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Warning about Paypal monthly statement

juliejaffa74 — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 23:06:00 GMT

Just had an scam email saying it was my Palpal monthly statement. Palpal does not send montly statements. It statedt he following

To see the details, simply <Removed> to your PayPal account.

Remember, you don't need to have a balance to use PayPal. When you check out, we'll draw from your selected payment method.

Well of course they would. Do not click on the log in link.

It was to my name and looked authentic but having had a Palpal account for years I knew this was a scam. So be warned and be careful.

Re: Warning about Paypal monthly statement

kopenhagen5 — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 09:22:05 GMT

Probably best to remove the link from here as well. (Edit your post)

Re: Warning about Paypal monthly statement

mbselections00 — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 01:00:27 GMT

@juliejaffa74 wrote:
Just had an scam email saying it was my Palpal monthly statement. Palpal does not send montly statements. It statedt he following

To see the details, simply <Removed> to your PayPal account.

Remember, you don't need to have a balance to use PayPal. When you check out, we'll draw from your selected payment method.
Well of course they would. Do not click on the log in link.
It was to my name and looked authentic but having had a Palpal account for years I knew this was a scam. So be warned and be careful.
I also received that email yesterday, and it was also personally addressed. At the time I thought - weird, maybe another change or I'm losing the plot - was sure PayPal didn't issue monthly statements - fortunately I didn't click the link.

Scary though that it's a scam and addresses you by name when that has been the safeguard up until now at least

Re: Warning about Paypal monthly statement

hidi-ho — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 01:37:32 GMT

I get the Paypal Monthly statement every month and have been for quite some time on my personal account.

I don't get it on my business acount though.

The "login" redirects you to the official Paypal site.

Re: Warning about Paypal monthly statement

esayaf — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 02:03:00 GMT

Same here, hidi-ho

Re: Warning about Paypal monthly statement

go-tazz — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 02:20:59 GMT

@mbselections00 wrote:
I also received that email yesterday, and it was also personally addressed. At the time I thought - weird, maybe another change or I'm losing the plot - was sure PayPal didn't issue monthly statements - fortunately I didn't click the link.
Scary though that it's a scam and addresses you by name when that has been the safeguard up until now at least

Unfortunately it hasn't been a safeguard for years as anytime a member has sold or bought something on

eBay then the seller or buyer has access to their information.

That information is then used by scammers/spammers for phishing Emails.

Re: Warning about Paypal monthly statement

mbselections00 — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 03:25:55 GMT

How does that saying go - folks are dumb where I come from ? Lol Shame on me

Re: Warning about Paypal monthly statement

phorum_junkie* — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 13:49:48 GMT

I get a monthly statement from my UK Paypal account but never so far for my Australian Paypal..

Re: Warning about Paypal monthly statement

collect247 — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 01:30:14 GMT

It's not a scam it's what paypal are now doing

Re: Warning about Paypal monthly statement

retailtherapist_8 — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 12:26:27 GMT

I dont get paypal statements but for the last 6months I have been getting lots of strange receipts for payments that are "paypal looking" however contain either an underscore or very slight difference in the email address. They go directly to my junk inbox and I delete without opening them at all.

For a while I was getting loads of invoices sent to me from strange companies I had never done business with. They seemed to have stopped now.

The world is full of scammers you have to be so careful.

Re: Warning about Paypal monthly statement

*tippy*toes* — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 12:32:14 GMT

If you want to see what's in them without opening them, right click on the message then hit properties. Then hit the view message source button. Then you can see where all the links would direct you to. I haven't had any suspect PayPal emails, but I do get "invoices" from strange sounding companies, wanting me to open the attachment. As if!