Chris M.
Flashlight Enthusiast
Recieved a message this morning claiming to be from Paypal.com, and telling me my account would expire in 5 days if I didn`t update my personal information. And in order to do that, I was then prompted to open an accompanying attachment.
I didn`t open the attachment - it had a double *.com.scr extension which screamed *worm* at me. The whole message was forwarded to spoof(at)paypal(dot)com, and I then checked online at the secure Paypal site to see everything was OK, which it was. Just a warning to be careful of spoof messages!
If you recieve one of these messages, *don`t* open the attachment and *don`t* give them any personal information. Just forward it to spoof(at)paypal(dot)com and delete it. If you get one that looks legit but you`re not sure, go to https://paypal.com , log in to your account and if they *do* want anything from you, it`ll say so on screen.
Stay safe,
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I didn`t open the attachment - it had a double *.com.scr extension which screamed *worm* at me. The whole message was forwarded to spoof(at)paypal(dot)com, and I then checked online at the secure Paypal site to see everything was OK, which it was. Just a warning to be careful of spoof messages!
If you recieve one of these messages, *don`t* open the attachment and *don`t* give them any personal information. Just forward it to spoof(at)paypal(dot)com and delete it. If you get one that looks legit but you`re not sure, go to https://paypal.com , log in to your account and if they *do* want anything from you, it`ll say so on screen.
Stay safe,
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