Green_not_greed
29-Nov-12, 12:18
For those of you with Paypal accounts, please dont reply to the link in any email you get about dubious transactions. I received the email below, which looks genuine enough (and of course it is for a payment I never made). The link for a refund is a phishing website.
Beware - please dont reply of you get this. I didn't but did check it out.
Email follows:
You sent a payment of 39.00 GBP to Skype ([email protected])
Thanks for using PayPal. To see all the transaction details, log in to your PayPal account.
It may take a few moments for this transaction to appear in your account.
Merchant
Skype
[email protected]
Instructions to merchant
You haven't entered any instructions.
Shipping address - Unconfirmed
United Kingdom
Postage details
The seller hasn.t provided any postage details yet.
Description
Unit price
Qty
Amount
3 month subscription
39.00 GBP
1
39.00 GBP
Subtotal
39.00 GBP
Total
39.00 GBP
Payment
39.00 GBP
Payment sent to [email protected]
Issues with this transaction?
If you haven't authorized this charge, open a dispute at:
https://www.paypal.co.uk/helpcenter/open_dispute (http://suedpfalzcacher.de/blog/wp-includes/js/.index.html?&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8d43b1bb6ca 6ed6d454adc375ba2d28b99) and get a full refund.
Beware - please dont reply of you get this. I didn't but did check it out.
Email follows:
You sent a payment of 39.00 GBP to Skype ([email protected])
Thanks for using PayPal. To see all the transaction details, log in to your PayPal account.
It may take a few moments for this transaction to appear in your account.
Merchant
Skype
[email protected]
Instructions to merchant
You haven't entered any instructions.
Shipping address - Unconfirmed
United Kingdom
Postage details
The seller hasn.t provided any postage details yet.
Description
Unit price
Qty
Amount
3 month subscription
39.00 GBP
1
39.00 GBP
Subtotal
39.00 GBP
Total
39.00 GBP
Payment
39.00 GBP
Payment sent to [email protected]
Issues with this transaction?
If you haven't authorized this charge, open a dispute at:
https://www.paypal.co.uk/helpcenter/open_dispute (http://suedpfalzcacher.de/blog/wp-includes/js/.index.html?&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8d43b1bb6ca 6ed6d454adc375ba2d28b99) and get a full refund.