Is it me or am I overly cautious. On August 8th I used PayPal in an attempt to purcjase an out of date book by Dave Frary. Lo and behold today I received an EMail today asking me to update my Pay Pal information. Needless to say I did not even open the email before I deleted it. I doubt that I will ever buy anything on the web using a credit card. If they do not take a Postal money order, no order from me.
Beter to be safe [:)] than sorry[:(]
I’ve used Paypal succsessfully a couple times with no problems. Where did you order it from?
dekruif
I try ro use Pay Pal as much as possible for online transactions. In reference to the e-mail scam you recieved, folks that don’t even have a Pay Pal or eBay account recieve those all the time. They send those out hoping that you actually have a Pay Pal account and fall for it. Don’t sweat that at all. I have gotten a few of those e-mails, and just deleted them, and never had a problem. You have to remember that you have buyer protection when using Pay Pal.
I have used PayPal quite often - I only keep a small amount of money in the account. And like you, I get bombarded by fake ‘phishing’ emails every week or so wanting me to update my PayPal registration information. If PayPal really wants you to update you information - You can always go to the PayPal web home page, and navigate through the secure web pages. Never follow the ‘link’ provided in those fake emails…
Jim
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PayPal isn’t the only one I get these phishing emails about. The funniest ones are supposedly from “banks” wanting me to update my account information, and I don’t, and never did have an account with them.
If you ever get a real one, they won’t have a link in the email to go to their website. This is a sure sign of a phishing scam. Depending on your internet explorer settings, if you put your mouse cursor on the email link (but don’t click it), the actual website address shows up at the bottom of the page.
Moochie,
They’re all correct! Those e-mails asking you to “update” your account information are “phishing” scams. They have NOTHING to do with PayPal, e-Bay or anyone else you get them from.
I have a separate bank account (with NO credit card associated with it!) that I use for PayPal purchases. I’ve used it for years and never had any problems, but I used to get as many as 3 e-mails a WEEK requesting my personal information. They were ALL scam e-mails!!
ALL REPUTABLE BUSINESSES DO NOT ASK FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN AN E-MAIL!!! At the most, a company like PayPal might send you a legitimate e-mail, but they will ask you to go to your account and log on. THEY WILL NEVER PROVIDE A DIRECT LINK IN THE E-MAIL!!!
If you get any e-mails from PayPal or e-Bay that look suspicious, forward them to spoof@(website).com (example: spoof&paypal.com ).
You can have confidence with PayPal and e-Bay. Just don’t have confidence in ANY e-mail that threatens you with account closure or provides a “handy” link to their website.
Better to be safe than sorry. You don’t have to stop doiong business with the good guys, just watch out for the bad guys.
Darrell, quiet…for now
Paypal and eBay scams are a dime a dozen. I get them on acocunts not evenassocaited with my PayPal and eBay acocunts. Just liek those bank scams, I get plenty from banks I’ve never heard of or don’t do business with.
Don’t worry about it, it’s just coincidence. I’ve bene using Paypal for years with no problems ever. Both to pay people and get paid for eBay sales. A REAL PayPal message will have your actual name in it, not “Dear PayPal member”
–Randy
I use Paypal exclusively, and have never had a problem. Been using it now over five years. You need to reprot any suspicious emails to Paypal.
Ya when I get one like that, I forward it to PayPal. They have an e-mail address to report “spoofs” like that, check their webpage.
I get these all the time too, on e-mail accounts that are not associated with PayPal. Got one just this morning. I forward all of them to spoof@paypal.com so they can hopefully do something about them, although I doubt it.
Similar ones re eBay are sent to spoof@ebay.com
Bob Boudreau
The newest scam is recieving an email stating that someone wishes to give you a refund on a purchase. All you have to do is click the link and accept the refund. The problem is that I had never purchased anything from the person that supposedly want to give me money back. Kind of a cousin to the whole person in Nigeria wanting to send me money thing, don’t let greed get the better of you.
Randy
Pay Pal is the only way I take payments on my web site, It is safe and secure! I DO NOT KEEP ANY CREDIT CARD INFO! That way no one can hack my site and use customers info.
As other people have stated, you also get purchase protection!
David
PayPal did NOT send you that email. If they ever need you to do anything they, and eBay, will email you and ask you to login to the My Account section thru your browser and update things that way. That’s what happened to me when the credit card I had on file was expiring.
If you send a money order all you have is good faith you are going to get anything, which isn’t that bad really, but a credit card AND PayPal both give you some protection, with YOUR CREDIT CARD BEING THE BIGGEST PROTECTION YOU CAN GET. If they try to scrw you, the credit card can get you your money back, and if you have fraud protection, the kind the CC company gives you not the kind you have to buy, then you have a $0 fraud liability too.
Paypal works for me![:D][tup][tup]
My wife and I have used Paypal for years. We just ignore all the fake emails purportedly from Paypal, along with the fake “your mortgage loan has just been approved” emails, the fake bank emails about accounts I don’t have, etc. My Thunderbird email software makes it easy to mark their site as junk so I don’t even have to look at future emails from them.
Enjoy
Paul
Moochie (and others),
Ever wonder WHY you keep getting these fake e-mails delivered to your e-mail address? How do these people GET your e-mail address?
There are several ways to do this, but one of the easiest is to pick up your e-mail address while you are online. It’s called “mining”, digging information out of your computer. Similar to viruses, these “spyware” programs collect information from you. Many websites use data miners to gather information on the various websites you visit, then e-mail you with special promotions based on your interests.
I use 2 free software programs regularly to delete these data miners; Ad-Aware SE and Spy-bot. Both are good at scanning your computer, locating mining programs and deleting them. Google them for their website. The downloads are free and IIRC both have upgrades for a fee.
These won’t prevent you from getting fake e-mails. You still have to be a little paranoid about ANY unsolicited e-mail you receive. My rule of thumb is if I didn’t request any information, any e-mail I get is fake and is promptly deleted.
Hope this helps you have a better online experience without the fear of being scammed.
Darrell, quiet…for now
Either SpyBot or Ad-Aware (Sorry - I forget which) won’t run with the latest Norton Intenet Security, but the latest Norton has an element that does the same thing.
Also the Microsoft Beta anti-spyware is about the best out there according to several sources in the “industry”. The best part is that it is free (available on the Microsoft website). I have used several, and in my experience, it is the best one that I have some across.
And I had so counted on the extra income I would receive from helping those Nigerian and British folks with their money changing problems to buy those now incredibly high-priced model trains! 
Fred W