Verification Fraud

[PrincessHelen]

Hi - I've just received this email and suspect that it may be fraudulent.  I opened up PayPal in another browser and nothing about verifying any payments.  Can anyone offer advice please?

You sent an automatic payment of $120.95 USD

Hello Member,

Shipper	Fedex
Tracking number	-
Shipping status	Processing

This charge will appear on your credit card statement as payment to PAYPAL *eBay

Description	Unit price	Qty	Amount
Nikon Coolpix S3000 12.0 MP Digital Camera - Plum	120.95 USD	1	120.95 USD

Shipping and handling  00.95 USD Insurance - optional 0.00 USD Tax 0.00 USD Total 120.00 USD Total ILS 120.95 USD Payment sent to

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Do you confirm this payment??

If this payment was not made by you please immediately take the following steps:

* Login to your account by clicking on the link below :
* Provide requested information to ensure you are the owner of the account
* Find this transaction in HISTORY and click 'Cancel Transaction'

CANCEL TRANSACTION!
 

[PayPal_Olivia]

Hi PrincessHelen, and welcome to the forums!

I have removed the link from your post, as a potentially fraudulent link is unsafe to include where others may inadvertently click it.

Olivia

[minorumoore]

I received a similar email 3 hours ago. I had just woken up and almost clicked the 'cancel transaction' link. Mine was for a Nikon coolpix which cost 100 euro and shipping which cost 78 euro.

They could have at least tried to make a believable email.

Also, you'll see that the URL for the 'cancel transaction' link doesn't go to paypal's domain.

Instead of clicking the link in the email, you can log into paypal yourself and see if there have been any transactions made. I'm sure you'll find that there haven't been any.