Detect Paypal Phishes Without Thinking
Now you can determine whether that latest "Paypal Account Notification" you got was a Paypal phish and you don't even have to have a brain. Phil says:
Forward any paypal mail you aren't sure about to spoof@paypal.com. You will receive mail very quickly verifying if it is phishing or legit. I have had about five so far that were phishing this year. One was a legit from paypal.
We gave it a shot and got a response within minutes. We did have to look for it in our junk mail box. Our filters send all emails "From Paypal" straight to the compost.
This is a test using rich text formatting and html links. It's the generic "company" ad that should appear on all posts with the Company category if they don't have an ad attached to a specific company.
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Here's a quick way to tell. When eBay (and thus PayPal, too) send you an e-mail, they'll use the name with which you registered, rather than "Dear PayPal valued customer" or whatever.
This tip works for ebay too. Send anything suspicious that's ostensibly from ebay to spoof@ebay.com, and you'll get an email back quickly saying whether it's legit or not.