Not your typical PayPal spam...Help!

[Diva of Dragons]

Hi!

I have received plenty of bogus "phishing" e-mails wanting me to comfirm that an e-mail address has been added to my PayPal account and I promptly send them to spoofpaypal.com. BUT...what I got today is quite different.

It was a request for confirmation of $700 computer order from Dell. It has an actually shipping name and address on it, of someone we have never heard of! I sent it to spoof, but it has a little concerned. Any input??

 

[DisneyCowgirl]

One thing I have noticed on all legitimate emails from paypal is that there is something at the top that addresses me specifically. The spams usually don't have that.

 

[crcormier]

We've seen those a few times here in our IT department. It was for 699.99, correct? It is not legitimate, nor was any charge made anywhere.

 

[RickinNYC]

It's a spoof email. Do nothing with it.

 

[Diva of Dragons]

One thing I have noticed on all legitimate emails from paypal is that there is something at the top that addresses me specifically. The spams usually don't have that.

Oh, that hadn't even ocurred to me. I rarely use Paypal, so I don't get much correspondence from them.

We've seen those a few times here in our IT department. It was for 699.99, correct? It is not legitimate, nor was any charge made anywhere.

Yes, that is the amount! I feel better. Do you think the name and address in the shipping part is just made up?

Thanks you two!

 

[ilovejack02]

I got that one too lol!

 

[orljustin]

If you have to ask, it's fake. If it comes in your email, it's fake. If it wants you to confirm something, it's fake.

Seriously, just mouse over the links in the mail, and the bottom bar of the browser will show the real address. It's pretty obvious when it's crap.

 

[agnes!]

First - DO NOT CLICK ON ANY OF THE URLS IN the fraudulent "PayPal" e-mail.

Second - Log onto your PayPal account using a separate browser window & see if there has been any activity on your PayPal account.

Third -
Highlight the e-mail in your inbox.
Right-click it, at the bottom of the 'box' will be "Properties".
Left-click on "Properties", a General & a Details tab will come up.
Left-click on Details.
Left-click on Message Source.
Maximize the Message Source. You can read the addresses & usually figure out what is legit & what isn't. (For instance, if the sending address is something like "mail.blank.blank.ch", you can be sure that it isn't from the purported sender PayPal, but is instead from a chinese ISP masquerading as PayPal.)

You should be receiving a courtesy e-mail from PayPal confirming your suspicions if the initial e-mail is fraudulent.

Good luck,
agnes!

 

[Rachie0507]

I had the same thing happen to me last week--but it said I bought a MacLauren (sp?) stroller for hundreds of dollars. I sent it to the spoof email address at PayPal and they confirmed that it was not actually from them. I would have been more nervous, but I had cancelled my PayPal account about a year ago after I had heard too many stories about hacking.

 

[Diva of Dragons]

Thanks everyone! ......I did send it to spoof and I never click the links.

Wow agnes! I never knew I could do all that! Very good to know. I really do learn something new every day.