Paypal Identity Theft Scam
Just this morning as I checked on my email, I was bothered when I saw the subject message from PayPal "Please Restore Your Account Access" I thought that my PayPal account was hacked! I immediately clicked on the link provided and this appeared as it loads
Oh my! thank goodness. that was too close! If I have clicked and continue browsing from that page that would be the time my paypal account be hacked with me confirming all the details! I might have lost my earnings that I've been saving for months now, intended for Christmas season expenses. I am also thankful that I am using Firefox as my browser since I believe that it more secure than Internet Explorer. I immediately googled some info about the incident and this is a very helpful tips to keep in mind. beware fellow bloggers for your paypal earnings might be lost in a snap.
Warning sign 1
Quite often you may get emails from paypal asking you to verify your account or, asking you to provide some personal information. This is the first warning signal of Identity theft scam. Never, ever provide any information, because paypal will never request for any personal information from you.
Warning sign 2
The email for account verification, which you get in the name of paypal, will be sent to an email ID which is not in the paypal files.
The email uses forged headers. Forged headers are not easy to detect. Check if your email provider has options for blocking forged headers. If not, then ask them if its possible to do so.
Paypal will never greet you with ‘Dear Paypal Member’ or ‘Dear Paypal User’. It will always greet you with your name that is registered on the paypal account.
The fifth warning sign is the threatening email which might be informing you that paypal is going to suspend your account.
Do not click on a link that leads to a non-secure page, with no https and no secured browser, without a padlock in its lower left hand corner.
The seventh sign is bad English. Paypal will never use a bad english for communication.
If you observe any of these signs, then beware. It’s quite possible it’s a scam. If you have any kind of suspicion, then contact paypal for assistance.
The only person who you can blame for identity theft is yourself, so make sure that you are “street wise” in terms of online fraud and identity theft.
3 comments:
wow, dez buti na lang there was a prompt on your browser. minsan nde lang nila nililimas ung paypal money mo kung di they would even delete the account once they do the deed.
Hi Milet! oo nga eh. but na lang talaga at ni-check kong mabuti. naku grabe naman pala at dinedelete pa talaga nila ha! sobra naman sila.
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