MikeF
Enlightened
I received an e-mail yesterday that appeared to be from PayPal. It was fraudulent, and was searching for information!!! It Said:
"Dear PayPal Customer
This e-mail is the notification of recent innovations taken by PayPal to detect inactive customers and non-functioning mailboxes.
The inactive customers are subject to restriction and removal in the next 3 months.
Please confirm your email address and Credit or Check Card information using the form below:"
It then went on to requested the following information:
1.E-Mail Address. 2. Password. 3. First Name. 4. Last Name. 5. Zip. 6. Credit Card or Check Card# 7. Expiration Date. 8. ATM PIN.
When I contacted Pay Pal Security, their response was:
"However, the email that you have received was not sent by PayPal. You should never send your password through email and you should not reveal your password to PayPal Representatives on the phone. That is information that only you as the account holder should know as that is a security feature for the protection of your account. If you have shared your password with anyone, you may want to change it through your account profile."
I know better than to send information via internet, so I did not send my information.
NEVER NEVER send information to a request for information that you receive. Always make sure that you are using someone you trust for transactions, and always check the security Icon and check for the HTTP"S" in the address line when conducting transactions or before sending any other secure data.
"Dear PayPal Customer
This e-mail is the notification of recent innovations taken by PayPal to detect inactive customers and non-functioning mailboxes.
The inactive customers are subject to restriction and removal in the next 3 months.
Please confirm your email address and Credit or Check Card information using the form below:"
It then went on to requested the following information:
1.E-Mail Address. 2. Password. 3. First Name. 4. Last Name. 5. Zip. 6. Credit Card or Check Card# 7. Expiration Date. 8. ATM PIN.
When I contacted Pay Pal Security, their response was:
"However, the email that you have received was not sent by PayPal. You should never send your password through email and you should not reveal your password to PayPal Representatives on the phone. That is information that only you as the account holder should know as that is a security feature for the protection of your account. If you have shared your password with anyone, you may want to change it through your account profile."
I know better than to send information via internet, so I did not send my information.
NEVER NEVER send information to a request for information that you receive. Always make sure that you are using someone you trust for transactions, and always check the security Icon and check for the HTTP"S" in the address line when conducting transactions or before sending any other secure data.