Another PayPal scam :-)

[Eric The Viking]

I hardly ever open this sort of message (ends up in "junk" usually), but for some reason I did open this one.

I scanned it quickly, and noted how it seemed carefully crafted, free of most of the usual spelling and grammar howlers you often see in these things. The giveaway, of course is that the links don't go to PayPal at all, but to very deceptively-named URLs, where your every keypress would probably be recorded.

Anyway, I was just about to press 'delete' when my eye finally took in the very first line. I roared with laughter.

I can only assume they do separate versions for milliners, glovers, cobblers, etc...

Share & Enjoy, but don't get caught yourself!

E.

 

[novocaine]

must be one of those days. I had one from paypal that made it in to my inbox (unusual for spam) claiming I've paid £39 to skype and to click on the link below if I hadn't made this payment.

quick check of paypal without following the link shows otherwise, so straight to phishing report me thinks.

 

[John15]

I've had a couple of phoney PayPal emails recently. Don't click on anything, just press 'delete'.

John

 

[Bod]

I've had these e-mails, after contacting Pay Pal via a phone number, I was asked to forward them all to [email protected]. This is the security section who try to put the scammers out of business.
Some are quite good, but as I don't have a pay pal account, they really stood out!

Bod

 

[Eric The Viking]

I'll admit to wearing a bright orange baseball cap today (to keep plaster dust off) but don't anyone dare call me a "costumer".

 

[artie]

but as I don't have a pay pal account, they really stood out!

Bod

Kind of gives the game away.