WitchHazel Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Hi All Paypal say that one of the ways you can identify a phishing email is that they use generic greetings. Today I had an email purporting to be from Paypal, addressed to me using my first name and last name. I was suspicious, the links didn't look right, and I could see that it was suggesting I added paypal@e.paypal.co.uk to my address book. I've forwarded it to Paypal's spoof email service. I imagine it's as a result of an email I have sent someone, as my "From" information includes my name; or else from details somewhere where my email address and name have been part of a data file. I just wanted to warn you all, in case you rely on the lack of personalisation to identify phishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I get those on my work account Hazel... and I don't even have a Paypal account! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
