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New scam on the internet????

I think I have experienced a new scam thru the email today, so I would like to warn you all.

The email is posted as a invoice from Paypal (service@paypal.com) indicating that a transaction has gone thru with an individual in the amount of $300. It looks like a real thing with all the detail on it. At the bottom of the invoice, there is a "DISPUTE TRANSACTION" button.

I thought my Paypal account may have been hecked so I click on that button and it brings me to the Paypal log-on screen asking for password. A thought came to my mind. I opened a new windows and go to the Paypal site directly and lon-on from there. I didn't see the "NEW" transaction. OK. Case closed.

Someone just try to steal your Paypal password if you log-on thru their link.

So beware!!!
dtsag
tbg
5,263 posts
 
The safe thing to do is to assume all such communication is a scam. I have trained my junk filter to junk all of it.
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hifier
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I got one of those the other day. Beware!!!
themadmilkman
182 posts
 
I love to fill out the name and password fields with all manner of obscenities directed at the scammers. I suggest everyone else do the same as well.
vhuang
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Whenever I get one of these emails I click on the link. When prompted for my password I type something like "bite.me"
tbg
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I heard a sobering statistic yesterday about phishing success. NBC reported that 70% give their personal information to these crooks. No wonder I get about three of these a day.

Vhuang, I did the same for a while, but if most are giving real information we are just noise.
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