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Originally Posted by 1908Revelations
I got an e-mail from PayPal saying I had to verify an e-mail address added to my account. Of course I didn't add an e-mail to my account! I clicked the link ane it was really long instead of saying www.paypal.com . Then I went to the paypal website....I compared the two and noticed the diference. I forwarded the e-mail to paypal and they confirmed it was a fraud.
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On regular websites you can browse different pages. On the 'Phishing' website if I clicked on anything it prompted me to log in...regardless of what I clicked on. |
that happened to me too. It seemed fishy so I called PayPal and discovered it was a fake.
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Originally Posted by Missam05
You can also hover over the website (and look at the bar at the bottom of your screen--if you have SBC yahoo) and see the website it will take you to. Usually those phishing scams don't have the bank/website/etc. that you're looking for FIRST. That's another way you KNOW it's not official.
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That's what I did to an email I got from "Bank of America" and figured out it was fake.
