o/t paypal fraud

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Please excuse the crossposts but felt this is important.

 

I received an email from " Paypal " stating I was preapproved for one of

their credit cards so being the suspcious person that I am I forwarded it to

paypal & this is the response I received (paypal was pretty quick on getting

back

with me:

Dear Georgia S,

 

Thank you for bringing this suspicious email to our attention. We can

confirm that the email you received was not sent to you by PayPal. The

website linked to this email is not a registered URL authorized or used

by PayPal. We are currently investigating this incident fully. Please do

not enter any personal or financial information into this website.

 

If you have surrendered any personal or financial information to this

fraudulent website, you should immediately log into your PayPal Account

and change your password and secret question and answer information. Any

compromised financial information should be reported to the appropriate

parties.

 

If you notice any unauthorized activity associated with your PayPal

transaction history, please immediately report this to PayPal by

following the instructions below:

 

1. Go to https://www.paypal.com/

 

 

 

2. Click on the Security Center at the bottom of the page

 

 

 

3. Click on 'Report a Problem'

 

 

 

4. Select the Topic: Report Fraud

 

 

 

5. Select the Subtopic: Unauthorized use of my PayPal Account

 

 

 

6. Enter your question in the 'Summarize your question in one

sentence' box

 

 

 

7. Click Continue

 

 

 

8. Follow the instructions to access the appropriate form

 

We are continually improving our customer service to accommodate

members' needs and can be contacted via secure webform at

https://www.paypal.com/wf/f=default.

 

If you are unable to log in to your account, please contact us using the

webform at https://www.paypal.com/ewf/f=default.

 

This email is sent to you by the contracting entity to your User

Agreement, either PayPal Inc or PayPal (Europe) Limited. PayPal(Europe)

Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority

in the UK as an electronic money institution.

 

 

 

 

God Bless You and Yours,

Georgia (hahagranny)

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