Paypal - Scam Message ?

[KARL]

I know someone who has received a message supposedly from PayPal saying that her browser will soon not be supported unless updated. Some links are provided in the e-mail, to be used a) to check the connection to PayPal and b) to update, etc. the browser. The sender appears as [email protected]. Is anyone familiar with anything like this being legitimate or else a scam ?

[sunny-dave]

It looks like it may be real :

https://www.paypal.com/gb/smarthelp/article/how-do-i-check-and-update-my-web-browser-faq3893

But I'd still be very careful about clicking links in the email.

Go to Paypal via your own bookmark and see what happens.

[jno]

it does sound like a scam, but when I recently had an email from paypal asking me to fix a password for my account - which I don't have - I rang them to ask, and they said they had sent it, though nobody knew why. I'm still getting them.

The odd thing is that though I'm [email protected], the emails are actually addressed to [email protected], yet they're coming to me.

Anyway, advice here

https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/phishing

[sunny-dave]

jno - gmail ignores all dots -

[email protected] is the same as [email protected] - amd all other variants

[sunny-dave]

It's quite a good way of spotting who is passing on your mail - use different dot patterns for anyone you think might be a leaky bucket.

[jno]

really? When I first tried to sign up it was as mildredsmith, but I was told that was taken, so I tried mildred.smith; it wouldn't have occurred to me to insert the dot otherwise. That was yonks ago when admission was only with an invitation, so it could well have changed in the last 12 years or so, of course.

[ABerrant]

Yes, mildredsmith owns all dotted variants of that name on Gmail.

You can also use a + suffix to spot where spam has originated e.g. give your address as [email protected] when you contact AB Towers and if it is used by AN Other you know the culprit.

[johnk]

Forward the message to [email protected]

[waterboatman]

It's a scam. I had it, I've never used Paypal!

[EDDIE51]

It is true. PayPal will not be able to be used unless your browser is supported. The cut off date is 30th June. I have just checked and mine is ok.There is a link to click & check if your browser is supported. You need to check each browser you use (if you use more than one)
Here is the link
https://www.paypal.com/sg/smarthelp/article/how-do-i-check-and-update-my-browser-to-continue-using-paypal-faq3893
You DO need to do it,all part of the new information security system that is being rolled out.

[murraymints]

thanks for that Eddie..I'm ok !!

[jno]

she didn't, though, ABerrant, because though mildredsmith wasn't available, mildred.smith was, and I'm now it.

[youngmafbog]

Never ever click on links from any email, neither call a number given in one.

Go to the relevant site manually and follow instructions from there.

[Kromovaracun]

Scam paypal messages are very common. I get them quite frequently.

They have an e-mail address which johnk listed above to which you can forward any suspicious e-mail. In my experience they always get back to you within a few days. Just forward it there and delete it. If you opened it by accident or you weren't paying attention, do a quick virus scan and/or malware scan.

[ABerrant]

Ah, but jno, mildredsmith being not available to you when you applied is not the same as mildredsmith being already in use.

Have you tried emailing 'mildredsmith' to see if you as 'mildred.smith' receive the message?