PayPal Fraudulent Email

By Paula

I recently received an email which appeared to be from paypal. It stated that there had been suspicious activity on my account. There was a link provided which stated & looked like it was to their website for login to verify information.

Instead I was redirected (not knowing this) to some Romanian website where they obtained the personal information I thought i was confirming on my Paypal account. These people attempted to reset my pin# and use my checking account debit card.

Luckily my bank was on the ball & realized this before any money was taken from me. The webiste has since been deleted by the perpetrators. This may not technically be any fault of Paypal but they probably could keep customers better informed on these types of scams. I have never received a warning from them, assuming this would be bad for their business.

Another question I have is where did they obtain my email address in the first place & how did they know I had a paypal account?

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