Another Scam

[Earl Smith]

This time its Pay Pal.
Ive translated it in Google from the original German.
It looks authentic with Pay Pal headers and footers.
Ive deleted the link at the bottom.



As part of our security measures, regularly screen activity PayPal.
We ask for information about you for the following reason:

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

This is the final warning to PayPal. This is the last reminder log in to PayPal. Once you have the access we are measures to restore access to your account.

Once connected, follow the steps to activate your account!
Thank you for your understanding as we work to ensure account security.

The procedure is very simple:

Click on the link below to open a secure browser.
Confirm that you are the owner of the account and follow the instructions.

[logobear]

I have been getting this scam in english for years.
Typically they are addressed 'Dear Paypal user' or similar.
I ignor them all.
if I get one addressed to me directly I log in independantly, - NEVER clicking the link, - and see if I actually need to do anything.
You must have a very clean email if you have never had this one before!

[JSR]

I get ones similar to this, too, but they don't come in on my PayPal email address so I know that they're scams.

[John G]

I had a similar one last week
"We have noticed a pattern where you, or someone else, has logged into your paypal account from 2 different locations - due to this your account is now on hold"
The funny thing was, I had just done this and logged in at home instead of work - so I panicked a little.
It was fake, but a bloody good guess!

[Reg]

I had this last week but they didn't use my paypal email address.