# Fake Paypal email??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 5, 2004, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-paypal-email/227622 "2004-02-05T04:44:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Extrovertive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Extrovertive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Extrovertive)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-paypal-email/227622/1 "2004-02-05T04:44:39Z")
Ok, I just got an email from [service@paypal.com](mailto:service@paypal.com) today to confirm my identity. Strange thing because the link it told me to follow doesn’t have paypal on it. [http://210.187.122.110/Verify.htm](http://210.187.122.110/Verify.htm) Secondly, I did an IPLOOK and it’s not PAYPAL! I did send the email to [spoof@paypal.com](mailto:spoof@paypal.com) Hopefully, they’ll investigage it. Anyone get the same email from paypal??? From my IPLOOKUP…This is what I got: inetnum: 210.187.0.0 - 210.187.127.255 netname: TMNET-MY descr: TMnet Telekom Malaysia country: MY admin-c: AS115-AP admin-c: EU3-AP admin-c: SM135-AP tech-c: AS115-AP tech-c: EU3-AP tech-c: SM135-AP mnt-by: APNIC-HM mnt-lower: TM-NET-AP changed: [hostmaster@apnic.net](mailto:hostmaster@apnic.net) 20010529 status: ALLOCATED PORTABLE source: APNIC person: Ainol Shaharina Sahar address: 4th Floor, Block C5, CCL Plaza, address: Jalan SS6/12, 47301 Petaling Jaya, address: Selangor country: MY phone: +603-7043106 fax-no: +603-7042204 e-mail: ainol@tm.net.my nic-hdl: AS115-AP mnt-by: TM-NET-AP changed: azmi@tm.net.my 20000502 source: APNIC person: Emelia Udin address: Level 25 (South), address: Menara Telekom, address: Jalan Pantai Baru, address: 50672 Kuala Lumpur. country: MY phone: +603-2240-3035 fax-no: +603-2240-3034 e-mail: e\_melia@tm.net.my nic-hdl: EU3-AP mnt-by: TM-NET-AP changed: e\_melia@tm.net.my 20031209 source: APNIC person: Siti Fuwaizah Mohd. Ghazali address: Telekom Malaysia Berhad address: 1 st Floor,Kelana Park View Tower, address: Jalan SS6/2, Kelana Jaya, address: 47301 Petaling Jaya, address: Selangor, Malaysia country: MY phone: +603-707-4662 fax-no: +603-705-4442 e-mail: fuwaizah@tm.net.my nic-hdl: SM135-AP mnt-by: TM-NET-AP changed: fuwaizah@tm.net.my 20010802 source: APNIC ---
**Author:** ![Trucido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Trucido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trucido)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-paypal-email/227622/2 "2004-02-05T05:21:56Z")
I got a very similar sort of thing posing as an eBay email. I knew pretty much that eBay would never ask me for verification of anything, but this email wanted checking account numbers, wire transfer codes(!), and just about every piece of information that would have been necessary for a depressingly thorough identity theft. I suppose if people are falling for this kind of thing, I see why identity theft is so common these days. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-paypal-email/227622/3 "2004-02-05T05:31:31Z")
[Snopes has covered this.](http://66.165.133.65/inboxer/scams/paypal.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-paypal-email/227622/4 "2004-02-05T13:00:46Z")
Thta old scam has bee going around for ages. Heck even I got that PayPal message and I don’t hav a PayPal account. Got a weird one from “Yahoo” too once. It was kind of funny because I happened to be writing an article about how poorly customer service deals with complaints about illegal activities. It povided a perfect case study opportunity. (And wow, were the Yahoo responses clueless. And funny in a sad kind of way.) ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-paypal-email/227622/5 "2004-02-05T13:51:05Z")
I got it everyday for 3 months. You can forward it to [spoof@paypal.com](mailto:spoof@paypal.com), but it doesn’t seem to change anything if you do. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-paypal-email/227622/6 "2004-02-05T14:19:15Z")
It’s been happening with Earthlink, too. Spoof emails that try to get your logon info - or your credit card info. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-paypal-email/227622/7 "2004-02-06T00:41:03Z")
I got a supposed Earthlink e-mail last week with a lovely virus riding along. I’ve gotten fake e-bay messages too. And Citibank. There’s scum everywhere apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-paypal-email/227622/8 "2004-02-06T02:14:20Z")
I got an email from “eBay” yesterday that said that my account had been suspended because of repeated attempts to access it from a “foreign IP address” or something like that. It included a link to help reset it. I placed a bid on something today. No suspension. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-paypal-email/227622/9 "2004-02-06T03:36:18Z")
My friend just had money taken from his PayPal account and he’s having a heck of a time trying to do something about it. It seems that it’s not PayPal’s problem, not eBay’s problem, not anybody’s problem! He’s not the type of person to have responded to that type of scam e-mail, so I don’t know exactly how his problem came about. Poor guy lost about 300$, though. And doesn’t that give access to his credit card too? On the topic of scam e-mails, I got THREE today from some Microsoft-type address telling me to “download this essential patch now!” Riiiiiiiiight. :rolleyes: Thank goodness we have an antivirus program scanning incoming e-mail, because I know that’s something my Mom would open.