posted on August 17, 2002 04:45:10 AM new
Any PayPal users get this message in the past week? Problem is the link in the message doesn't work. IS IT LEGIT? I got a canned answer from PayPal that did not answer my question.
Dear PayPal Member,
Please log into your PayPal account using the following link to confirm you are still an active PayPal user asap. Please do not edit any details.
This is our new yearly checkup process to screen any inactive accounts.
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login- run
posted on August 17, 2002 05:07:15 AM new
I tried the link, but the "page cannot be displayed" message came up. NOte the https in the address. I thought this was how you could tell if it was from PayPal or not.
The message says it's from [email protected]. Like you, I doubt it it's legit, but I can't get a straight answer from PayPal help, and there doesn't seem to be a phone number to call PayPal.
posted on August 17, 2002 12:39:53 PM new
Was it linked or just text? It could have been that they displayed the link as what you wrote, but actually hyperlinked it to another address. Look at the headers on the email and see where it is truly from.
