And thus I write today.
While taking care of business over at blessedstar cards, I get the following letter allegedly from PayPal. So, not knowing, I take the bait. And I even transfer some money while I'm on the "site". Only to discover PayPal has absolutely NOTHING to do with these e-thieves!
So, here is
- a warning
- a copy of the FAKE PayPal letter. (please DO NOT USE links. ONLY for demo)
Can you believe this mess? Now I have to take time & energy to do damage control."Subject :
RE: Message ID 8101035 - Alert Message
Dear valued PayPal? member,We recently reviewed your account, and suspect that your
PayPal account may have been accessed by an unauthorized third party. Protecting
the security of your account and of the PayPal network is our primary
concern.
Therefore, as prevention measure, we have temporarely limited access
to sensitive PayPal account features.We encourage customers to get their
information up-to-date and change password often.PayPal has assigned you an
unique tracking number. Unique tracking number :327440471Please review your
information after loging in. Use only your assigned unique URL.Click this link
to access your unique URL (! please read below for security tips) and gain full
access: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run
For
more information about how to protect your account, please visit PayPal's Security Center.We
apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and appreciate your assistance
in helping us maintain the integrity of the entire PayPal system. Thank you for
your prompt attention to this matter."
Now, to their credit, the real PayPal has responded with great sensitivity and speed.
Still, I pray this doesn't happen to you.
And if you remember nothing else, remember this:
PayPal always addresses you by NAME. Never a number or "valued PayPal member".
Please pass this on so that we all can have a good August, safe internet transactions and, above all, peace.
Blessings,
DivaCardista
1 comment:
and now there is one that says that there were several attempts to access your account from a foriegn IP address. Thankfully, Catherine stopped me before I got to far into the process. She's all hip on the square of Phishing.
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