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    Posted: 19 Mar 08 at 9:58pm
Ok, I know Paypal isn't the most reliable of things but be warned.

I received this email to my other email account that is NOT LINKED to my Paypal.

Be warned, if I clicked the Dispute link, it would of gone to a SPAM/(Unknown) site:




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MRJP BUZZ 585 View Drop Down
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Posts: 1496 		Post Options Post Options   Quote MRJP BUZZ 585 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 Mar 08 at 8:20am
Have you reported it to the real paypal, when this happened to me i did that and they emailed me back confiming and saying it does help them if it is reported.
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radixon View Drop Down
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Not yet, will do so tonight.

If I was a bit daft and it was sent to my Paypal account then who knows what could of happened (but I am not that thick!!)
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Originally posted by radixon

Ok, I know Paypal isn't the most reliable of things but be warned.


I have been told by 2 credit card companies and ane bank that PayPal is by far and away the safest method of paying/receiving money online, so I wouldnt say its unreliable.

You must however, as already suggested, report it, the more that is fed back to them the more they are inclined to follow up the fraudsters and further tighten the system.

However as I generally get several emails like this a day (banks are mainly targeted) it does become a pain, just never click on anything you havent iniated yourself.
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All the  financial institutes are targeted in this manner with sp**f emails,  I get several a day  even for  companies where I have no accounts.  The  spammers  just randomly  send millions of these emails out.  They then have replica websites,  hoping people will give their login details up !!!

Best advice is never to click on the links,  BUT just go straight to your PayPal (or other account) by typing the known URL,  then log in.
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