I cant believe i just fell for a phishing scam, I feel so stupid. Ok, here's what happened, I recieved an email who I thought was from pay pay saying I needed to update my personal info. Clinked on the link and it took me to what looked just the pay pal website made me log in said said my account had been frozen because I needed to get verified ( my status was not verified or something like that before so I thought it was legit), entered my personal info and clicked up date, then my mozilla browser says that this site has been know for forgery, checked the ip address and it did not match pay pals. I don't know if my info went through or not or if the mozilla filter block it, But I feel so stupid I just wanted to vent sorry guys. So be careful read up phishing so you don't become a victim. So far I've notified pay pay changed my password and delete all of my credit cars from their list. I guess I will go to the bank tomorrow and see what they advise me. Any suggestions???

 

Happens all the time. I get those emails alot. Just remember most sites (Ebay, paypal, etc) will never ask you for your id and password or use a clickable link for that info. Always go to the particular website, login and update information.

 

Go change your paypal password ASAP!!!

 

I've been getting alot of solicitations from "paypal" lately too- looked screwy.. Work with your bank and change your info asap!

 

did that right away and reported to pay pal and they confirmed it was phishing which make me really worried about my finances and credit. I hate this feeling anything else you guys advice I should do? anything helps

 

pay pal is tied into a bank account so if you have the same password for online banking, change it as well

 

thanks man ill get on it. I've been staring at my bank account for the last 45 min pretty much since it happened. fingers crossed.

 

Yes they always address you by your 1st and last name. Never by your ID.

 

Did you put in your social as well? If so, you're gonna get screwed. Lifelock basically just does the same thing you could do, as far as setting up protections with each of the three credit reporting agencies, but since it would be faster, I might suggest calling them. And while thats not 100% either, its better than nothing. If you gave your social your going to be dealing with people opening accounts in your name and ******* up your credit for a long time.

 

sucks, should know anything sent to ur email like that is fake.

 

he can also request a new social but there goes ur credit.

 

did it look like this?




Information Regarding Your account:
Dear PayPal Member:

Attention! Your PayPal account has been limited!

As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system.We recently contacted you after noticing an issue on your account.We requested information from you for the following reason:

Our system detected unusual charges to a credit card linked to your PayPal account.

Reference Number: PP-259-187-991

This is the Last reminder to log in to PayPal as soon as possible. Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access.

Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access. We appreciate your understanding as we work to ensure account safety.

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We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We apologise for any inconvenience..

Sincerely,
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Ive Had Those Crappy Emails...i Just Click Delete

 

Wow, sorry to hear man, right when your getting all your parts together too. I hate piece of **** scammers.