Hackers on action...
I opened my email with hot coffee and happy mood, in ths morning, I found that righteous indignation waiting for me!
I received an email saying that paypal has updated their policy.
But my gut feeling tells me that,"Hey! something is wrong here, better check it out!"
Here is the email is:
After vividly examine the email with my IT friends, they advised me to ignore these kind of emails.
Its just to a action to swept off your hard earn monies...
There is con mans are working behind this...
Let's have a look at the highlighted parts:
Fist the email is totally irrelevant.
Second Do not login using the provided login option, its totally meant for hacking.
Here is some tips for you guys:
(Advise from Official Paypal)
You’ll know that an email is not from PayPal when:
Remember It begins with a generic greeting like ‘Dear user’ or ‘Hello, PayPal member.’ We'll always begin with your first and last name or the business name on your PayPal account.
It also asks for financial and other personal information. Our emails will never ask for your bank account number, debit or credit card number etc. We'll never ask for your full name, your account password, or the answers to your PayPal security questions in an email.
It asks you to provide the tracking number of a dispatched item, before you've received the payment into your PayPal account.
It includes a software update to install on your computer. (Never to this at all!!!)
Here are some security tips to help you stay protected online:
- Even if a URL contains the word 'PayPal', it may not be a PayPal webpage.
2.When using PayPal, always ensure that the URL address listed at the top of the browser displays as https://www.paypal.com/. The 's' in ‘https’ means the website is secure.
- Look for the 'lock' symbol that appears in the address bar. This symbol indicates that the site you're visiting is secure.
Anything suspicious immediately forward to spoof@paypal.co.uk.
You may save others too.
Stay safe steamians!
Cheers!