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Post by trickydicky73 on Nov 15, 2017 7:50:23 GMT
Had an email, supposedly from Paypal, today saying I had paid £39.99 to Microsoft for an X Box. I haven't paid anything at all, so I am assuming it is a scam to get my details? It gave me a link where I could cancel the payment, but this came up "deceptive site ahead". I wasn't going to cancel but I just wanted to see if it was bogus.
Anyone had similar emails, and what's the best thing to do apart from ignoring them? Any help gratefully received.
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Post by felonious on Nov 15, 2017 7:54:44 GMT
Sounds like a bargain at that price let me have the details.
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Post by trickydicky73 on Nov 15, 2017 7:55:42 GMT
Sounds like a bargain at that price let me have the details. Twat!  |
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Post by chigstoke on Nov 15, 2017 9:16:29 GMT
Most definitely a scam
People go to great lengths to make very convincing fake websites that look uncannily like the real one.
Always check the address bar, it would be paypal.com, with https more than likely. The fake would be something extra added in, like paypalpayments.com or something of that ilk
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Post by The Drunken Communist on Nov 15, 2017 9:23:08 GMT
Why on Earth would you click a link in an email, even if you're just being curious? It's on the first page right near the top in the book of 'things to never do on the internet'.
If you thought it was from Paypal, go into your bookmarks & click your own, trusted link to Paypal, then login & see what is/isn't there.
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Post by flea79 on Nov 15, 2017 9:46:06 GMT
forever getting crap like this and from apple
just ignore these things, mark as spam and eventually your email host will block them
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Post by trickydicky73 on Nov 15, 2017 9:47:37 GMT
Why on Earth would you click a link in an email, even if you're just being curious? It's on the first page right near the top in the book of 'things to never do on the internet'. If you thought it was from Paypal, go into your bookmarks & click your own, trusted link to Paypal, then login & see what is/isn't there. Cos I was half asleep, and cos I am a cock! I didn't give any details, thank fuck. |
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Post by cooper67 on Nov 15, 2017 10:17:21 GMT
Why on Earth would you click a link in an email, even if you're just being curious? It's on the first page right near the top in the book of 'things to never do on the internet'. If you thought it was from Paypal, go into your bookmarks & click your own, trusted link to Paypal, then login & see what is/isn't there. Cos I was half asleep, and cos I am a cock! I didn't give any details, thank fuck. PM me your financial information and I'll sort it out for you. |
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Post by trickydicky73 on Nov 15, 2017 10:21:20 GMT
Cos I was half asleep, and cos I am a cock! I didn't give any details, thank fuck. PM me your financial information and I'll sort it out for you. You can go off people, you know! In my defence, I was on the Old Growler last night(a drink, not an ancient minge!) |
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Post by trickydicky73 on Nov 15, 2017 10:32:51 GMT
Admin, please delete this thread, I can't take the shame in my hungover condition.
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Post by cooper67 on Nov 15, 2017 10:34:54 GMT
PM me your financial information and I'll sort it out for you. In my defence, I was on the Old Growler last night(a drink, not an ancient minge!) So you say.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2017 11:58:48 GMT
Same as bogus ones from DHL & Fed Ex, saying we tried to deliver your parcel today. Please click this link...Surprised yr Spam filter didn't pick it up...
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Post by trickydicky73 on Nov 15, 2017 12:37:44 GMT
Same as bogus ones from DHL & Fed Ex, saying we tried to deliver your parcel today. Please click this link...Surprised yr Spam filter didn't pick it up... Me, too, think that's what threw me. I broke out in a cold sweat earlier. I hate parting with cash at the best of times, never mind some twat robbing me! |
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Post by BuzzB on Nov 15, 2017 14:09:12 GMT
I have had 2 this week alledgedly from Paypal saying my account has been restricted, obviously binned withput a second thought. The problem is there are some vunerable people out there, especially non sober ones 😉
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Post by Linx on Nov 15, 2017 20:48:03 GMT
Loads of authentic looking emails from scammers pretending to be Paypal, eBay, HMRC, etc.. And increasingly, Mailer-Daemon notices telling me that my attempt to send an email to Tanya in Estonia (et al, ad infinitum) was unsuccessful, and I need to click on the link to 'view' the email I tried to send. Obviously, you just say fuck off and delete.
But I have had a real email from a legal firm in Lagos, informing me that I am the lucky recipient of a dead African prince's legacy, and they just need my bank account details to send all the money to. Wow! I'm gonna be rich.
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Post by auntiegeorge on Nov 15, 2017 21:11:25 GMT
Fraud has reached epidemic proportions. You can't trust anyone any more. Our credit card has been hacked twice in the last 15 months. The fraudulent charges were refunded of course and new cards issued on both occasions. You would think it would be the fraudsters trying to keep up with bank security but no, the banks are continually playing catch-up with the increasing sophistication of the crims.
Sorry, I know this was originally about emails...
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