SideshowGez

Tue 24 Jun 2008 (5:10AM)
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Just got an email from customer@paypal.co.uk ..... says I have indicated that I've forgoten my password. Which I have not.

came in via my spam box too.

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Tue 24 Jun 2008 (5:14AM)
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SideshowGez

Tue 24 Jun 2008 (5:16AM)
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No worth hanging on to it incase my emails been hacked?

liquidhtom

Tue 24 Jun 2008 (5:36AM)
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Tobyjames7

Tue 24 Jun 2008 (8:21AM)
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I hade one similar before, delete away mate, its a sham

Dud

Tue 24 Jun 2008 (9:45AM)
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Someone hacked my PayPal account - I'm not sure quite how as I'm fairly computer literate - I think they fished for passwords elswhere and I had foolishly used my PayPal password for other things.

Luckily I spotted the transactions before the money had been transferred from my account.

I contacted paypal immediately.   They said it looked suspicious and would investigate.  I told them I wanted to stop the transfer going through.  I was told not to worry.

As a precaution I contacted my bank and told them to stop the transfers and any further transfers from PayPal going through.

A couple of days later PayPal complained that I had reneged on a deal.  Not only had they themselves failed to stop the attempted transfer but blamed me for doing so.  I closed my PayPal account immediately.

Anyway - for secure and financial transactions - use a different password to your MrGig (or any other "trivial") password. 

Never click on a link in an email that requests you to enter your personal details.  If concerned, go directly to your PayPal (or whatever) account.  These scams work by redirecting the user to a site that the conmen have set up that looks like the official PayPal site and then they capture your details which they then use for future naughtiness.

Dmanlamius

Tue 24 Jun 2008 (11:37AM)
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Yea, I get these a lot, dude.

Do what Dud says.  Don't click on it, but moniter any changes in your account from Paypal itself.  DON'T go via that e-mail.  It probably has a keylogger.

SideshowGez

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