Is this is a real paypal email?

[ddaybofb]

i got this email the first time i thought it was a scam, but i got it again and im not sure

"Information Regarding Your account:
Dear PayPal Member:

Attention! Your PayPal account has been limited!

As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system.We recently contacted you after noticing an issue on your account.We requested information from you for the following reason:

Our system detected unusual charges to a credit card linked to your PayPal account.

Reference Number: PP-XXX-XXX-XXX

This is the Last reminder to log in to PayPal as soon as possible. Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access.

Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access. We appreciate your understanding as we work to ensure account safety.

We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We apologise for any inconvenience..

Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department
Copyright 1999-2008 PayPal. All rights reserved. PayPal Ltd. PayPal FSA Register Number: 226056.
PayPal Email ID PP059"

The website it brings me to, to activate my account is (removed).

 

[draggar]

No Not Real

The URL is way off. If you want to be sure, do not click on the link but instead go directly to PayPal's site (www.paypal.com) and log in directly. Anything fishy, call them though their customer serivce number.

This goes with anything, no matter how real the email looks, never click on the links. Always directly go to the site (open up IE, FF, or Safari and type in the URL), log in then contact them directly if you have questions (banks, Paypal, registrars, etc..).

The URL is a ccTLD (.fr) - why would a French company be contating you (an American by your location) about an American company.

WhoIs info on the domain: http://whois.domaintools.com/ns8-wistee.fr

Looks very phishy. Phishers are learning that they'll get more victims with presistence.

Attention! Your PayPal account has been limited!

As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system.We recently contacted you after noticing an issue on your account.We requested information from you for the following reason:

Our system detected unusual charges to a credit card linked to your PayPal account.

Reference Number: PP-XXX-XXX-XXX

This is the Last reminder to log in to PayPal as soon as possible. Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access.

Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access. We appreciate your understanding as we work to ensure account safety.

We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We apologise for any inconvenience..

Red - typos. Communications are scrutinized beyond belief, this would have never gotten out.

Blue - repeated sentence.

They make is sound urgent to make people try to go there without thinking.

If you went to the link, clear out your cache and run a good anti-spyware scan (Ad-Aware and SpyBot, run both (one at a time).

 

[ddaybofb]

yeah thats what i thought just wanted to get another say.

Thanks draggar

 

[theinvestor]

That looks like a fake address. But, the key to not get caught in these phishing scams is by actually logging in to paypal. If it mentions nothing about verifying your account then you know it was a scam.

I have received emails similar to this by paypal in order to verify some information. But i only log into paypal through a different web browser.

 

[Rockefeller]

Paypal will always put your name/business name in the email

 

[Johnn]

Phishing.

I got like 50 emails like this a day in the spam folder.

 

[Stian]

Yeah, I get these on a weekly basis as well. Just ignore them.

 

[ddaybofb]

thanks alot guys for the help

 

[DomainMagnate]

couldn't they find a better domain to impersonate paypal than ns8-wistee.fr?!

 

[Stian]

:lol: .. I once got something like [email protected] (with typo) ..

Or [email protected] ..

 

[Johnn]

- One Good Simple Habit -

NEVER Click any link from Email - go to the site and type the link yourself.

 

[draggar]

- One Good Simple Habit -

NEVER Click any link from Email - go to the site and type the link yourself.

One of the best pieces of advice to help protect yourself. (Along with common malware scans (weekly?).

 

[katherine]

The URL is a telltale sign but there are still people who fall for this :worried:

 

[tinner666]

I forward them to [email protected] and [email protected]. PP will get the sites closed.

 

[jdk]

The best way to tell if Paypal is really sending an email is to close the email. Open your browser and type paypal.com and login manually (DO NOT click on links in an email). Once you are logged in, you will have alerts, messages, or warnings they want you to see regarding your account.

 

[MediaHound]

For safety, the URL has been removed from the first post in the thread.

 

[ddaybofb]

opps sorry

 

[ezimedia]

HI

Paypal never starts an email with, Dear PayPal Member:

Also in the emails mouse over the links and see what the url is in the bottom of your web browser...

Never click a link in your emails for a paypal email.

Always type the paypal url in your browser and then login to your account.

Thanks
Tom