Re: PayPal - Limited Access
On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 10:49:37AM +0100, googan wrote:
>
> Having read all of the above I feel rather foolish to have accepted this
> limited access email to be true... So, whithout following links I went to
> the UK version of paypal and logged in as normal... only to face a page
> that told me that my account had indeed had limited access and that I had
> to go to the resolution centre and fill out some security details... as I
> had logged into my account i thout this must be the case.... so i followed
> the link and it took me to a page where it was requesting bank info and
> credit card info... then the penny dropped.... so now i find myself here
> after contacting paypal... they said it was a soof/phishing email, but
> still when i log onto paypal through no link, but typing it in mysef and
> logging on i still get this limited access page..??? now, Has my system
> been infected or even my account??? your thoughts please
>
> cheers
>
> Googan
>
Did you follow one of those spam emails into a fake paypal page (Or
did you ever follow any emails into paypal?). That's usually how they
get your password, by cookies.
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