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[scorpion]

I recieved this e-mail this morning :-

We recently reviewed your account, and suspect that your PayPal account may
have been accessed by an unauthorized third party. Protecting the security
of your account and of the PayPal network is our primary concern.
Therefore, as a prevention measure, we have temporarely limited access to
sensitive PayPal account features.
Please click on the link below to confirm your information:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/websc...btinternet.com

For more information about how to protect your account, please visit
PayPal's Security Center, accessible via the "Security Center" link located
at the bottom of each page of the PayPal website.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and appreciate your
assistance in helping us maintain the integrity of the entire PayPal
system. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.



Sincerely,

The PayPal Fraud Management Team




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Stupidly i clicked on the link and entered my details (it was first thing this morning and i had been out on the lash last night!)
I quickly realised what i had done and instantly changed my password but i wonder how many others can be taken in by this scam.
The link takes you HERE

Be very carefull people

[Anthony]

I would contact paypal straight away and ask them what other precautions you should take.

It happens to a lot of people so they know the protocols...

Hope everything turns out ok for you..

Anthony

[scorpion]

I would contact paypal straight away and ask them what other precautions you should take.

Already done that Anthony

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by scorpion

Already done that Anthony

Nice one..

Would it be possible for you to post back with what they do? Or with any response you get from them?

Just think it might help a few people out should they get into this nasty situation...

Anthony

[scorpion]

Would it be possible for you to post back with what they do? Or with any response you get from them?

Sure m8,

[Xile2005]

I get these all the time, I don't bother reading them now, press delete > Gone.

[xdanzx]

These scam emails are getting more and more intelligant.

I heard of one that you click the link and if you have the password saved (like so you dont have to type it in) it will steal it from your cache.

Scary stuff..

[scorpion]

Is there no way to take these sites down by playing them at there own game.......DOS attacks etc. ?

just a thought

[Tag_2k5]

install ebays toolbar when i went on the site it poped up saying this was a fake site.

[Anthony]

Just remember that real ebay email will actually be sent to you via the control panel within you ebay account. (ie Log In and see the "My Messages" setting.)

Like somebody has said already, it is scary stuff..