PayPal scam email?

slick rick · 12 Feb 2016 at 18:47

Hi guys, had this email today apparently from PayPal with the heading 'Other IP Logged in [ 12/2/2016 ]' and contains what I have posted in the spoiler tags below. I think its a scam as it says dear customer, a legit email would say my name wouldn't it?

What do you folks think?

Thanks!

Rroff · 12 Feb 2016 at 18:48

Check full headers see what the originating IP resolves to.

djabs786 · 12 Feb 2016 at 18:48

its fake

Radox-0 · 12 Feb 2016 at 18:51

Looks fake. When someone tried to sign in from a different location on my Paypal account it was blocked and I was notified by name. Upon signing into said account on my PC (going via proper Paypal URL), gave me the location of the attempt somewhere in the US, saying they tried to sign into my account, recommend password change.

slick rick · 12 Feb 2016 at 18:55

Thanks guys, I was pretty sure it was dodgy. The account hasn't been blocked and no mention of the account being accessed elsewhere when logging in.

Just looked again and the email is from [email protected].

Brizzles · 12 Feb 2016 at 18:58

Paypal will use your account name, not 'Customer', if they contact you.

The biggest giveaway is always the senders address though

Rroff · 12 Feb 2016 at 19:02

I honestly don't know why email clients don't provide easier access to the original sender information - while its a bit technical even my mum can usually work out if its likely to be legit or not if it resolves to something totally random instead of something semi official looking.

Jono8 · 12 Feb 2016 at 19:06

Seriously OP?

Read the second bullet point.

slick rick · 12 Feb 2016 at 19:06

Yeah the dear customer bit was a red flag to be honest. I didn't check where it came from until Rroff suggested it.

Akagi · 12 Feb 2016 at 19:06

Its fake. You can tell by the bad grammar for one.

slick rick · 12 Feb 2016 at 19:09

Haha, the grammar is better than mine worryingly!

Pawnless Endgame · 12 Feb 2016 at 19:33

Another giveaway is the year numbers at the bottom. It says 1999-2016 in your letter, but in fact Paypal started up in 1998.

jimjamuk · 12 Feb 2016 at 20:10

Assume all emails like this are fake as a starting point. Just open a fresh browser, log in and if its real you will have a message in your account.

Russinating · 12 Feb 2016 at 20:15

You actually have to ask? :confused:

djshauny1 · 12 Feb 2016 at 20:41

Diddums · 12 Feb 2016 at 20:45

Russinating said:
You actually have to ask?

This.

You need to be a LOT more cynical about this stuff OP. The first words are "Log on to your Paypal account as soon as possible".

No company would ask that. Ever.

Boycey0211 · 12 Feb 2016 at 20:57

......and the fact that every use of the word paypal is a hyperlink.

I've seen far more convincing ones than this so you'd best prepare yourself...

Efour · 12 Feb 2016 at 20:59

are you my 65 year old mother OP ?

Boycey0211 · 12 Feb 2016 at 21:03

and as if by magic, I just got one! lol

Edit, oh dead lord its huge, in spoiler tags.

FoxEye · 12 Feb 2016 at 21:10

Russinating said:
You actually have to ask?

Hate to say it, but this. The whole thing screams scam email.

What amazes me is, how little effort goes into the spelling and grammar. Surely if they took a little bit more effort to fix these, they'd have a ton more victims?