just wanted to give a heads up to everyone. last night i renewed my TC membership with a lifetime renewal, i made my payment thru paypal. today i received an email that appeared to be from paypal saying that my membership didnt go thru and the charge to my credit card failed. it wanted me to click on a link and try again with the same or new credit card info.. now i know this is trying to get my info but this is the first time its happened with any purchase ive made thru paypal. and i do a lot of on line buying. so if the fishing email isnt on paypals end then its on autoforums end which doesnt make me feel any better.

anyone else have this problem when renewing with autoforum thru pay pal??

First I've heard of this and will forward to our Administrator but I suspect it's on the Paypal end.
Also moving this to 'site discussion'.

First I've heard of this and will forward to our Administrator but I suspect it's on the Paypal end.
Also moving this to 'site discussion'.


sorry about posting in wrong area..

as i said ive never had this happen on any paypal purchase before.

Hi Jeff. did you report it to Paypal?

Would be nice to see the expanded header (http://www.google.com/search?q=expanding+email+headers&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a) for that e-mail.
It'll tell where it originated -no don't post it here.
If you still have the e-mail ,send it with the header expanded to spoof@paypal.com

No problem on where you posted ,just get's more traffic from the Mod's here.

i havent reported it to paypal. but will be doing so in the next few minutes!

I received the same E-mail, But I didn't buy anything from Team chevelle. I used PAYPAL, So the Problem Is Paypal, I have reported this already. The email ask for your pass word and other information. BEWARE PEOPLE, HERES THE EMAIL. nOTICE WHERE PAYPAL ADDRESS IS.

Dear Paypal user,


As part of our security reasons, we regularly screen activity in the Paypal system. We recently contacted you after noticing an issue on your account.

We requested information from you for the following reason:

We recently received a report of unauthorized credit card use associated with this account. As a precaution, we have limited access to your Paypal account in order to protect against future unauthorized transactions.


Case ID Number: PP-503-472-569


This is a reminder to restore your account as soon as possible.

Please download the form attached to this email and open it in a web browser. Once opened, you will be provided with steps to restore your account access. We appreciate your understanding as we work to ensure account safety.

In accordance with Paypal User Agreement, your account access will remain limited until the issue has been resolved. Unfortunately, if access to your account remains limited for an extended period of time,

it may result in further limitations or eventual account closure. We encourage you to restore your Paypal account as soon as possible to help avoid this.


We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Sincerely,
Paypal Account Review Department

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I get those pfishing emails quite often and I don't even have a paypal account. They sure do look authentic too.
I always forward them to abuse@paypal.com

Any email from Paypal to you will use your name and not the generic "Dear Paypal user".
James

not to mention if you just log in to your account on paypal, it will tell you the status of your account (you will find it has not been locked as the spoof emial says) and you should have any control you need to change credit cards etc. their log in is secure.

just wanted to give a heads up to everyone. last night i renewed my TC membership with a lifetime renewal, i made my payment thru paypal. today i received an email that appeared to be from paypal saying that my membership didnt go thru and the charge to my credit card failed. it wanted me to click on a link and try again with the same or new credit card info.. now i know this is trying to get my info but this is the first time its happened with any purchase ive made thru paypal. and i do a lot of on line buying. so if the fishing email isnt on paypals end then its on autoforums end which doesnt make me feel any better.

anyone else have this problem when renewing with autoforum thru pay pal??

Hi Jeff, I'm not too sure what is happening with paypal, but if you want please PM me your email address that you use for paypal and I'll check for you if your payment really went through or not. Thanks Jeff! Sorry about any inconvenience

Hi Jeff, I'm not too sure what is happening with paypal, but if you want please PM me your email address that you use for paypal and I'll check for you if your payment really went through or not. Thanks Jeff! Sorry about any inconvenience


pm sent..thanks!

my paypal account is running normal and it shows the charge went thru fine. this just caught me off guard, the fake paypal email showed up just a few hours after the transaction..


damn thieves..:mad: