Comments on: PayPal and Mystery Shopping

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By: Phishing Scams - How to Recognize Them - The Mystery Shopper’s Manual

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By: Wavs

Wavs — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:24:02 +0000

I love Paypal. Whenever I get an email supposedly from Paypal though I will forward it to spoof@paypal.com and they will reply back saying whether it’s a scam or not.

I never seen anywhere where my deposit will expire either.

By: Cathy Stucker

Cathy Stucker — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:44:53 +0000

I have never seen a circumstance where a payment received in your PayPal account can expire. I searched for this and could not find any mention of it. PayPal works something like a bank account–when money goes in, it stays there until you withdraw it through a transfer, debit card, etc.

Perhaps you received some kind of promotional credit that had an expiration date or . . .?

And you are right about the generic form of the emails. They tend not to have your personal information in them, such as your name. Although I would not trust it even if the email used my name. It is too easy to put a name and email address together.

By: crawdaddydoo92

crawdaddydoo92 — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:48:16 +0000

One downside is that some of the payments I have recieved say that they will expire after like 30 or 90 days if not withdrawn. I do agree with Cathy though definatly protect yourself and read up on the paypal spoof process. The first way to spot a fake PayPal email is the same as with most banks, that bieng when it is not addressed to you, ie it doesnt say “Dear Cathy Stucker” and instead says “Dear PayPal member”