal.
I've also had ones in the last couple of weeks saying they are from various banks with a link to click on, even one supposedly from the Queen's bank. All were deleted. I'm sure if something was genuine they would try phoning (in which case I would phone back using a public number, not one they gave me.)
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And help Paypal to help you all……………
My latest one:-
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From: [email protected]
Sent: 09 December 2016 07:25
To: “my email account”
Subject: [RE] - Online account verification!
Dear, “my email account”
Recently, there's been activity in your account that seems unusual compared to your normal account activities. Please confirm your identity
We're concerned that someone is using your account without your knowledge. Recent activity from your account seems to have occurred from a suspicious location or under circumstances that may be different than usual.
What do I need to do?
Click Confirm:
Enter your account information
Confirm
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Forwarded to [email protected]
(nothing added – you just forward the email)
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Paypal reply:-
From: [email protected]
Sent: 09 December 2016 08:31
To: “my email account”
Subject: Thank you for your submission ZACVL (KMM60391092V72212L0KM)
Dear “my full name”,
Thanks for forwarding us the email you received. We'll investigate it and get back to you if we need more information.
If you've clicked on a link in a suspicious email and typed in your password, you should log in to your PayPal account and change your password and security questions straight away.
If a payment was sent from your account without your permission, go to www.paypal.com/uk/ewf/f=sa_unauth and report it to us.
Contact Us
www.paypal.com
Log in securely to your PayPal United Kingdom account. PayPal – the safer, easier way to pay online, send money and accept payments.
Thanks,
PayPal
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Please don't reply to this email. If you need to get in touch, just send us a message from our site.
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Also remember that if you have an account with somebody THEY know your name so anything which says valued customer or variations of that is more than likely bollox. Stay alert, stay smart stay solvent. <3
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I received this email and trust me it look s good., Their problem is I have never had a mail from paypal in English and wasn´t sure if I even had an account.
24hrs later I have worked out it the link you need to click for help, because you didn´t order this stuff, that maybe has a virus.
They don´t know your account, they know nothing and chances are the receiver is a dodgy account ...you can check this at Valyds.com
¨DON¨T CLICK ON THE LINKS
Receipt for your PayPal payment to [email protected]
[email protected]
Yesterday, 19:54You
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Hello valued user,
You sent a payment of $494.00 USD to [email protected] ([email protected])
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[email protected]
[email protected] Note to seller
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Shipping address - confirmed
Mark Chenard
50 Cavour Circle
West Boylston, MA 01583
United States
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Description Unit price Qty Amount
AT PRO Garrett Metal Detector with Coil & Headphones
Item# 110708953904 $494.00 USD 1 $494.00 USD
Shipping and handling $0.00 USD
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Total $494.00 USD
Payment $494.00 USD
Charge will appear on your credit card statement as “PAYPAL *CCMO63"
Payment sent to [email protected]
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