7 Ways to Spot a PayPal Scam E-Mail

Paypal is a great site and is used by many to send and receive money.

Unfortunately some dishonest people are using the Popularity of Paypal

to line their own pockets with gold at the expense of unsuspecting Pay

Pal members. These paypal Scam Artists will try to get your Paypal ID

and password so they can Login then Clean out your Paypal Account of

all funds. Paypal is fully aware of this problem and is doing

everything possible to stop this. Unfortunately if someone logs into an

account with a valid Id and Password it is very hard for Paypal or any

other secure site for that matter to stop it. As a Consumer you need to

be educated so you can protect yourself.








A Typical Paypal

Scam Artist will send you an e-mail requesting that you update your

account. Often this request to update your account is made under some

false pretence like it is suspended or has been suspected of Fraudulent

use. Here is a Copy of a recent Paypal Scam E-mail I received


http://ewguru.com/hbiz/scam.html.

You will notice the Pay Pal Link on this page looks real. Don't click

it. You can however do a right click properties and notice that it is

in fact a phony link.





Paypal has an excellent online Article

about how to spot Fake E_mails. Much of the Material in this article is

derived from the paypal site
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Here are 7 ways to spot a Pay Pal Scam E-mail











1 - Any E-mail Sent to an E-mail Address that is Not Your Primary Pay

Pal E-mail Account is more then likely a scam.





2

- Fake links. After you click on the Link if it doesn't Start

https://www.paypal.com then it is a Fake Link. Even if it says Paypal

in it somewhere it is a Fake Link. The term "https" should always

precede any website address where you enter personal information. The

"s" stands for secure. If you don't see "https," you're not in a secure

web session, and you should not enter data.


(This goes for any payment Processor including your online Bank

Accounts)





3 - Subject like Please Restore Your Account Access.





4 - Generic greetings. Lot's of emails begin with a Greeting, such as:

"Dear PayPal member.





5 - Many Fake emails try to trick you with the threat that your account

is in jeopardy if you don't sign in and fix it NOW!





6

- Emails that appear to be websites. Some emails will look like a

website in order to get you to enter personal information. PayPal never

asks for personal information in an e-mail.





7. Misspellings and

bad grammar. Fake emails may contain misspellings, incorrect grammar,

missing words. Many Times these are used to trick the E-mail Filters





A quick review
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If you receive an E-mail with a Link requesting you to click on the

link and sign in to your Pay Pal account, Don't Do It!





If you receive an E-mail with what looks like a Paypal Sign in Form,

Don't Sign it!





If you are unsure if the e-mail is Real or fake forward it to

spoof@paypal.com and request assistance.





If

you absolutely must login to your pay pal account then I would highly

recommend you do the Following. Close all open Browser sessions. Run a

Spyware check on your computer You can get a free Spyware program here (
target="_blank"

href="http://www.download.com/Spyware-Doctor/3641-8022_4-9063584.html">http://www.download.com/Spyware-Doctor/3641-8022_4-9063584.html)

then type in https://www.paypal.com/ directly into your Browser window

do not click on any links.








Mike Makler has been Marketing Online Since 2001, When he built his

first Sales organization of over 100,000 Members.





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