A couple of minutes ago I got this email claiming to be Paypal. What do you think? I know I didn't buy anything using Paypal in like a month, I'm actually kinda worried about this.
Here is the email:
Here is the email:
Looking at it, I'm pretty sure it's a scam. The HTML code at the top is in the email just like it appears here, and no where in the email is my paypal username.<img src="http://images.paypal.com/en_US/i/logo/email_logo.gif" border="0" alt="PayPal" /=>
<img alt="" border="0" height="29" src="http://images.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" /=>
<img alt="" border="0" height="10" src="http://images.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" /=>
Dear member,
This email confirms that you have paid paypal@creative.com $423.98 USD using PayPal.
This credit card transaction will appear on your bill as "PAYPAL *CREATIVE".
<hr class="dotted" /=>
Payment Details
Purchased From:<img alt="" border="0" src="http://images.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1" /=>creative.labs
Item # Item Title Quantity $399.99 USD $399.99 USD
Shipping & Handling via USPS First Class Mail to 154XX
(includes any seller handling fees) --
Shipping Insurance (optional): --
Sales Tax (6.000% inPA) : $23.99 USD
<img height="1" width="125" src="http://images.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/greyline.gif" border="0" alt="" /=>
Total: $423.98 USD
Note:<img alt="" border="0" src="http://images.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1" /=>Thank you!
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Shipping Information
Shipping Info: <img height="1" width="5" src="http://images.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" border="0" alt="" /=> Wayne E Bakewell
16 elm st
Brownsville, PA 15417
United States
Address Status: <img height="1" width="5" src="http://images.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" border="0" alt="" /=> Confirmed<img src="http://images.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/scr_symQuestion.gif" border="0" alt="" /=>
<hr class="dotted" /=>
If you have questions about the shipping and tracking of your purchased item or service, please contact the seller paypal@creative.com.
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Do you confirm this transaction?
If this transaction was not made by you please immediately take the following steps:
Login to your account by clicking on the link below
Provide requested information to ensure you are the owner of the account
Find this transaction in HISTORY and click 'Cancel Transaction'
<img alt="" border="0" src="http://images.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1" /=> CANCEL TRANSACTION!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://images.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1" /=>
Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team
Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose the Help link located in the top right corner of any PayPal page.
PayPal Email ID PP843
Christal Teleservice bv
Postbus 81
8000 AB ZWOLLE
t 038-4268400
e service@paypal.com
i http://www.christal.nl
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