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LaineyTLaineyT Posts: 6,392
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Ive received an email saying its from PayPal saying Your PayPal account has been limited untill we hear from you.

Now Ive not opened it but the address says from

service <verified@serverspamaccount.gq

Should I ignore it and delete it or is it real . Im not that computer wise so tend to be a bit careful on things like this.
Thanks

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    naquadanaquada Posts: 1,213
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    Almost certainly a Phishing email.

    If there is a link for you to log in, that would confirm it. Obviously don't click this.

    I would log in to Paypal independently of the email and then look in the help section for an email address to forward phishing emails to.



    EDIT, just looked at the sender email address. Definitely not genuine. But I would still look for where to forward it.
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    LaineyTLaineyT Posts: 6,392
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    naquada wrote: »
    Almost certainly a Phishing email.

    If there is a link for you to log in, that would confirm it. Obviously don't click this.

    I would log in to Paypal independently of the email and then look in the help section for an email address to forward phishing emails to.



    EDIT, just looked at the sender email address. Definitely not genuine. But I would still look for where to forward it.

    Thanks for that I thought it looked a bit iffy but thought Id ask on DS because there is always somebody on here who can help lol....;-) Went on to the real PayPal ....and eventually found the email to send it to ..... spoof@paypal.co.uk
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    stripestripe Posts: 999
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    we had a email like this a few years ago, followed by a 'your money has now been returned' type message.
    so logged into paypal via browser not link, and sure enough someone had emptied our bank account, but to be fair to paypal they spotted it and had our money stopped and returned within a few hours.

    so always worth checking before deleting
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    JoystickJoystick Posts: 14,260
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    I used to get a lot of 'your account as been suspended' emails, so all I did was went on the actual paypal website to sign in and it wasn't suspended, so I just ignore these now.
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    LaineyTLaineyT Posts: 6,392
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    I remember a good few years ago I had a Halifax credit card. Now I think Im like most people then you didnt really check your statements it was in the days when there wasnt as much fraud as now. Anyway my statement came and I looked at it and saw £6 had been taken out. Now I knew it wasnt me because it had been used to buy how can I put this is polite terms....on a sex site :o No idea what they were buying for £6 but I phoned the Halifax and got a refund lol.

    Early on this year I got an email from Amazon.com confirming my order for well over £400 for 2 things that had been bought of my credit card. It was an underwater camera ( terrified of water ) and a drone (terrified of heights as well) . It had my correct name and email address and my correct home address. So I phoned the bank and they cancelled my card and they gave me the number of Amazon fraud dept to call. They were really nice lovely man with an American accent ;-) He cancelled the order for me and closed my account. But it was with the American Amazon not the UK one.
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    WillButcherWillButcher Posts: 923
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    Forward the email to: spoof@paypal.com, then mark the email as spam.

    This makes them aware of the email if they are not already.

    I used to get a few of them, I forwarded everyone of them to tjat address.

    You can do the same with ebay by emailing: spoof@ebay.com too.
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    CaxtonCaxton Posts: 28,881
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    A pity they cannot be returned to sender and on arrival it would blow them off the face of the earth.
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    zx50zx50 Posts: 91,272
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    It's always best to go to the actual site and then find out what's happening. If you can't find what you're looking for, contact the company from the site.
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    terry45terry45 Posts: 2,876
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    zx50 wrote: »
    It's always best to go to the actual site and then find out what's happening. If you can't find what you're looking for, contact the company from the site.

    That would be the sensible thing to do but the senders of such emails rely on the recipients not being sensible.
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    LaineyTLaineyT Posts: 6,392
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    What made me notice it first was it came from service thats what I noticed first . What ever happened to the days when the worse you got in your emails was for willie enlargments :D
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    john_smith115john_smith115 Posts: 37
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    LaineyT wrote: »
    Ive received an email saying its from PayPal saying Your PayPal account has been limited untill we hear from you.

    Now Ive not opened it but the address says from

    service <verified@serverspamaccount.gq

    Should I ignore it and delete it or is it real . Im not that computer wise so tend to be a bit careful on things like this.
    Thanks

    Ignore it. It's a scam. Don't open any link that no doubt will want you to give them details.
    I was getting them for months though stopped now.
    They must have moved on to you.
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    LaineyT wrote: »
    Ive received an email saying its from PayPal saying Your PayPal account has been limited untill we hear from you.
    Now Ive not opened it but the address says from
    service <verified@serverspamaccount.gq
    Should I ignore it and delete it or is it real . Im not that computer wise so tend to be a bit careful on things like this.
    Thanks

    Often it is a only spam.
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