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Fake paypal email

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  • 29-01-2009 7:04pm
    #1
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭


    Just got an email saying I spent 40 dollars on headphones, which I never ordered. Its fake though, the email account is a different one to the one I set up paypal with and its a different email address from paypal if you follow. Has anyone else gotten something like this lately and is there something I should do to make sure I haven't been charged for the product? I'm assuming if I click any of the links in the email I will be charged or something else bad might happen. Thoughts?


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    Oryx
    Subscribers Posts: 19,425 ✭✭✭✭Oryx


    Ignore the email and all links within it. Check your paypal account directly by entering the address in your browser, and loggin in normally.

    These emails are really common, I havent got that exact thing, but at the moment, spam emails are running a theme of 'we have received your payment/order/money'. Next month it could be back to confirming your bank details, or prince umbongo offering you his millions. The themes are almost seasonal. :)


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Report it to paypal and let them chase the scammer.

    https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_external-webform&f=pps_spf


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    Lollipops23
    Registered Users Posts: 5,420 ✭✭✭Lollipops23


    yup i got them.right next to the one from a lady in Nigeria asking for me to deposit money in her acc. ignore and report to Paypal.


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    rco2000
    Registered Users Posts: 401 ✭✭rco2000


    RECEIVED A FAKE EMAIL PURPORTING TO BE EX PAYPAL TODAY. IT WAS FOR AN ITEM THAT I WAS SELLING ON WWW.ADVERTS.IE. BE VERY CAREFUL FOLKS.:mad:


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    #6
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    Oryx wrote: »
    Ignore the email and all links within it. Check your paypal account directly by entering the address in your browser, and loggin in normally.

    These emails are really common, I havent got that exact thing, but at the moment, spam emails are running a theme of 'we have received your payment/order/money'. Next month it could be back to confirming your bank details, or prince umbongo offering you his millions. The themes are almost seasonal. :)

    Cool thanks. I might have written it off as spam normally but I only set up the damn paypal yesterday so was a bit shocked, obviously just a coincidence. Cheers for replies peeps.


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