Web 3.0

No Samuel Taylor Coleridge fans out there? Iron Maiden fans?

Well, never mind then. It seems that scams abound these days – this one is a PayPal scam. I’ve omitted the hundreds of letters I get from the sons of African royalty, requesting my help in exchange for lots of money…someone out there must be falling for these scams, because they keep pumping them out…

Anyway, back to these folks trying to hornswoggle us into believing they’re sending a PayPal message. Again, the notice looks very real, but there are telltale give aways, similar to those I’ve mentioned in the past. First person to find them and post a reply will get a prize. Abundant good karma.

PayPal Scam Email
**** From: PayPal [notice@notice.com] To: Undisclosed Subject: Notice from PayPal.**

Dear PayPal Member,

We have noticed several attempts of fraud. Seems like somebody tried to access your account. You are able to log into your account but all your payments are suspended untill you will update your personal information. PayPal works day and night to help keep your identity safe. That’s why it has come to our attention that your PayPal account information needs to be updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into any future problems with the online service.

However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension.

Click on the link below. if you can`t, copy and paste the link into the address bar of your web browser.

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run

The link will take you to our Verify Your Identity page.

On the Verify Your Identity page, please fill in the correct information to verify your identity.

Thank you for using PayPal!

Yours sincerely,

PayPal Ltd.