View unanswered posts | View active topics It is currently Mar 16th, '26, 05:45 


Portal » Board index » Aquaponic Discussions » General Banter

All times are UTC + 8 hours




Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 1
  [ 12 posts ] 
  Print view Previous topic | Next topic 
Author Message
Sleepe
 Post subject: Paypal just a head's up
PostPosted: Mar 6th, '15, 14:53 
A posting God
A posting God

Joined: Sep 15th, '07, 09:09
Posts: 3712
Location: WA
Gender: Male
Recently I have received a number of emails purporting to be from Paypal.

They advised my account had been limited due to the new security and I think unusual log activity (they even had a case id no).

I am not very trusting on emails so I rang Paypal, they were false so just be aware everyone. :)
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
    Advertisement
 
Colum Black-Byron
PostPosted: Mar 6th, '15, 15:35 
A posting God
A posting God
User avatar

Joined: Dec 12th, '13, 18:34
Posts: 3846
Gender: Male
Are you human?: Yes
Location: Adelaide
A good practice I follow, never click any link inside an email from anything to do with money (paypal, ebay, amazon, banks). Always go direct to the website itself.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Curious
PostPosted: Mar 6th, '15, 15:59 
Legend Member
Legend Member

Joined: Jan 9th, '13, 22:59
Posts: 520
Gender: Male
Are you human?: YES
Location: Malaysia
@Colum - Good practice, thanks for sharing. I will be sure to adopt it. :notworthy: :notworthy:
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Gunagulla
PostPosted: Mar 6th, '15, 16:54 
A posting God
A posting God
User avatar

Joined: Mar 9th, '13, 10:44
Posts: 3455
Location: Loomberah NSW
Gender: Male
Are you human?: Im a force of nature
Location: I'm right here
Those have been around for ages, the clue is they are not addressed to you, but rather are a more general dear paypal user etc.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
gorotsuki69
PostPosted: Mar 6th, '15, 18:15 
Legend Member
Legend Member

Joined: Mar 19th, '11, 19:40
Posts: 749
Gender: Male
Are you human?: YES
Location: Perth
they are getting sneakier. I got one today for a receipt of payment for a Kindle purchase to an Aussie seller. Looked very authentic, the ebay listing and seller are both real. Only the link that says "to cancel this payment please click here" redirects somewhere else.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Yavimaya
PostPosted: Mar 6th, '15, 18:21 
A posting God
A posting God

Joined: Nov 10th, '12, 09:27
Posts: 2667
Gender: Male
Are you human?: maybe
Location: Vic
i usually hover over the links and see what address its actually sending me too (found down the bottom).
more proffesional jobs can look very much like the real thing, but they cannot hide where that link is sending you to.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
gorotsuki69
PostPosted: Mar 6th, '15, 18:27 
Legend Member
Legend Member

Joined: Mar 19th, '11, 19:40
Posts: 749
Gender: Male
Are you human?: YES
Location: Perth
Yavimaya wrote:
i usually hover over the links and see what address its actually sending me too (found down the bottom).
more proffesional jobs can look very much like the real thing, but they cannot hide where that link is sending you to.


yep exactly
this link went to somewhere in India
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
joblow
PostPosted: Mar 7th, '15, 03:13 
In need of a life
In need of a life
User avatar

Joined: Jan 24th, '13, 08:01
Posts: 1548
Gender: Male
Are you human?: Sometimes
Location: Australia, Victoria, Northern Suburbs
I quite often hit the reply button 20 or 30 times and never hear from them again :D
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Yavimaya
PostPosted: Mar 7th, '15, 08:06 
A posting God
A posting God

Joined: Nov 10th, '12, 09:27
Posts: 2667
Gender: Male
Are you human?: maybe
Location: Vic
That may work Jo, but its quite dangerous too.
it tells them its a verified email address and they are usually likely to add that to many more spam lists.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Mr Damage
PostPosted: Mar 10th, '15, 15:13 
A posting God
A posting God
User avatar

Joined: Apr 4th, '11, 13:18
Posts: 2381
Gender: Male
Are you human?: Not before 8am
Location: Perth, Western Australia
.
Sounds legit!... :thumbright:
Quote:
Dear Customer,

We noticed severe numbers of invalid login attempt on your account, due to this reason your Customer Registration Number and Password: has been revoked.

We have also increased more security on our website so as to put an end to fraudulent activities.

In other to use our services, you are advise to re-access your account.

To re-access your account (I've removed the link)

It's all about your Security.
Management
ANZ Internet Banking.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Sleepe
PostPosted: Mar 10th, '15, 15:27 
A posting God
A posting God

Joined: Sep 15th, '07, 09:09
Posts: 3712
Location: WA
Gender: Male
Yabbies the only reason I posted this was it came straight after a legit message from paypal re account limitation/security and was very close to the original; they are getting smarter. :)
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
BuiDoi
PostPosted: Mar 10th, '15, 15:28 
In need of a life
In need of a life

Joined: Jul 2nd, '14, 14:59
Posts: 1848
Images: 0
Location: Peakhurst - Sydney
Gender: Male
Are you human?: Thought I WAS
Location: Sydney
..
EXCEPT - they would not need to give you a link..

GUARANTEE that bank one is fraud..
..
.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 1
  [ 12 posts ] 

Portal » Board index » Aquaponic Discussions » General Banter

All times are UTC + 8 hours


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
cron

Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group
Portal by phpBB3 Portal © phpBB Türkiye
[ Time : 0.046s | 13 Queries | GZIP : Off ]