Paypal Fraud (Ignore at your peril)

[Lucky]

OK so these are not new and i usually just delete them, but twice in 4 days I've received an e-mail allegedly from paypal informing me of suspicious activity on my account:

PayPal

Notification of Limited Account Access.

As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system. During a recent screening, we noticed an issue regarding your account.

We determined someone may have tried to access your PayPal account without your permission. For your protection, we have limited your account access.

For your protection, we have limited access to your account until additional security measures can be completed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Faillure to verify your informations and security questions before 72 hours may result in suspension of your account.

Click here to verify your account




We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience.

To review your account and some or all of the information that PayPal used to make its decision to limit your account access, please visit the Resolution Center. If, after reviewing your account information, you seek further clarification regarding your account access, please contact PayPal by visiting the Help Center and clicking "Contact Us".

If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporary suspend your account.

Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department.
PayPal Email ID PP522
Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose the "Help" link in the footer of any page.

To receive email notifications in plain text instead of HTML, update your preferences here.

Which then leads you to an official looking paypal login screen but if you look at the web address there is nothing to do with paypal on there
"DON'T PUT ANY DETAILS INTO THIS LINK"
http://farbehind.net/Main/Account/webscr.php?cmd=_login-run&dispatch=546746141e1c2a459fe893c2a8134cb6546746141e1c2a459fe893c2a8134cb6
It all looks very real and if you do log on you are met with a request to verify you are yourself by entering in your bank and credit card details again and hey presto you've been scammed.

I contacted Paypal through the normal and "secure" website and they gave me this response:

Dear Colin Post,

Thank you for bringing this suspicious email to our attention. We can
confirm that the email you received was not sent to you by PayPal. The
website linked to this email is not a registered URL authorized or used
by PayPal. We are currently investigating this incident fully. Please do
not enter any personal or financial information into this website.

If you have surrendered any personal or financial information to this
fraudulent website, you should immediately log into your PayPal account
and change your password and secret question and answer information. Any
compromised financial information should be reported to the appropriate
parties.

If you notice any unauthorized activity associated with your PayPal
transaction history, please immediately report this to PayPal by
following the instructions below:

1. Go to https://www.paypal.com/

2. Click on the Security Center at the bottom of the page

3. Click on 'Report a Problem'

4. Select the Topic: Report Fraud

5. Select the Subtopic: Unauthorized use of my PayPal Account

6. Enter your question in the 'Summarize your question in one
sentence' box

7. Click Continue

8. Follow the instructions to access the appropriate form

We are continually improving our customer service to accommodate
members' needs and can be contacted via secure webform at
https://www.paypal.com/wf/f=default.

If you are unable to log in to your account, please contact us using the
webform at https://www.paypal.com/ewf/f=default.

This email is sent to you by the contracting entity to your User
Agreement, either PayPal Inc or PayPal (Europe) Limited. PayPal(Europe)
Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority
in the UK as an electronic money institution.

I know you lot are probably wise to all these scams but i spoke to a mate at work who had had the same e-mail but "hadn't got round to sorting it out yet"
If i hadn't said anything he'd be done over by now, so I'm just spreading the word.....ps sorry about the red font but i wanted to separate my bits easier

 

[spreadz07]

When I log into my PayPal account it is telling me I am getting close to my limit and I need to answer some questions to prove I am not laundering money
I havent bothered cause I cant be arsed. Anyone else having this when they log in?
Nige

 

[SAMUEL.D.RYAN]

ALWAYS be suspicious of e-mails about bank accounts and money if they contain spelling mistakes or grammatical errors.
Some examples from the mail you got include:

"Faillure to verify your informations and security questions"

"to temporary suspend"

"We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter."

It reeks of scam.

Cheers for highlighting it anyway, i'm sure there would be some people who'd happily type away all their money with no thought in between

 

[Stokecity_m]

yeah i get that spreadz

 

[spreadz07]

yeah i get that spreadz

Cool!
Money Laundering is where its at!!!
Nige

 

[spangley_special]

i remember lump complaining that his went down while they "investigated"

as for the dodgy mock paypal page.
View source, copy and paste the html and host it yourself. not hard and will fool those able to be fooled.

 

[eLLiot-]

There ****t**rs aint they

Good post, I could garuntee someone would fall for it

 

[RainbowShooter]

If I ever get anything like that, I log into paypal by typing it in myself then check to see if there is any notifications.

Off topic but eBay sent me a free £10 today for being a star member, yay.

 

[Lucky]

There ****t**rs aint they

Good post, I could garuntee someone would fall for it

they already have otherwise they wouldn't bother trying it again

 

[Cro]

Never reply to anything that comes over on email asking you to log in. Simply go yourself to the log in page (i.e. Don't follow the link on the email) and see what's what. Simple rule, would you give your pin number to someone on the phone? If you answer yes to this then please just get a gun and shoot yourself, the gene pool will thank you for it.

Nige the message you're getting is because you're reaching your paypal limit. You need to verify yourself/your account and you will then be untroubled, get on with it before you need to pay something quick as it can become a pain in the arse. Make sure of course you navigate to paypal of your own accord, then verify your account.