Wazzzer

Look out for this one...

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Been on my account and everything is fine

Dan B

I know this is probably a daft question, given the thread-title, but you did log into Paypal/ebay the normal way, and didn't use the link provided in that email?

Wazzzer

Yep went into Paypal on my bosses pc so had to go in through the main page and not through that link

I've got a feeling it will somehow get your password and empty your bank acount....

Dan B

Well, it'll ask you to log in, at which point your username and password will be sent to whoever made the website, giving them full access to your PayPal account. If it's been done like every other "phishing" website I've seen (I used to deal with abuse-reports in work, covering things like this), then you'd most likely get a message saying your account has already been disabled but will be re-activated within 48 hours, by which time it'll have been emptied anyway...

If you've still got the actual link that email pointed at, it may be worth reporting the email to the ISP that hosts the "website" it actually points at (since I can guarantee it won't be PayPal's own website).

Wazzzer

PM'd you the link mate, see what you think

Dan B

That'll be what the link "says" it's pointing at, but I'd guess that's not the website that would open if you clicked on the link in the email...

cossy abuser

there must be some gullable people around, still they only need one percent of people to do that if they email 100,000 people and they may get quite alot of money