Scam Email regarding payment to Skype Inc

[Pam06]

Paypal users please beware of a scam Email regarding payments to Skype Inc.  I have just received an Email supposedly from Paypal regarding payment for 3 months subscriptin to Skype Inc.  The Email states that if you have not authorised this payment then please click on "cancel payment" button.

Please ignore this Email as I do not believe this is from Paypal as it does not state my name, ebay membership or Email address as the recipient - it simply welcomes the Paypal Client.

Also when I clicked on cancel payment it redirected me to another site which I immediately closed without entering any personal details.

Thanks Pam

[Tiggi]

I have just received an email from Skype saying that I have sent a payment of 69.99 via Paypal. I can not see the transaction on my Paypal account, but how do I stop them tempting to take any money. I don't even use Skype!

[eileen1978]

Hey there

Thank you for letting us know. I've now forwarded the email to the address you've given. 🙂

[Bambiowner68]

I have received an email today which is a receipt for 3 months subscription I have not asked for to Skype for £39, it is not in my paypal account as yet,  can you help please.

I need to report this is this where I report it to Paypal?

[Deesmum]

Hi, I'm new on here, but just wanted to say that I received another email from these people today, so they are still working at it.    I am a pensioner, and it scared me when I realised what had been happening over the last three weeks - one email each week.   These people are bullies.   The tone of their emails is quite threatening.

[PayPal_david]

Hi Bambiowner68,

I have moved your query here as I have answered it recently.

David.

[22stainton]

I received a copy late last night and  have forwarded to PayPal 'email scam' team. I know its not a transaction I have made so definitely a scam. Has anyone actually spoken to Skype to see what their views are?

[gaynor08]

Hiya, I also got an email claiming to be from paypal stating that they were freezing my account as it appeared someone had hacked into my account and I had to follow a link to re activate it. Been on account and all appears to be ok so I assume it was a scam as well. I did notice that it wasn't like the usual paypal emails so was a bit suspicious but it did worry me and has reassured me when I have read that other people have got similar emails and it is a scam

[rismanleach]

I had an email this morning which came via my spam in my inbox, stating that my paypal account had been suspended and they needed to verify my details. It threw up the paypal log in page, but I just wasn't sure as the email address was different to the normal email address I get from ebay. I then went onto the ebay site and logged into my paypal account that way and everything seemed fine, so i am assuming this was yet another scam to get peoples details. This incidentally, is the second email of this type I have had in 2 months - getting a bit sick of it now, as I almost followed the link and logged in!

[pleaseadvise]

i got an email today saying;

you have sent an unconfirmed payment of £39.00 to skype (which i have not) if you have not authourized teh payment press cancel. I dont knwo whether to press cancel or not as when i go to my actual paypal account there is nothing there abiut it. what shoul i do?

thanks

[PayPal_paula]

Hi pleaseadvise,

I hope you dont mind, I have moved your post to hear as I feel you will find the recent post useful.

Thanks

Paula