2014/12/16 12:10:28
drewfx1
SteveStrummerUK
  
I've had a few of these Drew, which I always forward to PayPal at this email address: spoof@paypal.com
 
I don't suppose reporting each fake email to them does any good, but you never know.
 

 
The only reason I don't do this is that I don't even open these types of email to read them, as that potentially can give a hacker information that that particular email address is associated with a login.
 

I don't just immediately delete/ignore these emails for one reason - a couple of years ago I actually got a genuine 'account limited' notification from them. As I'd been routinely deleting the other 'notifications' and obvious spam that appeared to come from PayPal, it wasn't until I actually tried to pay for something that I found out one of them was real.
 
I phoned them up and they managed to resolve the matter there and then, but I did ask them if they couldn't think of a better way to notify customers than sending an easy-to-fake email. They said they were considering not putting any clickable links in such emails, rather they would be asking customers to sign into their account normally to check any notification was genuine.
 
So that's what I always do now - first I pass on the suspected fake email (they usually respond confirming it was indeed a fake), and then I sign into my account just to check.
 

 
Yes, you can log into PayPal and it should give you this sort of notification when you log in or if you go to "Resolution" (or something like that). 
2014/12/16 12:51:03
SteveStrummerUK
drewfx1
SteveStrummerUK
  
I've had a few of these Drew, which I always forward to PayPal at this email address: spoof@paypal.com
 
I don't suppose reporting each fake email to them does any good, but you never know.
 

 
The only reason I don't do this is that I don't even open these types of email to read them, as that potentially can give a hacker information that that particular email address is associated with a login.
 




Good point, I didn't realise they could do that.
2014/12/17 03:46:24
craigb
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