1. Neemobeer

    Indicators of a Phishing/Social Engineering Email #2 - Fake PayPal

    Here is another real phishing email. This one purporting to be from PayPal. Lets dig in... (Orange) we have typos and grammatical errors (1) Again we have a weird email address from @paypap-us.com. This is highly unlikely owned by PayPal. (2) This email is probably BCC'd to a bunch of users...
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    • bcc cybersecurity email security email tactics fake emails fraud alert fraud detection grammatical errors link tracking malware paypal phishing red flags redirect scam prevention social engineering spam typo urgency
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Security
  2. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 8 Protect yourself from online scams and credit card theft.

    Hi Many of you already do this, but I thought I'd throw this out for people who may not have thought of it. We have a separate credit card for online usage. The card has only a $1,000 limit and is used exclusively online with places I order things from who don't use Paypal, like Amazon etc...
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    • consumer advice credit card e-commerce financial safety fraud alert identity theft online scams payment methods security theft prevention
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support