'PAYPAL *MOBILETOPUP' - A SCAM

[beechwoodken60]

Below is a scam email.  It has a button to press if you want to cancel the payment.  Money had not come out of my account and pressing the 'cancel payment' key went nowhere.  I hope that is the end of the matter.

Hello PayPal Client,

You sent a payment of 40.90 GBP to Mobile Top-up Online (sales@topups247.com)

If you haven't authorized this charge, press cancel payment and get a full refund.

Merchant Mobile Top-up Online sales@topups247.com	Instructions to merchant You haven't entered any instructions.
Shipping address - Unconfirmed United Kingdom	Postage details The seller hasn’t provided any postage details yet.

Description	Unit price	Qty	Amount
Topups247 - GBP 10.00 O2  voucher	40.90 GBP	3	40.90 GBP

Subtotal	40.90 GBP
Total	£40.90 GBP
Payment	£40.90 GBP
Charge will appear on your credit card statement as 'PAYPAL *MOBILETOPUP' Payment sent to sales@topups247.com

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PayPal Email ID PP120

[PayPal_john]

Yeah, this is being sent to a lot of people. The most obvious giveaway is the "Hello PayPal Client" part, genuine PayPal e-mails will always address you by your full name.

Very occasionally i've seen spoof e-mails with a person's real name in it, the best thing to do is always to log into your account normally and see if what it says makes sense. You can always forward it off to spoof@paypal.com to be sure as well. They'll get back to you and confirm if an e-mail is real or not. In addition they will be able to get in contact with hosting companies and get any spoof websites shut down.