Scam/Phishing Attempt?

[clarry100]

We received an email today with a HTML receipt attached.

The subject reads  "Receipt for your payment to ****"

The amount is for $179.

The message says we have paid $179

But we dont know who they are and there is certainly no transaction in our PayPal account for any amount like this.

Of course the email looks very genuine and there are links embedded. Please DO NOT CLICK them.

Just wondered if anyone else is getting these. Looks like a phishing attempt to us.

[zoc67]

Just got the same email. Will forward to eBay and then delete.

[bj25_123]

I've been getting them to I'll start forwarding them to Phishing@paypal.  THanks everyone!!

[Anonymous]

yes, I received the same scam today.  Whenever I get anything purportedly from Paypal. I don't open it, just login to Paypal via my ebay account.  Open any links on the scam email and the sender gets all.

[lancewit]

Got the same one today 17th Dec2013  by e-mail

So called purchase date 10 Dec...2013.

Have advised paypal

[davewil1964]

I might have mentioned this before -

If you mouseover the link in the email it will give you the ACTUAL URL of the link. Which is guaranteed to NOT be anything to do with Paypal. Even looking at the URL in the header will show it to not be a valid Paypal URL. It will have additional characters, or some missing.

A good rule of thumb is if you didn't buy anything for the quoted amount, then it is not legitimate.

They rely on self-selection. I can only assume they get a few self-selectors.

[chillaxin01]

Yes just received the same email,looks very authentic. DELETE!

[jamimishke]

Contact PayPal immediately

[jjc3029]

This has happened to me but What happens if you click on the link?

[jjc3029]

... And have actually gone on with it?????

[hatch46]

I forward all suspicious  emails like this to--     spoof@paypal.com.au    & they deal with it . I just received this particular email this morning, so the mongrels are still at it