SCAM Email – Subject: Western Union Daily Payment of $5600 !!

If you receive the Email posted below you should send it right to your spam folder where it belongs. This is an obvious SCAM Email. The “From” and “Reply-To” indicates that this Email wasn’t sent by Western Union. The Email starts with “Dear Western Union Beneficiary” which means that the sender doesn’t know your name. Entering the phone number into Google showed me that I am not the first who received and posted about this Email and I am afraid I won’t be the last.

This Email has only one purpose to collect your contact details. I am sure if you would answer them they will ask for your SIN or at least Bank account information. I strongly recommend to delete this message right away. If you want to help others not to fall for this scam please feel free to share my post.

SCAM Email – Subject: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

I received today two Emails pretending to be sent from LinkedIn. Both Emails looked like the invitation you’ll get when a LinkedIn Member wants to connect with you. But when you click on the “Accept” button you will actually get forwarded to a different website.

Also the “View Profile” link is of course connected to a different website, as well as the other links such as the “Unsubscribe” link.

I checked both Emails and the links were different so I did not included them into my post today.

But as always I would like to provide you with some screenshots so you can check out the scam Emails yourself and see that they unfortunately look very legit.

Tip from me. Login to your LinkedIn account and do not use the links in those Emails. Check if someone actually wants to connect with you and also look up their profile.

If you have any questions, concerns or if you had the same experience. Please leave a comment. Also please share this post and help others not to fall for this scam.

Thanks and surf save…

SCAM Email – Subject: Your Paypal Ebay.com payment.

Today I received another SCAM Email, pretending to be sent by PayPal and I was shocked how good this Email was made. You can find the screenshot in my post to see what I am talking about. But let me explain the trick of that Email, because at first it looks like I ordered something on E-Bay, but I didn’t and here you have already the trick.

By scaring you, that someone may have hacked your account and ordered something and was paying with your PayPal account you start getting nervous. I admit that I was nervous too. But the first thing you need to remember is that if someone really hacked your account, there is nothing you can do at the moment you receive such Email. So instead of panicking try to relax and stay cool. I as well thought someone misused my account and after the first shock was gone I checked out the “Log In” link in the Email and noticed that the link was connected to a different domain and not PayPal.

Lotto SCAM Email – Subject: Your Email Won Congratulations!!!

This might not be the newest and for sure not the most original version of an old and familiar scam, but one I received the first time so far. Or let say this is the first time I noticed that Email.

I guess we are all familiar with that Email from someone, living in another country and need our help to transfer a gazillion dollars. That we will get of course a share, because of all the trouble we have to go through, is mentioned in those Emails as well and of course out of the question. But what is the trick behind that? Well the scam has different faces.

Please submit Paypal verification form today SCAM

Today I would like to warn you about another SCAM, I received a couple days ago. This time I got an Email from “PayPal”, telling me that there is a problem with my account. I have to fill out a verification form and… thats my favorite part… shouldn’t call PayPal about that matter. Well… why not? Easy, because that’s a scam. If you would call PayPal, they would tell you that your account is alright.

Another great part of that Email was, that this Email was sent to one of my accounts, that is and never was related to a PayPal account.

To make it harder for me and others to post about that SCAM, the scammer used an image instead of a “real text”, but I toke the time to type it up for you 🙂

Here you go:

Dear User,

The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and as applicable, copyright in these is reserved to Paypal FCC. Unless expressly authorized by us, any further dissemination or distribution of this email or its attachment is prohibited.

This message is sent as result of our monthly scheduled maintenance.

Phone verification will no longer be required and you will not be limited.

You have attached the verification from with the Paypal VRF NUMBER ID: 43443FC
Complete the verification form attached to this message.
After completing the form, please submit the form by clicking in the Log In button on the form and allow us 1-2 business days in order to process it.

Sincerely,
Paypal Verification
Paypal FFC

Attached was a HTML document. Of course I opened it so that I can tell you what it is 🙂

It is a form that ask you about your EMail, Name, Credit Card information and at the end you have to enter your Password in order to “Log In” and finish the process. Even if I do not have to mention that, but PLEASE DO NOT provide them with this kind of information. Read the message careful and think about this scenario.

So you think it is a real form from PayPal and you fill out all information such as your Email, Name etc. at the end you type in your password and try to “Log In” to your account in order to finalize the process. Well they say in the Email it will take 1-2 business days. Think about how much damage they can do with your Login information… They will use this information to buy stuff online. Transfer money from your account to their own account. And before you even know it you have a lot of trouble, because of all this stuff they ordered plus an empty bank account…

Please do not fall for this SCAM. If you think there is something wrong with your account contact PayPal direct. Please read here what I found on the PayPal website regarding fraud / scam…

How can I protect myself from PayPal fraud or scams?
PayPal is dedicated to fighting fraud and scams. You can help protect your account against PayPal scams by being cautious in giving out your own personal information such as first name, last name, business name, email address, password, financial information (credit card, bank account number, PIN), social security number, and driver’s license number.

Tips to stay safe from PayPal fraud or scams:

• Log in safely: To log in to your PayPal account or access the PayPal website, open a new web browser (e.g., Internet Explorer or Netscape) and type in the following: https://www.paypal.com/
• Check the email greeting: Emails from PayPal will always address you by your first and last name or the business name associated with your PayPal account. A PayPal scam email may include the salutation “Dear PayPal User” or “Dear PayPal Member”
• Look out for attachments: PayPal emails will never ask you to download an attachment or a software program. An attachment found in a PayPal scam email will often contain a virus that can harm your computer or compromise your PayPal account
• Never give out personal information: If we require information from you, we will notify you in an email and request that you enter the information only after you have safely and securely logged in to your PayPal account.

Often, PayPal scams will request details such as your full name, account password, credit card number, bank account, PIN number, Social Security Number, or mother’s maiden name.

To learn more about protecting your PayPal account and spotting PayPal fraud or scams, please review our Security Tips.

If you believe that someone may be using your account without your permission, please contact us immediately.

I hope my post will help many of you to stay protected. Please feel free to read my other post about SCAM Emails and leave a comment if you like.

As always I hope you will surf save 🙂