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There appears to be a scam using Pay Pal as the scape goat. A message just came through my email, supposedly coming from PayPal and looking quite official, asking for my bank account number to up date their records! Sure, just be a second, be right back with you!
PayPal doesn't ask for a bank account number and does not have mine, so beware. If it hit me, it'll hit a lot of people. :disgust: PJ
 
Don't worry, just send me you bank account numbers, and credit cards too so I know it's you, and I'll make sure those guys don't get anything...:whistle:
 
I received an email like that this morning Paul. I just hit the delete button and move on.
 
I think I've received many of these over the years... including from what appeared to me my local credit union. Of course, no financial institution would ever ask for this information that way.
 
Saw on the news last night the IRS is getting a lot of calls from people being hit with a scam saying they owe the IRS money. Wonder what's so unusual about that! Crazy part of that is, some people are falling for it and paying into a false web site. Supposedly were talking tons of money. Boggles my mind why some people fall for things like that. :stupid: PJ
 
What's really scary? The number of people who believe those things.
 
PAUL161 said:
Saw on the news last night the IRS is getting a lot of calls from people being hit with a scam saying they owe the IRS money. Wonder what's so unusual about that! Crazy part of that is, some people are falling for it and paying into a false web site. Supposedly were talking tons of money. Boggles my mind why some people fall for things like that. :stupid: PJ
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BIG problem. But, the morons leave messages. I have one saved on my phone if the local authorities need to hear it.
 
I received the Pay Pal email also. I went directly to PayPal and logged in to my account. They are asking for bank info. I then went to the email and clicked on the place to give the bank info and it redirected me to the Pay Pal login page. It might be legit. I'm still not giving them my bank info.

I also got the IRS voicemail. It seems the IRS is going to sue me. Now I wish I hadn't paid any taxes.
 
Just a hint: many of the spoof emails actually copy word for word and graphic for graphic the sites of legitimate concerns (PayPal, IRS, etc.).

Usually a good idea to start a new browser page, and type in the site url yourself, instead of clicking a link in email.

On many browsers and email apps, you can hover your pointer/cursor over the link and see what the actual url is.

Another safety: put the cursor over the link, then right click for "copy link address", then paste into a new browser window. But don't click <enter>; just look carefully at the url that's pasted.

One of my favorites: www.paypall.com/home/login/account.php

That ain't PayPal!
 
The links are the problem. In the body of the e-mail, you might see "login@paypal.com" or some such. But it's a hyperlink.
What I do, and have done for a long time, is right click, copy address, paste it into a new e-mail (just as a working document). Then, when I get all the domain data to be ready to send, I include that domain, find the abuse reporting address, and fire it all off...and save a copy.
You might find it's "harpersfurniture@indianamail.com" or some such silly rot...which usually means they've been hacked, and the scammers are using their network as a bot.
 
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