Paypal Email Phishing Scam!
5 years ago
This is a PSA for everyone with a Paypal Account. There is currently a HIGH RISK Phishing Scam going around to people's emails.
The email passes through Window's, Google and many other popular email servers as Legitimate and will show up in your "Focused" or Primary Inbox.
The Email Address is listed as "service@intl.paypal.com" which is a google verified email.
The email appears very much like a normal paypal email, claiming that Paypal has partially restricted your account due to
recent suspicious activity and provide a button link that will take you to a cimpletely identical webpage that will ask you to
verify your paypal account information including your email, password, SSN and any Bank/Debit/Credit Card Information associated with your account.
I am embarrassed to admit that I have fallen victim to this email scam and that part of my personal information including
my SSN and Bank Card has been compromised. Which is partly why I am sharing all this with you.
DO NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I DID.
If you currently receive any paypal notices similar in nature to this please go directly to Paypal's site and log in to verify.
It is embarrassing to me that this has happened to me because by my nature I am fairly tech savvy and usually always
suspicious of any email pertaining to my finances or personal information. But even this one fooled me with how legit
it appeared and how many barriers it was able to get past.
This all being said, I will be late to starting my stream tomorrow as I need to go to the bank first thing in the morning
to pick up a new card and to address the fraudulent transactions made on my account. (note that my old Paypal
was compromised which had no money on it, but my bank account and card number definitely was. My current Paypal that I conduct work through is safe)
I have already spent the majority of this day going through changing all my personal info on all my accounts and bills across the web.
Do not be foolish like I was... Remain vigilant!
The email passes through Window's, Google and many other popular email servers as Legitimate and will show up in your "Focused" or Primary Inbox.
The Email Address is listed as "service@intl.paypal.com" which is a google verified email.
The email appears very much like a normal paypal email, claiming that Paypal has partially restricted your account due to
recent suspicious activity and provide a button link that will take you to a cimpletely identical webpage that will ask you to
verify your paypal account information including your email, password, SSN and any Bank/Debit/Credit Card Information associated with your account.
I am embarrassed to admit that I have fallen victim to this email scam and that part of my personal information including
my SSN and Bank Card has been compromised. Which is partly why I am sharing all this with you.
DO NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I DID.
If you currently receive any paypal notices similar in nature to this please go directly to Paypal's site and log in to verify.
It is embarrassing to me that this has happened to me because by my nature I am fairly tech savvy and usually always
suspicious of any email pertaining to my finances or personal information. But even this one fooled me with how legit
it appeared and how many barriers it was able to get past.
This all being said, I will be late to starting my stream tomorrow as I need to go to the bank first thing in the morning
to pick up a new card and to address the fraudulent transactions made on my account. (note that my old Paypal
was compromised which had no money on it, but my bank account and card number definitely was. My current Paypal that I conduct work through is safe)
I have already spent the majority of this day going through changing all my personal info on all my accounts and bills across the web.
Do not be foolish like I was... Remain vigilant!
I wish this on no one!
Perhaps I was atuck in my own optimism bias thinking it would never happen to me. "I'm too smart! Id never fall for a scam like that!" How very arrogant of me