Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
PayPal users who have received the message below, which claims that access to their accounts have been limited because they have been accessed by a third party, should delete it. This is because the message is phishing scam sent by cyber-criminals to trick PayPal users into visiting a fake PayPal website where their account credentials (usernames and passwords) will be stolen by the same cyber-criminals. The cyber-criminals will then use the stolen credentials to hijack their victims’ PayPal accounts and use the accounts fraudulently.
[ News Reminder Alerts ] New Statement updated verify your information.PP7Sun 22/10/2017 17:13From: PayPal SupportView your recent activity now View onlinePayPal22/10/2017Activity unauthorised accessWe have reason to believe that your account was accessed by a third party. Because protecting the security of your account is our primary concern, we have limited access to sensitive PayPal account features.You can resolve your limitation by following these simple steps.Log In Now
[ News Reminder Alerts ] New Statement updated verify your information.PP7
Sun 22/10/2017 17:13
From: PayPal Support
View your recent activity now View online
PayPal
22/10/2017
Activity unauthorised access
We have reason to believe that your account was accessed by a third party. Because protecting the security of your account is our primary concern, we have limited access to sensitive PayPal account features.You can resolve your limitation by following these simple steps.
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Paypal users should always go directly to www.paypal.com and sign into their accounts when they receive email notifications, instead of clicking on the links in the same email notification. Once they have sign-in, they will be notified of changes or updates. Doing this will prevent PayPal users from becoming victims of phishing scams.
PayPal users who have been tricked by the phishing email message, should change their passwords immediately and check their accounts for discrepancies, and report those discrepancies (if there is any) to PayPal.
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Here is another scam:"From: Alert account ! Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2018 1:30 PMSubject: RE: New Statment Update : After logging in to your account, we'll guide you through the steps to update your account and be more secure [Cuenta de servicio] Algunas informaciones en su cuenta se han actualizado para iniciar sesion. [Banca en linea] Cue... Unauthorized activity detected on your account!After logging in to your account, we'll guide you through the steps to update your account and be more secure.LoginTo protect your account, we often look for the first signs of potentially fraudulent activity.Please do not reply to this email. We can not respond to requests sent to this address. Copyright © 1999-2018 PayPal. All rights reserved."