is this email legit? (i removed my email address)
zc12345
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Posted on
May-22-2017
08:45 AM
You sent a payment of £84.77 to farmville.gameATfacebook.com
People- Today at 4:26 PM
To
Message body
-Dear PayPal Member,
-Your £84.77 GBP payment made for the game FarmVille on Facebook Inc. is being processed.
-Because of our geographic detector recorded this payment as being made from an unknown ip we had to put the payment on hold.
-If you did not authorize this payment and you want to cancel, please login and complete the form requested.
-Thank you for your understanding.
-PayPal, Protection Department.
-Yours sincerely,
-2017 PayPal Support
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-Copyright © 2017 PayPal. All rights reserved.
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kernowlass
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May-22-2017
09:47 AM
@zc12345
I can tell its a fake / spoof email from the first 2 words
Paypal never send you emails to Dear Member or Dear Customer etc, they use your full name eg Dear John Smith.
Paypal never tell you to click a link in an email to cancel a transaction that is all done in your paypal account.
They have put a link to try and get you to enter sensitive log in or financial data so they can scam you..........DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK, JUST DELETE.
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zc12345
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May-22-2017
09:49 AM
thought so. Thank you for confirming.
Had another one recently with mexican address.
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May-22-2017
10:42 AM
Your welcome, kudos / solution appreciated.
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