Lee B Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 Just received a very polished spoofed email purporting to be from PayPal about problems with my PayPal account. Fortunately for me, I don't have a PayPal account. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacun Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 It is not paypal... it is payApal. I got it too but I read it carefully. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medlin Software, Dennis Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 The important thing is to not click on links in emails, unless you are certain it is legitimate. For me, even for legitimate emails, I still manually open the web site and navigate to what I need. In many/most email readers, you can set up the incoming messages to be shown only in text (not html), which makes it tougher to click something bad in the message (also prevents the tracking gif's from working). Something to also consider when sending emails, even if a link seems appropriate to send, provide plain text instructions on how to navigate manually. Added: Sending in plain text (only) is never a bad idea, as some recipients may have settings or systems in place which more heavily filter html messages. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee B Posted March 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Pacun said: It is not paypal... it is payApal. I got it too but I read it carefully. No, mine says PayPal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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