WARNING!!!! (paypal.com)

Member Name: rosebud10

Product:	paypal.com
Date:	07/02/06 (289 review reads)
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Advantages: You are warned.

Disadvantages: Some of you may already have done it!

This is more of a warning than a review. But i feel all those people with a paypal account need to know this!!

Last night i recieved an email, from paypal. Saying:

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As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system. We recently noticed the following issue on your account:

We have reason to believe that your account was accessed by a third party. Because protecting the security of your account is our primary concern, we have limited access to sensitive PayPal account features. We understand that this may be an inconvenience but please understand that this temporary limitation is for your protection.

Case ID Number: **********

For your protection, we have limited access to your account until additional security measures can be completed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

To review your account and some or all of the information that PayPal used to make its decision to limit your account access, please visit the Resolution Center.




Click here to verify your account




If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choise but to temporaly suspend your account.

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 apologize for any inconvenience.



Sincerely,

PayPal Account Review Department



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Well when i read this, i was worried! I couldn't believe that someone had tried to get into my paypal account, and prayed that they hadn't got hold of any of my money.

So i quickly clicked the link, and started to fill in the form. But when i reached the bottom of the form, i was horrified to see that they were asking for my:

Card number,
Expiration date,
Card verification number,
And my PIN
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I wasn't willing to do this!! They would have all the information needed to make purchuses on line, using MY card!!

So i decided to email paypal. I explained to them what had happened, and that i wanted to know if it was from them, as i wasn't willing to provide them with all them details.

This morning i got up, and paypal had already replied to me
With this email:

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Thank you for contacting PayPal with your concern.

I understand that you would like to confirm the email you received
asking for your financial information. A thorough review of your account
does not show any unauthorized access. I can confirm that the email you
received was not sent by PayPal.

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I was so relieved that i hadn't done it. I could have been completely skint by now if i had.

They also provided me with some useful steps to help you pretect your paypal account. They are as follows:

Please remember these steps to help protect your PayPal account from
Unauthorised Account Access.

Emails - Make sure they are sent from PayPal

1. If you receive an email and are unsure whether it is from PayPal,
open a new web browser (e.g., Internet Explorer or Netscape) and type in
the following: https://www.paypal.co.uk/ Don't click on any link in an
email which seems suspicious to you.

2. Some spoof websites will send emails that pretend to come from
PayPal to entice you to log in at the spoof URL. Be extremely cautious
of emails that direct you to a website that asks for sensitive
information.

3. Stay safe; don't respond to emails asking for any of the
following:

· Your password and email address combination
· Credit card numbers
· Bank account numbers
· Social security numbers
· Drivers licence number
· First and Last Names


Email Greeting -

· PayPal will never send you an email with the greeting "Dear
PayPal User" or "Dear PayPal Member". Emails initiated by PayPal will
address you by your first and last name, or the business name associated
with your PayPal account.

PayPal will only ask for information AFTER you have securely
logged in.

· For your security, PayPal will never ask you to re-enter your
full bank account, credit, or debit card number without providing you at
least the LAST TWO DIGITS of the number. These digits let you know that
we already know the full number and are asking you for the rest of it.
Beware of any website or email asking for these numbers for
'verification' that does not PROVE that it knows the number by providing
at least the last two digits.

If you think you have received a fraudulent email, forward the entire
email, including the header information to spoof@paypal.com and then
delete the email from your mailbox. Never click any links or attachments
in a suspicious email.


Well i hope this is helpful to you. Just wanted to warn you. As i don't want any of you lovely people getting conned!!!!

Paypal are very good though, and i will continue to use them. They got back to me very quickly, and i have never had any problems with them.

Thanks for reading.

julie

Summary: BE WARNED!!!!!!