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Pay Pal Scam

Just received this email in my mailbox...

Supposedly from PayPal...

Likely a scam because:

  • Official paypal mail does not really end with paypal.com
  • Even official emails from Paypal do not end with paypal.com. They usually end depending on which country you are from. Eg if you set up your acc in singapore, it will be from Paypal.sg because PayPal in singapore falls under PayPal Pte Ltd.
  • There is a lack of paypal logo in the email

Do you double check where exactly an email was sent to you from despite whatever the NAME of the sender is?

It is always a good idea to do that in addition to making checks based on:
  • Are there proper formal logos?
  • Any spelling errors?
  • The contact email tat they send you, does the email address look legit?
It's always better to be safe... than sorry..

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