Thanks for the advice Sweet. I've only just started dealing at E-Bay and use a Paypal account. I'll be watchfull 

Good for you Sweet  

Today I got an e mail from "pay pal" telling me that a payment of £42 something was billed from Skype.

I immediately smelled a rat;

PayPal is one word, it has no gap.
Skype is a free service, I've never been charged for it.
They didn't have my name or address in the email.
There was a link to a "dispute centre" at the bottom-
PayPal don't send links in their emails.

I have reported it and deleted it. I did not click on that link.

Please be vigilant everyone, do not fall for such scams, never ever click on links and only sign in directly on the main website

There are charges for Skype in certain situations (but I think oner would be aware if they had started a contract with Skype).

http://www.skype.com/en/rates/

I've had that one before. I forwarded it onto Pay Pal fisching (sp). Apparently PayPal always address you by name - never Dear User (or whatever). I actually got halfway through filling out the attatchment they sent before smelling a rat

I don't use these sites but someone on my FB was warning people not to click on the links 

had a few of these - always delete straight away + the bank and tax refund ones  also

Well done Sooz glad you didn't give them your details!

Sprout- PayPal is awesome, they're very hot on security.
Make sure you only ever sign in on their site, never through an email link
What you buying me off of eBay..?

Nowt!! 

I had one today from someone who wanted me to launder a shedload of money for a very generous commission!

You said the equivalent of get stuffed I hope 

How fortunate .......when do you get the first instalment?

Give them my name 

Done 

Just as soon as I give them my bank details, passport and NI number!

He really does sound a nice young man

No good asking you to launder money ... you'd break the bloody washing machine!

I haven't had one

If you get any emails form financial institutions that you do business with be it a bank or paypal never click the link in the email, always use your bookmarked or Favourites link. 

That way you know you are going to the legitimate site

This Paypal/Skype scam has been going on for some time:

https://www.paypal-community.c...ofile.language=en-gb

Keep an eye out for for a padlock in your browser or get to understand what security measures you institutions use and how they present themselves in the browser.

There is no subsitute for being forearmed when it comes to online security.

I've seen the padlock in the browser before ............what does it mean?

Hi Soozy,

It's there to show data is being sent over encrypted channels, you will probably have heard of SSL. Banks use it when you access your account so that when you send passwords and other information to and from your account it is securely transmitted. Although I would not go as far as to say it is 100% secure, who would. But it is clearly good enough at present.

Below is a link to show some examples of what you may see in your browsers. Banks will be more than happy to direct you to their security webpages so that you can see how they protect you and your accounts.

http://www.copyrightservice.co...eng/browser_security

Besides the padlock symbol, I think that sites which have security measures would have their web address beginning with https rather than www or http

Thank you. I do believe that I'm as careful as can possibly be but .......you never know do you?

Pmsl 

Aw Aimee, you do get a bit of ribbing about your technology mishaps 

It's all true though 

Thanks Sweet

Had another lovely fake email from "PayPal" again today, the grammar is embarrassing!

I've forwarded it to the real PayPal and they've confirmed it's a phishing scam, and thanked me for reporting it.

Be vigilant everyone, not everybody can spot a scam

 They are either as thick as two short planks, or English isn't their native tongue.

Originally Posted by ~Sweet Pancakes~:

Had another lovely fake email from "PayPal" again today, the grammar is embarrassing!

I've forwarded it to the real PayPal and they've confirmed it's a phishing scam, and thanked me for reporting it.

Be vigilant everyone, not everybody can spot a scam

 They are either as thick as two short planks, or English isn't their native tongue.

what gave it away Yogi?  Was it them saying Costomer or that they update your account instead of PayPal has updated your account? Or, or, or is it that they audit of PayPal???? 

If any email comes from supposedly a bank, credit card company, or something like Paypal asking you to confirm your identity by re-entering your details, it's almost 100% certain to be a phishing scam. If in doubt get in touch with customer services at your bank etc.

Originally Posted by Yogi19:

Originally Posted by ~Sweet Pancakes~:

Had another lovely fake email from "PayPal" again today, the grammar is embarrassing!

I've forwarded it to the real PayPal and they've confirmed it's a phishing scam, and thanked me for reporting it.

Be vigilant everyone, not everybody can spot a scam

 They are either as thick as two short planks, or English isn't their native tongue.

what gave it away Yogi?  Was it them saying Costomer or that they update your account instead of PayPal has updated your account? Or, or, or is it that they audit of PayPal???? 

 

 

All of the above.