Just wondering what e-mail service you are all using? I have 3 gmail accounts and I have never received one of these e-mails.

I don't get them with gmail, either.

 

Maybe Google uses decent spam filters, as opposed to the ones ISPs seem to use.

A few of them get through my filters but they are usually ones that address me by my ebay id, If I go and look I will find at least 50 that went straight to junk for every one that gets through.

The two i regularly get are the one for $79.30, and the one saying credit card has changed.

I used to forward them onto spoof@paypal.com, but then they got back to me saying they needed the full email as an attachment, so i did that. But again they got back to me to say they could not open attachments on emails and I needed to forward it as an attachment after logging onto paypal account and doing it that way.

Like I have enough time on my hands to do that - now i just delete them.

I've been receiving them for years without change, so clearly forwarding them on is a waste of time anyway.

I have a gmail address and get some spoof emails (I get more to my Yahoo address, which is used for my selling account on eBay and the primary address of my PayPal account. The gmail is the registered address on this account).

 

They tend not to be the most common PayPal or eBay ones though, and are usually "Fed Ex" or some other American delivery company telling me they tried to deliver a parcel and I have to click a link to download the details and verify my ID so I can collect it.

hi i have recieved the scam email on 3/3/2014 ... but it didnt have an amount just the letters asfasfasfasf .....

 

SUBJECT:  "receipt for your Payment to Au-AdCommerce-EOM@ebay.com"

FROM : paypal<service@paypal.com.au>

TO: mail@sudhanshuassociates.com

 

so pls be careful as i have been reading other post of people saying there were money amounts but not on mine...

I just got my first email like this.  Very annoying!

Hello everyone,

 

                             Just wanted to warn everyone that there is a new spoof email. I just got this in my email inbox. I didnot open it cos it looks so fake from the start so I dont know what it asks. I'm too scared to open it actually cos it might blow my system etc. Anyway its headed >>>>>

 

"eBay" <eBay@e.reply.ebay.com.au> , .......grab genuine  ugg boots etc...........

 

 

 

Just rec'd a spoof email claiming to be from PayPal $79.82 claiming to be to AU-AdCommerce-EOM@ebay.com. Looks very real, forwarded it straight to spoof@paypal.com. DO NOT CLICK THE LINK. 🙂

 

They are giving it another go, I got one this morning, here it is (I have cut out he sellers details) 20 OCTOBER 2014 06:22:12 AEDT Transaction ID: 143D4333HF4222170 Hello, You sent a payment of $14.88 AUD to.... Thanks for using PayPal. To view the transaction details, log in to your PayPal account. It may take a few moments for this transaction to appear in the Recent Activity list in your Account Overview. Seller Shipping details The seller hasn't provided any shipping details yet. Description Unit price Qty Amount Details about 1000ml (1L) Stainless Steel Water Drinking Bottle BPA Free Drink NEW portable Item number 191197295274 $14.88 AUD 1 $14.88 AUD Shipping and handling $0.00 AUD Insurance - not offered ---- Total $14.88 AUD Payment $14.88 AUD Payment sent to Issues with this transaction? You have 45 days from the date of your PayPal payment to open a dispute for eligible transactions in our Resolution Centre. Learn about Buyer Protection To reach PayPal Customer Services, call 1800-073-263 To cancel this payment please click here. For more information on automatic payments, go to the PayPal Australia website. Click Help in the upper right corner, then type "billing agreements" in the search box. Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and click Help in the top right corner of any PayPal page. To receive emails as plain text instead of HTML, change your Notifications preferences. Just log in to your PayPal account, go to your Profile and click My Settings.