Is this a PAY PAL scam??

Its a scam, when I set up my account with Paypal they advised me to never reply to any emails asking for passwords. Advice I have taken to heart.

I have just had another one addressed to nigel.turner.

[Gareth]

Originally Posted by JohnHorb

...The other thing to check regularly is that nothing has 'tweaked' your HOSTS file (<windows directory>\system32\drivers\etc\hosts) to add a false IP address for www.paypal.com (or any other site) - that's the REAL danger!

On a similar note, something else to check when you suspect your machine's been hijacked, is to check the value «Databa sePath» under key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Tcpip\Parameters ?

It should be "%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc" but there are certain spyware that modify this key to point elsewhere to a dodgy hosts file that they use to redirect sites such as Paypal to their IP address.

[scokyl]

Must admit I was nearly taken in by a similar e-mail,I clicked on the link & started filling in my details,it was only when I got to the part where they wanted me to put in my card pin number when I realised it was a scam.

Obviously I didn't send in my details but I changed all my passwords to be on the safe side.

Be careful of e-mails like these!

[Keytops]

All the paypal emails I've had from them have always told me to login to paypay as you would normally, then go and do such and such. They never have a 'click here to do it' link on them, and I'd be wary of any such emails or links.