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    Is this a scam

    I just had an email from Paypal with the urgent message to validate my id immediately. Is this a load of old cr@p as the email contained a link.
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    Sounds like it. Login to Paypal instead of using the link & find out.
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    Have a look at the link- it almost certainly doesn't go to paypal, it probably ends with just an IP address.

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    paypal don't ask you to validate your id in an email link, 'tis a scam.. avoid
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    Crispy phish anyone? Definitely a scam.

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    I got an email from paypal the other day, that looked official, and headers looked alrite at a quick glance, no obvious typos and the most interesting bit:
    NO LINK...

    asking me to update my details, but it didnt even bother telling me to go to paypal.com and login from their either...

    whats up with that?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Twigman
    I got an email from paypal the other day, that looked official, and headers looked alrite at a quick glance, no obvious typos and the most interesting bit:
    NO LINK...

    asking me to update my details, but it didnt even bother telling me to go to paypal.com and login from their either...

    whats up with that?
    silly nigerians, constantly forgetting..........

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