Report Fake Phishing Paypal Emails and Spoof Sites to Paypal
August 1st, 2007Everyone has a Paypal account offering online payment solutions worldwide. This has prompted corrupt people to circulate fake phishing Paypal emails and create fake spoof websites that resemble the official Paypal emails and Paypal.com to trick less aware web users to reveal their secret personal information, usernames and passwords. Do you report these Fake Paypal Emails and Websites to Paypal?
It is common to find a fake Paypal email sitting in your inbox, which you usually delete or mark as spam. Go a step further and report Phishing and Spoofing to Paypal itself. The Paypal Security Centre is commited to fighting fraud, and preventing Identity Theft. You can help Paypal deal with these illegal websites and spam emails by reporting them.
Report a fake phishing Paypal email
Simply forward all fake paypal emails to spoof@paypal.com and then delete them. Such emails usually have lots of spelling mistakes, with masked links where the url text is different from the fraud sites they lead to, and ask you for your passwords in an attempt for identity theft. It takes a few seconds more, but it will help stop fraud.
Report Fake Spoof Paypal Site
If you visit a fake Paypal website, usually by mistyping the url, or clicking on a hidden / masked paypal link in a phishing email - don’t close the window or tab. Note the url, then fill this form on the official Paypal site which lets you report such sites. Test your fake site spotting skills with this phishing quiz. If you entered any personal information into the suspicious website, change your password immediately and check your transaction history for inaccuracies.
Next time you get a fake Paypal email, forward it to Paypal immediately before deleting it. Tricked into visiting a fake Paypal site, report it to Paypal. These small initiatives on our part will help Paypal fight this fraud, deal with the imposters and create a secure web for users.
Update: I usually forward fake paypal emails to them and get this reply.
Thanks for taking an active role by reporting suspicious-looking emails.
The email you forwarded to us is a phishing email, and our security team is working to disable it.————————-
What is a phishing email?
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Phishing emails attempt to steal your identity and will often ask you to
reveal your password or other personal or financial information. PayPal
will never ask for your password over the phone or in an email and will
always address you by your first and last name.Take our Fight Phishing Challenge at
https://www.paypal.com/fightphishing to learn 5 things you should know about phishing. You’ll also see what we’re doing to help fight fraud every day.————————-
You’ve made a difference.
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Every email counts. By forwarding a suspicious-looking email to
spoof@paypal.com, you’ve helped keep yourself and others safe from
identity theft.Thanks,
The PayPal Team
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Comments
In the past I have forwarded blank emails to spoof@paypal.com, and received a response confirming that this was indeed phishing email. It’s an automated feel-good response that you’ve done something right, not an actual person reviewing it.
@Jack - Indeed it is an automated email. But I believe someone at paypal will eventually look into the issue. Paypal has a reputation to keep and the less duped customers they have, the better it is.
hi nice post, i enjoyed it
I had a problem with paypal spoof email and I made some phone calls to paypal and nobody seemed to care. They just told me to forward it to paypals spoof email team and that was it. Gee thanks paypal for your help. People are out there scaming your customers and you can’t even assist them with their issues. I will remember that when when someone wants to payme via paypal…..SORRY COLD HARD CASH ONLY!!!!
I’ve been forwarding the fake mails to spoof@paypal.com for about 4 months…. I am just stupid or really nobody cares….
My boss just has been scammed and he gave all the personal information by mail, he pressed the wrong link
what to do? it’s easy
he closed all his bank account, spend one week making new ones and he promise to himself to buy only in the stores with cash
Mike,
You need to understand the enormity of this problem. PayPal, and companies like them, are limited in what they can do, once you’ve received an email. To act like you had a unique issue that you needed them to respond to is just unrealistic.
Kat,
I do the same thing. Keep doing what you’re doing. Eevery email DOES count.
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