I have not used my PayPal acct in YEARS. I tried closing it, but we all know how the service at PayPal sucks...try to get a human being! Now I get this email saying that another email addy has been added to my acct. If this an error, go to the PayPal hyperlink, log in, go to Help. So I go to the PayPal website, log into secure page. Only now I get redirected to "We're doing routine maintenance...your acct has been selected for security verification. Wants all my credit card info again. Only this time, I notice the little gold lock is suspiciously absent. So of course I gave them nothing. Questions:
1.)Is this legitimate or not? It LOOKS like their website.
2.)How can I contact these fockers to CLOSE my dormant acct so that it won't get misused, without giving them my information I no longer trust them with, all over again? Does anyone have their 1-800 number?
3.)Anything else I should do? Thanks in advance; this kind of nightmare is exactly why I WONT be using PayPal again, now or ever.
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Topic - PayPal email....is this a phish? - Marc Bratton 09:39:04 11/28/05 (12)
- Well, I had no prob closing my acct at the REAL PayPal - Marc Bratton 21:26:58 11/28/05 (0)
- Yes, you probably will get these also for Ebay and banks and credit unions. Junk all of them. nt - Norm 09:46:00 11/28/05 (3)
- Thanks. But HAS somebody added an email to my... - Marc Bratton 09:49:22 11/28/05 (2)
- No, just don't give them any information. - Al Sekela 11:13:42 11/28/05 (0)
- Re: Thanks. But HAS somebody added an email to my... - kgturner 12:51:33 11/28/05 (0)
- Definitely a phish..... - JimL 09:56:59 11/28/05 (1)
- What this man said exactly..... - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 10:09:23 11/28/05 (0)
- If you logged in using their link... - DaveInVA 10:41:32 11/28/05 (0)
- I closed my account with them for just this reason. - Joe Appierto 13:03:45 11/28/05 (0)
- Important - bjh 15:39:40 11/28/05 (0)
- Re: PayPal email....is this a phish? - Mike Burrows 16:28:15 11/28/05 (0)
- THAT IS A PHISH!!!!! - Heavystarch 18:17:32 11/28/05 (0)