Spot A Paypal Scam

I got this email purportedly from Paypal asking me to confirm a payment that has been made to my web host. Like I am going to fall for that. But then I realized that a lot of people actually fall for it!! So, I am going to write this to prevent stuff like this from happening to unsuspecting people who have just started to learn how to use Paypal.

Above is the email.

First of all, look at the 'from' field. Paypal will send you with an email like @paypal.com or @intl.paypal.com and not @paypal-us.intl.com. No such thing. If you go to Paypal's page, they will tell you the same thing. And then look at the 'to' field. WHO THE HELL IS 67843? Paypal's got all my personal information which includes my email, so....who is 67843? Lottery number? Brudder, there's an extra number there.

In the picture above, it says 'Click here to cancel this transaction'. This is common for scams because they want you alarmed enough to urgently click on the thing and log in. When you log in, the page will look somewhat like a real Paypal page but then you're not really logging into your account. Once you've keyed in your ID and password....that's it. They've got your password.

If you're still not sure, mouseover the link and you'll see that it does NOT lead to a paypal site. Look at the bottom left of the browser. Yo, in the picture, yeah? Not on the computer screen that is in front of you, yeah? LOL. Kidding. See? It leads to this website: www.pilthop31.com. Who the hell is that? Why are they writing on behalf of Paypal? I am sure even for untrained eyes, ears, heart, mouth, body, brain might suspect that it's a scam when the website is not the real Paypal. And no, Paypal does NOT need to hire 'contractors'. So, be warned. Don't fall for it.

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