This must be a scam but how come it looks like paypal have sent it to me?

And is it worth reporting it?
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very similar to the Ebay scam i got recently. Asking for your login details - the Ebay scam i got was in German and appeared to be asking about an item i was (supposedly) selling.

Worth reporting it to both Ebay and Paypal directly.

[Edited on 28/2/07 by Paul TigerB6]

Its relatively simple to make an e-mail appear to come from someone when it was actually sent from a completely different address.

If you know how, look in the mesage headers and you'll probably find the real sender address.

If you want to be sure though, just go directly to the Paypal website typing it into your browser manually the log in and check your account that way. Obviously never follow the links given in any e-mails purporting to be from the likes of Paypal / ebay / Barclays Bank etc etc.

Iv'e been getting crap like this for a few years off and on,
Pay Pal claim to be interested when you report this kind of thing but dont seem to be able to stop it.
The old rule applies, NEVER give personal detail s in reply to a email, NO ligitimate organisation will ask you for them.
Steve.

[Edited on 28/2/07 by stevec]

For e-mails a spam software like Spamwasher is useful. Shows not only where the link pretends to point to but also where it's actually sending the information....

ie

www.paypal.reauthorise.com.scammers.tw

Amazing how some people ignore the last two sections!!!

Its clearly a scam. Look at the spelling. Its as bad as my typing!

Rich

I have forwarded it to spoof@paypal.com although they must get 1000s of these every day.

Its the first one I have had like this, if I had just bought something I may have clicked the links.

I have just received a reply from spoof@paypal.com telling me its a phishing email. They are telling me to change my password, security questions and check my account.

How do I know that is not some really clever scam? I should have just deleted the email without reading it like I usually do.

I get these to an email address which I haven't registered with paypal so it's obvious they are fake. Paypal always give the last 4 numbers of my credit card in their messages.

you would have thought that if you went to such length to craft a genuine message you could at least get the spelling and grammar right. efffing d*ckh**ds, the lot of them!!

I had a warning email from Paypal about fake emails asking for your details, so I would say yes it is a scam.

Coupled with the fact that the spelling is so bad and there are no graphics such as logos which there usually are on any communications from Paypal.....

A sneaky trick i've seen them use is to have the correct web address for the bank/pay-pal or whatever as the link to follow but if you float your cursor over it you see it's actually an embedded picture of that link with an associated hyperlink to a completely different (and obviously dodgy) website.

Dirty bar stewards.