Scam e-mail using Paypal's logo

anhchungdoan
anhchungdoan Posts: 760
edited December 2009 in Electronics
To my surprise, I have received an e-mail today stated that the $$ will be process to pay to a vendor for some knife and pistol. At the bottom there is a highlight area for me to dispute the transaction. Once I clicked on the "blue square" for dispute, my PC stopped me with a warning of alert and advised me to use the "back button" and divert to another link.

I have forward the e-mail to Paypal security for protection.

Has anyone received some e-mail from Paypal in that nature. I wonder what the scam is all about? :confused:
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,788
    edited December 2009
    Sounds like a phishing scam. When you click the button to dispute, it would probably ask you to log in, and they instantly have your paypal user name and password.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited December 2009
    WilliamM2 wrote: »
    Sounds like a phishing scam. When you click the button to dispute, it would probably ask you to log in, and they instantly have your paypal user name and password.


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  • fbm211
    fbm211 Posts: 1,488
    edited December 2009
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