Guest mk47 Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 ive just received an email from paypal saying that my account was accessed by a third party unauthorised, so to resolve it i have to visit the website to make some updates.. so im on the paypal site and they are asking me to confirm my credit card number, which is all well, but also with this they want me to enter my pin number?? is this right? why would they want my pin number (it is the actual paypal account i re typed it in my browser) and do you think that i should enter it? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul ashton Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Don't do it,had loads of these,they will not ask you to verify passwords via e-mail if genuine,it's a scam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 SCAM indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 yip its a scam report it to pay pal, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mk47 Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 i thought so- why would they want my pin. you reckon i should report the email? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul ashton Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Forgot to say they will only ask confidential details once you have logged in but don't do it through the link on the e-mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamer Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 ive just received an email from paypal saying that my account was accessed by a third party unauthorised, so to resolve it i have to visit the website to make some updates.. so im on the paypal site and they are asking me to confirm my credit card number, which is all well, but also with this they want me to enter my pin number?? is this right? why would they want my pin number (it is the actual paypal account i re typed it in my browser) and do you think that i should enter it? thanks I strongly believe that your account has already been compromised. Paypal would never ask for the pin number of your C.C. I suggest you immediately go to your paypal account via: http://www.paypal.co.uk/uk and change your password. You most likely logged in to a scammed site and they now have your login details. I would change my password just for piece of mind. Also send the original e-mail including the headers to paypal customer service... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chiefvinso Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Agree with all of the above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seb Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Forward the email to [email protected]. Genuine Paypal emails will always address you by your full name, phishing ones will say 'Dear Paypal customer...' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Not good indeed.. Also If you've entered your credit cards details, even without the PIN I would call to get this one cancelled. You say that you typed http://www.paypal.co.uk into your browser.. But PP would never ask for you PIN. It might be worth calling them too to confirm. But first things first change your PP password and check for any dodgy activity on your account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilkinson Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Had a few of these myself. luckily, as everyone has already said, I spotted it was a con and ignored it. Pull up a sand bag and listen to this though!! My brother uses paypal quite a bit for selling things, he's one of those evening e-traders! He went away on holiday for 3 weeks and while he had been away someone in America had got access to his ebay and paypal account and was trading under his name. Luckily he was covered both through paypal and his bank. They had been selling computer equipment and had run up loads on his card, but around £250 on ebay charges!!! Once it was all resolved he was asked to change his passwords to both the ebay account and the paypal account to secure both against future fraud. The only issue he had about this was the fact that it had not stopped them in the first place!!! You just have to be soooooo careful of any requests for information or any clicky clicky (it's technical!??) icons from the net, they may well be software that monitors what you type etc..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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