PayPal Safety

If you receive email claiming to come from PayPal:

Consider the email fraudulent if it does not contain your first and last names -- for instance, if it says Dear PayPal Member, it is not from PayPal.

If it claims to come from PayPal, you can forward the email, including all the headers, to

spoof@paypal.com

They will respond concerning the validity of the email.

To learn safety measures when using PayPal

• go to paypal.com
• go to the bottom of their home page
• click on Security Center

Look at all the information, but especially click on "Take the Fight Phishing Challenge!"

Most people with email addresses eventually receive fraudulent emails supposedly from a bank or other financial institution. If you have never done business with that company, it's easy enough to decide the email is not legitimate.

But what if the company is one you've used?

Please remember this advice when faced with this problem:

• Do not send sensitive personal information via email. 
• Do not click on links in email, especially if they involve your financial transactions.
• Open a new browser window, type the main web address (such as paypal.com) and press Enter or click Go.
• Navigate to the page you need.
• Call the company without using any phone numbers provided in the email.
• Consider the email fraudulent if it does not contain your name.

If you receive an email claiming to come from PayPal, you can forward the email to

spoof@paypal.com

They will respond concerning the validity of the email.

This information and much more is available on PayPal's web site and is only elaborated here for your convenience.  You are encouraged to navigate to paypal.com and read all the information there.

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