Paypal scam hits anandtech?

[quackerww]

Fake paypal?

I logged on to my email this morning after posing a for sale forum, I was selling an apple Ipod.

Low and behold I got an email saying that I bought an Ipod, it had my name and everything. So I was like Huh? and decided to investigate. I do not use any other sale sites except eBay and anandtech, and I have not bought any thing from eBay in a month or so, and the only way they could get my name is from the profile.

Look At This Email
Man these people are getting desperate.
To any one selling be warned?

Take a look at the link at the bottom...

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

How does this have anything to do with anadtech?

 

[quackerww]

They must have got my name from the profile....
And I was selling That same item here.

Who knows....

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: quackerww
Fake paypal scam hits anandtech?

I logged on to my email this morning after posing a for sale forum, I was selling an apple Ipod.

Low and behold I got an email saying that I bought an Ipod, it had my name and everything. So I was like Huh? and decided to investigate. I do not use any other sale sites except eBay and anandtech, and I have not bought any thing from eBay in a month or so, and the only way they could get my name is from the profile.

Look At This Email
Man these people are getting desperate.
To any one selling be warned?

Take a look at the link at the bottom...

Wow, that's pretty inventive! Getting people to give-up their PayPal login by making them think someone purchased an item using it...very clever.

I predict a lot more trouble for PayPal in the future. I bet hijackings are at an all time high this holiday season. I've already run into a few sales to hijacked accounts.

 

[NascarFool]

Forward it to spoof@paypal.com , many people have gotten similar emails. Life goes on. Rethink this . . . "Fake Paypal scam" . . . . you should have said "Paypal scam". 😉

 

[JujuFish]

Originally posted by: NascarFool
Rethink this . . . "Fake Paypal scam" . . . . you should have said "Paypal scam". 😉

:laugh:

 

[quackerww]

Hehe, Im a moron.

 

[NascarFool]

Not a moron, just a poor choice of words. 😉

 

[quackerww]

Sad thing is I?m going for an English major... Lol

 

[myusername]

Is that like Fred Arctor posing as a nark?

 

[walrus]

Is that your real address? I just ordered you a dozen extra large pizzas.

 

[quackerww]

Nope not mine at all, I live in washington.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

just log into your paypal via paypal.com and check your money from there

 

[quackerww]

NOthing came out.... Just thought I should share with people.