I daresay most of us use Paypal from time to time - and jolly handy it can be, especially for overseas payments.
I've noticed getting an email now and again apparently from Paypal which talks about some payment you've made recently. You don't remember it so you think your account may have been hacked.
It starts off like this, for example:
"You sent a payment of $56.00 USD to JLM Expansion (help@jlmexp.com)
It may take a few moments for this transaction to appear in your account.
If you don't make this transaction you can cancel the payment immediately"
This is followed by a blue-highlighted click button saying "Cancel Now"
If you come out of email and log in to your email account you see no reference to such a payment and all is in order.
Now I'm not so stupid as to panic and click on the button. Obviously it will take you somewhere you don't want to go, or it will then invite you to login to your Paypal account via a false login screen, thus giving away your username and password.
With suspicious emails I hit the "reply" button so I can check the source and that usually gives the game away. (Obviously I don't press "send"!)
But in this case the source address is "service@paypaI.com". Looks kosher, doesn't it?
Now, do you see what they've done? The "l" in paypal is actually a capital "I"! Easy way to check once you spot it.
Yet another scam to watch out for, my friends!
I've noticed getting an email now and again apparently from Paypal which talks about some payment you've made recently. You don't remember it so you think your account may have been hacked.
It starts off like this, for example:
"You sent a payment of $56.00 USD to JLM Expansion (help@jlmexp.com)
It may take a few moments for this transaction to appear in your account.
If you don't make this transaction you can cancel the payment immediately"
This is followed by a blue-highlighted click button saying "Cancel Now"
If you come out of email and log in to your email account you see no reference to such a payment and all is in order.
Now I'm not so stupid as to panic and click on the button. Obviously it will take you somewhere you don't want to go, or it will then invite you to login to your Paypal account via a false login screen, thus giving away your username and password.
With suspicious emails I hit the "reply" button so I can check the source and that usually gives the game away. (Obviously I don't press "send"!)
But in this case the source address is "service@paypaI.com". Looks kosher, doesn't it?
Now, do you see what they've done? The "l" in paypal is actually a capital "I"! Easy way to check once you spot it.
Yet another scam to watch out for, my friends!
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