"If you get an e-mail message warning you that your PayPal account is about to expire, don't open it. If you open it, don't double-click the attachment. If you double-click the attachment, don't complete the form asking for your credit card information. And if you do fill in the form, call your credit card company immediately. And don't blame PayPal. The problem is an e-mail virus, Mimail."

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,113478,00.asp

Be careful.

 

Thanks for the heads up!

 

thanks !

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quality......

thanks, i love paypal

 

who would be dense enough to do all that without realizing its not from paypal?

 

If they signed up for paypal, hopefully they know how to use a computer...and read valid email

 

definitely got that email...luckily i didnt fill any of it out, thank god i know when my credit card expires and realized it was bogus.

--Paul

 

wouldnt the e-mail have to be from paypal, and not from "hotbetty@aol.com"... thanks for the warning since a lot of use pay pal to buy and sell things, but i hope our members would be smart enough to see past this.

 

the email i received was definitely addressed from Paypal. at least thats how it showed up in my inbox. it seemed pretty genuine.

--Paul

 

you can send e-mails from any adress you wish, but all the programs/coding for that leaves traces, usually noticable if you look. you should before you start giving out your CC number

 

Woah thanks for the heads up! I got that email last week but didn't open it yet. Thank GOD!

 

God, this was all over the news last week and you're posting it today. Anyway, if someone is actually STUPID enough to open attachments, reply to emails talking about passwords, and going to sites with bogus addresses, they DESERVE that virus. For the paypal virus crap, it launches a program in the background that collects all your passwords, CC numbers and such when you click the link. The way the link is shown is that you see paypal.com but you don't see the .somethingsomething...

 

see...thats what i said

 

if you want more information about paypal overall, here is a site for your own reference >> http://www.paypalwarning.com/

but remember, this site talks about all negative stuff about paypal. so don't be biased. i'm just throwing it out for additional information.

 

I got the same e-mail.

It seemed fishy, having to download and run a program. Funny thing, Norton and McAffee both didn't pick anything up on the file. I just deleted it without running it.

Of course, the best way to avoid these Outlook viruses is to NOT use Outlook

 

doesnt it tell you on the actual pay pal site that they'll never send you any email asking for credit card information? or maybe thats ebay

 

yep...its part of the user agreement

 

Just because the email is from ...@paypal.com or whatever doesnt mean its genuine. Infact anyone can send an email to anyone from whatever address they want as if they were the actual person. If you want more info, please contact me personally, not here