paypal scam ??

[EX-Svic]

whats this ive been hearing about a paypal scam going on with identity theft involved, heard it from the clark howard show but only heard the last part , So i was wondering if anyone knew what is going on.

[Flip]

Havent heard of that but would be very interested to find out if its' true...

[AE86 Dorifto]

They scammer just makes a webpage that makes it look like he/she is selling stuff. The person who is getting scammed goes to their site, sees something they like and buys it. The scammer also makes a webpage that looks exactly like paypal and when the person tries to pay for the item they "bought" they have to click on a false link to paypal. The person thinks it's real so they go on putting in their creditcard number and everything. When they send the information to "paypal" the scammer gets all the info about their creditcard number and everything. So now the scammer can go around buying shit with someone elses creditcard. Pretty fucked up isn't it?

[Elbow]

i think if you look at the address it will show it is not really paypal. there is an ebay scam as well, but the address is not ebay.

[HiPSI]

They scammer just makes a webpage that makes it look like he/she is selling stuff. The person who is getting scammed goes to their site, sees something they like and buys it. The scammer also makes a webpage that looks exactly like paypal and when the person tries to pay for the item they "bought" they have to click on a false link to paypal. The person thinks it's real so they go on putting in their creditcard number and everything. When they send the information to "paypal" the scammer gets all the info about their creditcard number and everything. So now the scammer can go around buying shit with someone elses creditcard. Pretty fucked up isn't it?


the other side of it are the fake "PayPal" emails asking for your personal info that the site already has on file if you're a memeber.

[TeeJay]

yea i get emails like that with ebay all the time, telling me my authorization is required, and to put in my username and p/w. ebay or paypal will NEVER ask for your id or p/w

[Wurm]

clark howard is a idiot

[accented]

clark howard is a idiot
lol pot calling the kettle black?