Paypal email. dodgy or not?

geeza · 23 Nov 2006 at 16:26

From : <[email protected]>
Sent : 23 November 2006 03:39:14

Dear -Paypal- Customer ,

We are currently performing regular maintenance of our security measures. Your account has been randomly selected for this maintenance, and you will now be taken through a series of identity verification pages.

To perform regular maintenance please click here

Please Note:
If we do no receive the appropriate account verification within 24 hours, then we will assume this account is fraudulent and will be suspended. The purpose of this verification is to ensure that your account has not been fraudulently used and to combat the fraud from our community.

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mleh · 23 Nov 2006 at 16:27

Why do you need to even ask? DODGY!

If in doubt, type paypal.com into your browser.

tntcoder · 23 Nov 2006 at 16:28

does it really look genuine?

D4VE · 23 Nov 2006 at 16:28

Yes its a scam.

D4VE · 23 Nov 2006 at 16:28

tntcoder said:
does it really look genuine?

Probably does actually. But the link will be dodgy, some IP address you wont recognise.

PaulB · 23 Nov 2006 at 16:28

Sounds and looks dodgy to me

alexakasloth · 23 Nov 2006 at 16:29

Looks perfectty fine to me, the link at the bottom is one of paypals sister sites.

geeza · 23 Nov 2006 at 16:30

yeh, i thought as much. Im always tempted to try the link anyway to see what happens. Sort of like checking to see if an iron really is hot :rolleyes:

D4VE · 23 Nov 2006 at 16:31

That same scam is used to impersonate various banks such as Barclays.

Always a laugh when I get one from a bank who I am not a customer of.

Bigpops · 23 Nov 2006 at 16:39

Aside from what's been said, the first line gives it away.

"Dear -Paypal- Customer "

Paypal (and Ebay for that matter) always use your full name when emailing you.

Werewolf · 23 Nov 2006 at 16:41

As dodgy as a month old kebab.

As he question has been asnwered i'll close the thread.