Dodgy email...Paypal phishing scam related.

[mr sayers]

Ive just had dodgy email -

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Ive reported it to paypal as advised on the site, I was gonna try and ring up but it says calls are charge at £1.53 per minute, so sod that!
Has any one else had this type of thing happen to them, should I worry?

[Rich Hero]

Ive just had dodgy email -

Craig, could you please edit your email and remove the link? I hope that everyone has the common sense not to click on it but you could easily save them the opportunity. Thanks.

[mr sayers]

Rich mate, I tried to once I realised I'd left it in there, but it's not letting me edit my post for some reason!

*EDIT*It will let me edit this one but not the other one for some odd reason. With the other post when I click on edit post it just somes up with a blank box!

[Rich Hero]

Rich mate, I tried to once I realised I'd left it in there, but it's not letting me edit my post for some reason!

*EDIT*It will let me edit this one but not the other one for some odd reason. With the other post when I click on edit post it just somes up with a blank box!

Odd. Another for Ash Ra's endless list of jobs... Thanks for trying to edit. And, to be honest, if anyone clicks on it now, after reading the title and the thread, it's their look out.

[eine]

Should mr sayers be banned from the board for spamming?

[eine]

Can we have our old smilies back pleeeeease...

[mr sayers]

No worries Rich, hope nobody clicks on it in the mean while!

[eclipsechaser]

No worries Rich, hope nobody clicks on it in the mean while!

Sorry but what was the actual point of the og post. surely you have been getting these emails for years?

[mr sayers]

Sorry but what was the actual point of the og post. surely you have been getting these emails for years?

First one Ive ever got to my knowledge mate, just a bit concerned, probably unduly !

[Great Day]

First one Ive ever got to my knowledge mate, just a bit concerned, probably unduly !

As long as you didn't click the link and put in your password you should be ok. I'm amazed you've never had one before though.
I've had dozens of them over the years, but personally I'd clean out my cookies just to be double sure.
If it's from Paypal it would probably be addressed to i.e. Mr. Sayers and I doubt they would ever ask you to click a link.
In the past, if you hovered over the link it would show the redirect/masked link at the bottom left of the screen so it was always really easy to spot.

[mr sayers]

I actually foolishly clicked into the link didn't enter any information though, my computer then warned it was dodgy so I closed the window and reported the email, still not heard anything back from Paypal though.

[reza]

Fwd the email to spoof@paypal.com

I get several of these

[mr sayers]

Fwd the email to spoof@paypal.com

I get several of these

That's where I sent it, ain't heard anything back yet, take it they reply to you?

[reza]

yes normally within 24

[mr sayers]

yes normally within 24

Well it's been over that and Ive heard nothing back from them!