PayPal "phishing" Attempt Article is Timely in Light of the Upcoming Holiday Season!

Has anyone of you received email from PayPal telling you that your account will be closed if you didn't update your Paypal account? I did three times and just ignored it even though I have a mixed feelings whether to update my account or not; but then again, I follow my instict and didn't update it at all. I just remember what hubby told me about pishing and scam. I am glad I didn't do anything with my Paypal account otherwise my aacount is gone now.

Here is an email we got from a friend of ours whom like I do, got sevral emails stating the same thing as mine. We need to really be careful about this scheme especially that the Holiday is fast aproaching. Read on.....

This from Nancy Hines, EP, DuPont's Washington Works, Parkersburg West Virginia, US.

Thank you for instilling in us the sense to check things out that we aren't sure of. You may have saved me considerable grief. Last week I got an e-mail from "PayPal" stating my account had been closed due to illegal activity on my account , asking me to click a button to restore my standing with PayPal. Well, I thought about it awhile and decided instead to contact PayPal directly via phone. After push here, say this, say that and about 10 minutes of time on the phone, a real person came on the line. I told her about the e-mail. She told me it was an attempt at phishing that they refer to as spoof mail.

She stated I did the right thing in not clicking on anything and to have contacted the real PayPal. She had me forward the message to PayPal and shortly thereafter I got an email from them stating it was indeed "spoof mail" and thanking me for helping them to stop this from happening. PayPal will not contact people via e-mail if there is a problem with their account and as it stood, there was NO problem with my account.

Thanks to you and all your (and your department's) hard work I was able to recognize that something wasn't right and nip it in the bud before any damage had been done. I've been on site over 12 years at Washington Works and it's good to know I've learned something.

THANK YOU!!!! No, thank you Nancy! Glad you didn't take the bait! Links to additional information on Phishing: Bank Failures, Mergers and Takeovers: A "Phish-erman's Special" Recognize phishing scams and fraudulent e-mail .