They almost got me
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I am normally pretty good about knowing what is spam in my email box and what is not. It is normally pretty easy to tell what is a scam and what is for real. But yesterday, they almost got me. I found an email from paypal in my inbox that caught my eye and I almost got in trouble by clicking their link. Here is what it said.
You have added
carbuyer01@yahoo.com as a new email address for
your
PayPal account.
If you did not authorize this change or if you need assistance
with
your account, please contact PayPal customer service at:
https://www.paypal.com/us/wf/f=ap_email
Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team
Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot
be
answered. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose
the
"Help" link in the header of any page.
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PROTECT YOUR PASSWORD
NEVER give your password to anyone and ONLY log in at
https://www.paypal.com/. Protect yourself against fraudulent websites
by opening a new web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape)
and typing
in the PayPal URL every time you log in to your account.
That all looks Legit, right? Well, it did to me too. But what saved me from screwing up and giving my username and password is that the URL that you get when you actually hover over or click on the links is not paypal, but instead some other URL. And I just happened to notice this and it saved my tail from being in deep. Then after looking again, its from address is some strange address as well. So keep your eyes open. Like I said, I am normally pretty good about this, but I almost got taken. And if it can get me, then pretty much anyone can get taken. Just a little heads up.