Got an email from paypal saying I just spent $699 but didnt!

[Lord Toneking]

what the heck is this about??? Here's the email



This email confirms that you have paid $699.99 USD using PayPal.

This credit card transaction will appear on your bill as "PAYPAL *DELL INC".


.............................. ............................. ................
Item: 235692358176
Item title: New Dell 6400 e1505 Intel Core Duo 1.66GHz 1GB Laptop
Quantity: 1
Price: $669.95 USD
Subtotal: $669.95 USD
............................. .............................. ...............

Shipping & Handling via USPS First Class Mail to 154XX (includes any seller handling fees) $19.16 USD
Shipping Insurance (optional --
Sales Tax (6.000% inPA) : $10.88 USD
_____________________
Total: $699.99 USD



If you have questions about the shipping and tracking of your purchased item or service, please contact the seller

To cancel payment please confirm account ownership

 

[jmgman69]

Dont log in! Go to the verified paypal website and then log in,I see scam!

 

[Lord Toneking]

Dont log in! Go to the verified paypal website and then log in,I see scam!

I did log in to paypal to check my account...and I clicked on the link from the email. Now what??

 

[jmgman69]

Dont log in! Go to the verified paypal website and then log in,I see scam!

I did log in to paypal to check my account...and I clicked on the link from the email. Now what??

I don't think paypal will EVER ask you to log in on an email.If you logged in to that email,you could have just given your password out to somebody,I would go to the verified site and log in and check your account summary.

 

[Lord Toneking]

Dont log in! Go to the verified paypal website and then log in,I see scam!

I did log in to paypal to check my account...and I clicked on the link from the email. Now what??

I don't think paypal will EVER ask you to log in on an email.If you logged in to that email,you could have just given your password out to somebody,I would go to the verified site and log in and check your account summary.

I just cancelled my paypal account. I check my bank balance and nothing is missing. Do I need to block my card that is on file now?

 

[HerbieTheRadDorklift]

Damn scammers!

 

[jmgman69]

If you canceled your account,then I would think nobody could use it,even yourself .

 

[Gsxrbusa]

It usually takes a day or 2 for a transaction to show up on my bank account. I would have checked the account summary first. A transaction shows up pretty quick on that. I would be contacting Paypal ti find out the deal for sure.

 

[Sixtonoize]

ALWAYS log into PayPal from PayPal.com. ALWAYSALWAYSALWAYSALWAYS.

If you get an e-mail saying otherwise, it's 100% guaranteed a scam.

 

[9ball]

I did log in to paypal to check my account...and I clicked on the link from the email. Now what??

recieve items
????????????
profit?



paypwnt

 

[Motorpud]

All you probably had to do was change your password since you probably gave it away. Cancelling it was probably a good call though just in case My dad just got a scam e-mail the other day too claiming it was from PayPal and they needed him "verify his information". They asked for credit card #s, SS# and all kinds of shit, he didn't give it to em though, he just deleted it.

 

[Meathead]

To cancel payment please confirm account ownership

Love that last line...'log in so I can use your account'

 

[mrp5150]

Nothing good has ever come from anything related to Dell. It was probably one of their customer service reps in India trying to scam you. Must have got bored leaving people on hold for two hours at a time and then not being able to speak good enough English to help you solve whatever problem you might be having with your high quality piece of Dell computing machinery.

 

[ShaneV]

ALWAYS log into ANY SITE WITH A PASSWORD from "THEIR WEB ADDRESS".com. ALWAYSALWAYSALWAYSALWAYS.

If you get an e-mail saying otherwise, it's 100% guaranteed a scam.

Fixed for internetting 101 class.

 

[Mailman1971]

My Uncle got scammed for $800 the same way.
If you look up the item # on ebay........it dont even exist.
They just want to lure you into LOGGING IN by sending a panic email that something was charged to your account.
Cancelling your paypal account is the best thing you could of done since when you logged in thru their "Paypal link"
they got all your info.

FN Scammers.

 

[Qweklain]

Nothing good has ever come from anything related to Dell. It was probably one of their customer service reps in India trying to scam you. Must have got bored leaving people on hold for two hours at a time and then not being able to speak good enough English to help you solve whatever problem you might be having with your high quality piece of Dell computing machinery.

Sounds like almost any CSR from any company nowadays. Fucking Dell... I would set that company on fire and go "Office Space" on it if I could. I fucking hate those cunt-rag cum stains. Yes, I have a very passionate hate for Dell.

 

[FourT6and2]

About a year ago, some chick from Finland hacked my Paypal account and stole some money from my bank account. After I caught it, I found out her name. Looked her up on Facebook. Dumb bitch. My bank refunded the money she stole. Then, 4 months later, Paypal refunded me the same amount. I win.

 

[RoidRage]

About a year ago, some chick from Finland hacked my Paypal account and stole some money from my bank account. After I caught it, I found out her name. Looked her up on Facebook. Dumb bitch. My bank refunded the money she stole. Then, 4 months later, Paypal refunded me the same amount. I win.

Was She Hot?

Roid

 

[guitarslinger]

the email is not from Paypal.

 

[shogun]

failfailfailfailfail

sounds like you gave away your password..

hope you end up okay..