Paypal scam - dispute charge

Jeremy Cottrell · 01-12-2006, 08:09 AM

I just received an e-mail from Paypal that I had just payed for a $387 item with a credit card. There is a window that says dispute payment, so when I click on it I end up at the Paypal log in screen. However when I look at the site address it is not Paypal!! It's this.

So, I went directly to Paypal and logged in to find that there are no transactions in my transaction history.

Sounds fishy to me, beware fellow Porsche - brethren.

RickM · RickM's Garage

Yup...that's an oldie but goodie. Good thing you checked the addy.

MotoSook · 01-12-2006, 08:41 AM

I received an e-mail this week telling me that a new e-mail address had been added to my PP account. The e-mail has a link to direct me to the account. The link however was not to the PP site. W/o left clicking on the link, I right click and pulled up the property of the link. I alerted PP of the e-mail. The e-mail was sent from a !!!@comcast.net account! Pretty obvious for those that have been using computers most of their lives. I fear there are some PP users who will fall for it, thus giving the scumbag their PP password.

Jeremy Cottrell · 01-12-2006, 08:55 AM

I just reported it to Paypal. Of course my first thought was, "Warn the Pelican guys first!"

Joeaksa · 01-12-2006, 08:57 AM

Always check the return URL or email address with emails like this. Never give out any information.

I get 2-3 of these a week...

JoeA

MotoSook · 01-12-2006, 09:12 AM

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Originally posted by Jeremy Cottrell
I just reported it to Paypal. Of course my first thought was, "Warn the Pelican guys first!"

Right on!

Re: scams...

I thought the Nigerian scam was pretty widely known, but over the Xmas holidays, I over heard a family member mention that a co-worker of his had just fallen victim to it....some house wife working a factory job losing thousands! I don't know the person, but it still pisses me off that the poor lady, who has been working hard at a less than ideal job for a mother to save her money, was taken advanage of by the dirt bags. I am aways fearful that someone in my family mgiht not know the latest scam....and I get a phone call

amity914 · 01-12-2006, 09:50 AM

I get a few of these type of ebay/paypal scams a week. Forward to Spoof@paypal.com or Spoof@ebay.com and then delete it.

RickM · RickM's Garage

I get 5-10 "unauthirized access to your paypal account" a day in my Yahoo inbox. That's not counting the junk mail box. I think the more active on Ebay the more crap you get related to Paypal.

dhoward · dhoward's Garage

Paypal very rarely sends an unsolicited e-mail. I always forward to spoof without even opening.
It's easy enough to login to your account without picking it off of an unsolicited link.

competentone · 01-12-2006, 11:14 PM

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Originally posted by Jeremy Cottrell
I just received an e-mail from Paypal that I had just payed for a $387 item with a credit card. There is a window that says dispute payment, so when I click on it I end up at the Paypal log in screen. However when I look at the site address it is not Paypal!! It's this.

Have some fun, go ahead and login (with a nonsense email and password) and see what else they ask for. I gave them my credit card number, PIN, last four digits of my SSN, name, address, phone number, etc. -- all bogus of course! At the end, they tell you the money is being refunded and re-direct you to the real PayPal site!

Jeremy Cottrell · 01-13-2006, 08:06 AM

Maybe we should all do that at the same time and crash thier system!!