Thursday, September 4, 2008
Beware Of Email Scam- "Phishing Email" - by Annette Labedzki
Recently I received 2 emails, each slightly different, from paypal. They were warning me that someone has logged into my account, and that I must log in ( and fill in all of my personal information) within the next 72 hours or my account will be suspended. The threat made me nervous. The email is crawling with blue links to your account supposedly. DO NOT under any circumstances click on those links. These emails are called phishing emails. They want your personal information and then God only knows what they will do with it. When I received the first email I almost clicked on a link but became slightly suspicious because there were at least 4 obvious spelling mistakes. So I sent the first email to the guy who deals with our computers, crashes, viruses etc. He first warned me about "phishing emails". Today I received the threatening one, I immediately forwarded it to my computer tech. He again said it was the same. So the best thing to do if you receive an email like this is actually open a new window and log in to your paypal account. You can click on their security tips and they give you an email where you can forward your nasty "phishing email". Another tip: my husband recently had a legitimate transaction for around 1000.00 and guess what? Immediately a phone call came from pay pal checking to make sure that it was in fact a transaction made by my husband. My point is that we must keep in mind that there are administrators who are keeping an eye on things. So whatever you do "DON'T CLICK" on links and don't fill any form with your personal information. If you have, contact paypal immediately.
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