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Title: PayPal Update? Safe?....
Post by: RedRobin on July 07, 2011, 06:29:36 pm
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I'm paranoic about PayPal and eBay security and so naturally suspicious of every email I receive from them.

The latest is "Notice Of Changes To The PayPal User Agreement". Has anyone else received this and do you know if it's genuine, please?
Title: Re: PayPal Update? Safe?....
Post by: MJR on July 07, 2011, 06:32:09 pm
Just log into your Paypal and you would receive any messages regarding it when logging onto your account  :happy2:

I ignore any emails nowadays because of all the scams going about. I simply just log into my account the normal way and check it :smiley:

*EDIT*

I also do the same with E-Bay  :smiley:
Title: Re: PayPal Update? Safe?....
Post by: RedRobin on July 07, 2011, 06:53:50 pm
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Good thinking! If there was a Thank You button here I'd click you one  :drinking:
Title: Re: PayPal Update? Safe?....
Post by: damoegan on July 07, 2011, 07:05:28 pm
I recieved the same email, Robin..

When ever I get emails like that I just delete them and log into what ever site they are from as I normaly would, they should be a message on the site about it if its a real email..
Title: Re: PayPal Update? Safe?....
Post by: bacillus on July 07, 2011, 07:07:01 pm
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I'm paranoic about PayPal and eBay security and so naturally suspicious of every email I receive from them.

The latest is "Notice Of Changes To The PayPal User Agreement". Has anyone else received this and do you know if it's genuine, please?

I got the same email but for safety didn't click on any links contained therein.
Title: Re: PayPal Update? Safe?....
Post by: Andy on July 07, 2011, 07:08:21 pm
i have had the same messages and as mentinned i just log into my paypal account `to see if i have any up dates of them
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Post by: Gene Hunt on July 07, 2011, 07:14:05 pm
Same here,got the email & never opened it in my hotmail account. :happy2:
Title: Re: PayPal Update? Safe?....
Post by: Saint Steve on July 07, 2011, 07:17:07 pm
As above, never click any paypal links from these emails... They are after your passwords and other personal details  :fighting:

I quite often get bogus emails saying about recent transactions that I've made to people, asking me to click here and follow link, but when you go to pay pals address, they simply don't exsist.

I always send these emails and Mark them as phishing scams on hotmail's filtering setup.
Title: Re: PayPal Update? Safe?....
Post by: Mandy on July 07, 2011, 08:10:36 pm
Most, if not all legit emails from ebay/paypal will address you by your name/username rather than just 'Sir/Madam/Customer'.  :happy2:
Title: Re: PayPal Update? Safe?....
Post by: Weston on July 07, 2011, 08:15:17 pm
I receive several emails a month from "paypal" confirming payments to random users. They're always just phishing scams. Best bet is to ignore as has been said. Paypal will always address you by name so that's an easy way to spot fakes  :happy2:
Title: Re: PayPal Update? Safe?....
Post by: RedRobin on July 07, 2011, 08:20:34 pm
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And here I was, thinking that it was just me being paranoic  :grin:. Thanks, guys.

Sad state of affairs isn't it when a company name/brand can't be trusted.
Title: Re: PayPal Update? Safe?....
Post by: Weston on July 07, 2011, 08:22:26 pm
Main thing is to not panic if you ever get anything dodgy as they try to scare you into reacting without thinking  :fighting:
Title: Re: PayPal Update? Safe?....
Post by: RedRobin on July 07, 2011, 08:25:56 pm
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Don't worry, it takes a heck of a lot more than that to cause me any degree of panic.  :happy2:
Title: Re: PayPal Update? Safe?....
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on July 07, 2011, 08:27:27 pm
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Don't worry, it takes a heck of a lot more than that to cause me any degree of panic.  :happy2:

BOO !!!  :scared:
Title: Re: PayPal Update? Safe?....
Post by: RedRobin on July 07, 2011, 08:29:35 pm
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Don't worry, it takes a heck of a lot more than that to cause me any degree of panic.  :happy2:

BOO !!!  :scared:


.... :jumping: :scared: Yikes!! I thought you were Carl for a moment!
Title: Re: PayPal Update? Safe?....
Post by: MJR on July 07, 2011, 08:45:09 pm
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Good thinking! If there was a Thank You button here I'd click you one  :drinking:

Glad to be of service  :happy2:
Title: Re: PayPal Update? Safe?....
Post by: simonp on July 08, 2011, 01:22:15 am
I got that email too and it looks fine to me. Has my full name at the top and the links are genuine.
Title: Re: PayPal Update? Safe?....
Post by: Ifti on July 08, 2011, 07:41:18 am
Same here - I also got it.

With any email from PayPal just ensure it has your full name at the top.

Also, just to be safe, never click any links in ANY email - I always tend to just go to the site myself normally rather then click links.
Title: Re: PayPal Update? Safe?....
Post by: MAT ED30 on July 08, 2011, 09:57:06 am
I got it too