PayPal witch hunting heads-up

[Ed Oscuro]

Well, something like that - I have it on good authority that at least a couple forum members here have had PayPal investigating their accounts, and are being asked for things like:

Photo ID
Proof of Address (i.e. a bill)
Provide Proof Of SSN

[brentsg]

Perhaps there is some fraud going on.

[Ed Oscuro]

...It was the butler in the library with the hovertank.

[powersoul]

Thanks for heads up, I just checked my email and fortunately got nothing except for some ads

[Casey120]

Watch out with fake messages , they usually come from paypal.org not .com .
I had this one twice the last couple of months :



In the attached page they ask you to fill in your password , LOLz :



Stinkers

[Op Intensify]

Wow, the English is so much better than in most phishing/ransomware attempts. I would probably be fooled by that if not for them asking for my password.

[Leader Bee]

Not even the bit that goes 'heres a random attatchment, please download it because we arent professional enough to resolve this by email only'?

[Udderdude]

Scamtastic.

[moh]

Wow, the English is so much better than in most phishing/ransomware attempts. I would probably be fooled by that if not for them asking for my password.

yeah, thats actually looks quite convincing to the average idiot........like me =[

[GaijinPunch]

Perhaps there is some fraud going on.

Hope not -- I'm one of those members.

The only thing I *can't* do is top up my account from a bank. People can send me money, and I can send money. In their defense, the name on the account is my Moms, as she set it up for me in like 1999. :-/

[Ed Oscuro]

Yeah, frauds are bad, but just so everyone knows, PayPal's asking for this at their own site. If they "request" this information, you'll know the next time you log in. It will be visible in the Resolution Center.