I just recived this email from paypal ...

Dear Customer,

You paid $499.99 USD to
ACER-LAPTOPS (sales@acerlaptops.com)


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PayPal Shopping Cart Contents

Item Name: ACER ASPIRE LAPTOP AS5002WLMi NOTEBOOK 1.6GHz COMPUTER
Quantity: 1

Total: $499.99


Cart Subtotal: $484.99 USD
Sales Tax: $15.00 USD
Cart Total: $499.99



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Shipping Information

Shipping Info: Michael R Murphy


Address Status: Unconfirmed

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Dispute Transaction

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PayPal Email ID PP133320

I removed this shipping address from the email ! this is not me , not my purchase ! Im so freaking out nothing like this hhas happen before ! in the email there is a button to push to dispute ?? I dont recall ever seeing thiis before ?? but its beeen awhile since i used it ? what do i do , do you think its real ? no money has been touched from my bank but it takes a few days sometimes

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Ok ok just got a email from paypal
Thank you for contacting PayPal about a fraudulent (spoof) email or Web
site. We appreciate you bringing this suspicious email to our attention.

We can confirm that the email you received was not sent by PayPal. Any
website which may be linked to this email is not authorized or used by
PayPal.

Our fraud prevention team is working to disable any website linked to
this email. In the meantime, please do not enter any information into
this website. If you have already done so, you should immediately log
into your PayPal account and change your password, as well as your
security questions and answers. We also recommend that you contact your
bank and credit card company immediately.


Girls becareful .. thank god i didnt enter into paypal through the email i went right to paypal from IE .. i thought my head was gonna pop

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Yeah. Never click onto a link in an email from ebay or Paypal. They're just phishing. They keep trying to come up with new ways to scam us. I get emails all the time telling me I haven't paid for something I bought on ebay, or that my payment is bad or that my account has been frozen. Ummm. I don't even use ebay.

Paypal will NEVER give you a link. They would tell you to log into your paypal account if something were really wrong. Never click on those links or it could be trouble.

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~Happiness is a large family~

Yes, I get those all the time. They're trying to get your ebay password so they can get into your account. I always just forward them to ebay. They have told me they will contact via links on your homepage if they have something to tell you. So NEVER click on one of those links or enter your password for them. HTH

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I have gotten 2 of those recently saying I bought a cell phone for over $400. They only want credit card information so I ignore them. I know that I did not buy this nor did my dh and it did not ask me to lag into paypal. How do I contact paypal to let them know?

Susan

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finleyandjudemommy

Contact PayPal to let them know what? You can forward the email you got to PayPal to their spoof/fraud/phishing dept.

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/websc...-spoof-outside

If you don't choose to let PayPal know, it's not going to affect your account with PayPal at all. The email you rec'd wasn't sent by PayPal, you didn't purchase the item in question, you didn't owe the money or pay the money...kwim?

Yes, I practically send a fake email to spoofs@paypal.com every day! Those scammers don't give up easily. One time somebody did get into my account for real, but paypal caught them. Be careful to close out your browser after you log off of pay pal and ebay.

I get these and ones from "ebay" every week! Don't worry! As long as you don't click on any links in their emails your fine!

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A woman is like a teabag. You never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water.-Eleanor Roosevelt

I have a paypal and ebay account, but after reading this.. my trust is questioned. Do you have your paypal account set up with your credit/debit card or bank account? Which is the best (safest)?

That is weird, I would have been freaking out too.

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Amanda