Paypal Scam

[denis567]

Just a warning to others. I received an email the other day, supposidly from Paypal telling me that my payment for about $500 for a new laptop had been sent to this firm in US. I was immediately suspicious because the email went to an email address different to the one I use for Paypal.
I went into my Paypal account and there was no mention of the transaction, so I emailed the firm in the US and informed them. I received an email from them saying that the Paypal email did not originate from them, and under no circumstances should I click on any link.
I have now forwarded the scam email to Paypal.

[AlBags]

Good for you.
You should ignore and delet ALL emails like this .. supposedly even from Paypal.
They ultimately would be after your details .. Paypal and/or Bank details.

[Ann]

Yes I had one too - about 3 weeks ago. The email looks completely genuine but I was suspicious and found out it was a scam and forwarded it to PayPal - apparently its happening more and more and they have no control over these foreign scams.......

[rsvp]

thank you for the 'heads up'

[factor-fiction]

The latest one I've had a few times tells me that the email address on my paypal account has been changed to something like [email protected] and that I should use their link to log in if I haven't authorised the change.
Of course the email is addressed "dear paypal customer" rather than identifying me by name so I know it's a fake and I don't click on any links,. I usually delete them but I did first forward one today to [email protected]

[factor-fiction]

Another scam at the moment is emails about student loans asking you to click on a link and creenter some bank details. It looks pretty genuine and I can see quite a lot of students and parents falling for it