Paypal sucks! OR... how retarded is Blaze?

[BlazeHedgehod]

Dear PayPal Customer!

To protect the security of your account, PayPal employs some of the most advanced security systems in the world and our anti-fraud teams regularly screen the PayPal system for unusual activity. We recently have determined that different computers have logged on to your PayPal account, and multiple password failures were present before the logons. We now need you to re-confirm your account information to us. If this is not completed in 48 hours, we will be forced to suspend your account indefinitely, as it may have been used for fraudulent purposes.
We thank you for your cooperation in this manner. In order to confirm your PayPal records, we may require some specific information from you.

Fuckin' hell.

Edit: Shit. This might've been a spoofing/phishing attempt. (hotmail just told me the email address could be faked, despite looking as if it came from Paypal) Luckily I don't have the bank information for my Mom's bank, so all they get is my paypal account and nothing else (with an amazing balance of $0.00). I can't log in to change my password, either.

I've already notified Paypal, so we'll see if this was legit or if somebody was trying to scam me. I didn't even notice the URL, which isn't Paypal.com (it's form-accept.com/www.paypal.com/).

[王泥喜]

Perhaps you should've had an e-mail service that would've filtered this junk.

[Sep]

Phishedededed

[BlazeHedgehod]

kiddocabbusses said:

Perhaps you should've had an e-mail service that would've filtered this junk.

Normally they're really obvious. And it's my own fault. Having just woken up, I didn't even see the "Sender ID cannot be determined." warning on Hotmail (it's very small). Once I saw it, it dawned on me. "Wait a minute... what's the URL they provide...?"

[BlazeHedgehod]

Dear Ryan Bloom,

Thank you for contacting PayPal. We appreciate you bringing this
suspicious email to our attention.

Commonly referred to as phishing, these emails are sent by fraudsters in
an attempt to collect sensitive personal or financial information from
the recipients. PayPal takes phishing threats seriously. Our fraud
prevention specialists are working 24/7 to help protect you and enable
the community to stay safe.

After review, we can confirm that the email you received was not sent by
PayPal. Any website which may be linked to this email is not authorized
or used by PayPal.

Our fraud prevention team is working to disable any website linked to
this email. In the meantime, please do not enter any information into
this website. If you have already done so, you should immediately log
into your PayPal account and change your password, as well as your
security questions and answers. We also recommend that you contact your
bank and credit card company immediately.

Dammit.

[midopa]

Your PayPal account isn't tied to any checking account or credit card, right?

[BlazeHedgehod]

Sort of. It's tied to an old, probably inactive bank account with a negative balance. (Bank One screwed up hardcore on my Mom, and they said it was her fault. Many people have claimed Bank One has done the same thing to them, so she had a new bank account which is tied to her paypal account and not mine)

[Squiggles the Chao]

Yup, I think I can safely say this is the most retarded thing you've ever done, Blaze. No company (let me repeat: NO company) ever employs such "security measures". Just as AOL always says that it will never ask for your username and password above every e-mail and IM, no other company will either, since they already have access to the information. Also, the URL of the site you went to should have been a tip off.

[BlazeHedgehod]

Man, I had just woken up I didn't see the warning nor what URL. Two, the email itself came directly after an official Paypal email. Three, I had heard of people getting similiar (and actually official) emails. I figured the new Policy Update (the official email) required me to re-verify my account.

I finally got in and changed my password. The phishing site in question already appears to have been shut down.

[Squiggles the Chao]

blazehedgehog said:

Three, I had heard of people getting similiar (and actually official) emails. I figured the new Policy Update (the official email) required me to re-verify my account.

I can guarantee that's not true. NO company will EVER ask for that information from e-mail. Paypal has an anti-phishing initiative; they would not send letters that would ask for any of the same details that phishers do.

[SonKnuck]

"Do NOT give to ANYONE your password or any other information. Not even staff members. We will NEVER ask for it."

As they always say...

[sanius]

Yeah, seriously. It's their site. I'm sure they have accesss to your account information. And why are you trying to use paypal anyway blaze? I read the first post and everything else and I felt really confused.

[BlazeHedgehod]

What? I've had the Paypal account for four years, Sanius. How do you think people pay me for comissions? The money just magically is teleported to me by the money faeries?

[sanius]

I wasn't aware people still payed you for comissions.

[Sep]

I need stock in money faeries.

[Epon]

GEEEZ Blaze.... you actually believed that shit? Oi... careful

[BlazeHedgehod]

Yeah, can we stop with the "LOL you idiot"? I understand what I did was pretty dumb. You don't have to rub it in.

[Sep]

oliolioliooooo

[Epon]

LOL u idot.


It's cool, I got an eBay one of those before and almost did it. I was just like, shocked it'd happen to you, THE BLAZE.

[Squiggles the Chao]

I missed this before:

blazehedgehog said:

hotmail

I think we found the problem.