Wednesday, March 16, 2016

PayPal Email


I got this email the other day. Hmmmm . . . somebody from Russia managed to hack into my PayPal account. Veeeery suspicious email . . . mostly because . . . I DON'T EVEN HAVE A PAYPAL ACCOUNT.


PayPal account
Unusual sign-in activity
We detected something unusual about a recent sign-in to the PayPal account . To help keep you safe, we required an extra security challenge.
Sign-in details:
Country/region: Russian Federation
IP address: 5.228.16.5
Date: 3/12/2016 4:12 (EST)
If this was you, then you can safely ignore this email.
If you're not sure this was you, a malicious user might have your password. Please review your recent activity and we'll help you take corrective action.

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Thanks,
The PayPal account team

12 comments:

Honolulu Aunty said...

This happens all the time, the main thing is that you don't click on anything to open. I usually forward these to spoof@paypal.com and they don't do anything.

jalna said...

Aunty, "and they don't do anything" . . . so funny!

Leslie's pics said...

holy moly.........SCAAAAARY!

jalna said...

Gotta be careful yah, Les!

K and S said...

scary!

Mark Shelby said...

I can't even get a date on Craigslist! They are all spammers and criminals!....LOL ; )

Kay said...

Daaang! There are so many of these things out there. I often get updates on my computer and I'm often to scared to click on it because.... what if????

jalna said...

Hahahaha! Totally, Mark.

I know, Kay. Me too!!

Nippon Nin said...

How in the world? I get call from IRS often...for some reason their English is hard to understand.

jalna said...

Really yah, Akemi.

Susan said...

Did you ever get the Microsoft office one trying to get you to go on your computer because there's a virus they can fix for you and they all sound not American!! So dumb!

jalna said...

Ahahaha, yah I do, Susan. And I have a Mac!