Hi Guys,
its seems some children of darkness are forever dedicated to tarnishing the image of this nation....paypal just came back into the nation and already some people are using them for scamming purposes. i got the below email from them even though i had no paypal account,persons with paypal accounts should be careful as the mail used to send the mail looked similar to the original paypal accounts(i confirmed with some one who has).

modes pls make this public.

for those who dont understand ones you log into the link they provided they have access to all your account details and wipe your account clean.

below is the letter


Paypal@inte.service.com
12:33 PM (46 minutes ago)

to me
PayPal
Your accoυnt has been limited


Recently, there's been activity in your accoυnt that seems unusual compared to your normal accoυnt activities. We're concerned that someone is using your accoυnt without your knowledge. Recent activity from your accoυnt seems to have occurred from a suspicious location or under circumstances that may be different than usual
What to dο?

Click the link below to open a secure brοwser window.you will be provided with steps to restοre your accoυnt access. We appreciate your understanding as we work to ensure accoυnt safety.

Click here to activate your accoυnt

The mail is so fake! I wouldn't fall for it sha.


@OP, thanks for sharing



Front page things!

nigerians are sharp ehh... Chai

I knw y'all tryna hustle.. Bt nothing is as sure as a sincere money.
Bt Im Proud to be a Nigerian

Our Nigerian brothers neither sleep nor slumber

Always type paypal directly into your browser!
Never, ever click on any link from anywhere whether from your email or on a website to access your paypal including your other e-currency accounts.
That way, your acct will be save from bloody scammers.

Got dis exact mail today and I was worried cos I never registered wid paypal...hmmm

This should be on front page, just so people are made aware of it. I bet a lot of people will fall for this scam.

cescky: Hi Guys,
its seems some children of darkness are forever dedicated to tarnishing the image of this nation....paypal just came back into the nation and already some people are using them for scamming purposes. i got the below email from them even though i had no paypal account,persons with paypal accounts should be careful as the mail used to send the mail looked similar to the original paypal accounts(i confirmed with some one who has).

modes pls make this public.

for those who dont understand ones you log into the link they provided they have access to all your account details and wipe your account clean.

below is the letter


Paypal@inte.service.com
12:33 PM (46 minutes ago)

to me
PayPal
Your accoυnt has been limited


Recently, there's been activity in your accoυnt that seems unusual compared to your normal accoυnt activities. We're concerned that someone is using your accoυnt without your knowledge. Recent activity from your accoυnt seems to have occurred from a suspicious location or under circumstances that may be different than usual
What to dο?

Click the link below to open a secure brοwser window.you will be provided with steps to restοre your accoυnt access. We appreciate your understanding as we work to ensure accoυnt safety.

Click here to activate your accoυnt

Op stop attributing every scam to Nigeria, I had a US paypal account before it got to Nigeria and have been receiving similar mails like that.

It not from nigeria.

vizboy:
Op stop attributing every scam to Nigeria, I had a US paypal account before it got to Nigeria and have been receiving similar mails like that.
It not from nigeria.

some one on the thread (obviously a Nigerian) has gotten such mail..that says something

youve probably transacted with your paypal ....for Nigerian related things


I know we are not the kings of scammers, thats why international auctioneers(on ebay) dont ship to Nigeria.

Nigeria is the most scam free naton worldwide......Guy wake up!

its not a competition of whose right or wrong......but about people being more careful

cescky:

some one on the thread (obviously a Nigerian) has gotten such mail..that says something

youve probably transacted with your paypal ....for Nigerian related things


I know we are not the kings of scammers, thats why international auctioneers(on ebay) dont ship to Nigeria.

Nigeria is the most scam free naton worldwide......Guy wake up!

its not a competition of whose right or wrong......but about people being more careful

I don't use my paypal account to transact business with nigerians.

I get spam daily with scam from russia and other part of the world so stop attributing everything to nigeria,

The paypal scammer email you receive is a virus link that collect your data once you click on it.

Yes it is a scam but it not from Nigeria,

And Nigerians don't do such scam, I know a nigeria scam mail when I see one.

Stop deceiving yourself.

I've been getting this type of mail since 2005, it's not a Nigerian thing

bigx: I've been getting this type of mail since 2005, it's not a Nigerian thing

Don't mind the op he is trying to pin it down on nigeria


Op educate yourself and stop been ignorant.

Here is a link with the same email from 2010


https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/Access-and-security/Is-this-you-service-intl-paypal-com/td-p/70271?profile.language=en-gb

Note that because your scam email says it is from Russia does not mean it's not from Nigeria. Even if the IP header says so, the Nigerian scammer may be using VPN or any anonymous proxy.

Having a US PayPal account does not mean Nigerian scammer will not target you or will target only Nigerian PayPal account. After all, it may be arguably true that there are more Nigerian scammers residing or operating from abroad than those doing it from Nigeria. So, targeting scam at your US PayPal account does not mean the scammer is a non-Nigerian.

Nigerian scammer will even preferably scam the foreign target/victim than within because they are always dreaming big of dollar victims and also many Nigerians are getting used to their tactics within or few people comparably are transacting online.

I once saw a guy (guessed in his late thirties) at a Lagos cyber cafe early in the morning doing nothing but scam on the system. He composed the usual scam mail we get in Yahoo. Then he opened another site where he searched for various USA contacts' addresses. I saw him searching persons in Texas area. All he kept doing was copying and pasting each email contact from that Texas area and sent them the scam Yahoo mail he composed. He was clicking back and repeated same scam pattern over and over again. I just imagined that from an able bodied man around 9 am on Monday morning as I stood there to fax documents.

Note that email harvesters (software/scripts) could also be used to harvest email addresses on a domain like hot mail.com or yahoo.com or gmail.com and get them spammed. So it is not until you used your PayPal account on a particular site or place before they can target you with their scam as someone thought earlier.

So let's not be stubborn in ignorance as per what extent scammers can go home and abroad.

no be today thing!