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Zaid
07-17-2012, 05:17 PM
OK I got this email from PayPal saying this guy from China has registered a PayPal account under my email and its freaking me out. I don't have nay virus on my computer, and I have no connections what so ever to PayPal! This is freaking me out, I also looked this up online, and many other people are having the same problem. What will this noob get out of me? Thanks

Sephiroth
07-17-2012, 05:31 PM
Go to hotmail.com > sign into your hotmail account > change password.

Strong Password Generator - http://strongpasswordgenerator.com/

Edit: you should also contact paypal and have his account deleted.

CloudStrife7x
07-17-2012, 05:39 PM
OK I got this email from PayPal saying this guy from China has registered a PayPal account under my email and its freaking me out. I don't have nay virus on my computer, and I have no connections what so ever to PayPal! This is freaking me out, I also looked this up online, and many other people are having the same problem. What will this noob get out of me? Thanks


Go to hotmail.com > sign into your hotmail account > change password.

Strong Password Generator - http://strongpasswordgenerator.com/

yeah do like Seph said, also remember makesure all you passwords are different for any site you have an account on, having the same password for everything is never a good idea

Zaid
07-17-2012, 06:28 PM
Ok, Ill do this, many other people however have been having the same problem though.

Zaid
07-17-2012, 06:43 PM
How did you know I have a hotmail account?

Sephiroth
07-17-2012, 06:58 PM
How did you know I have a hotmail account?
Uhm... maybe because i am an admin and that you're registered on 360haven with this email address ******[email protected] :071:

Renegade
07-17-2012, 09:38 PM
Uhm... maybe because i am an admin and that you're registered on 360haven with this email address ******[email protected] :071:Or Perhaps it was you who made the Paypal Account :O /troll

Zaid
07-17-2012, 11:03 PM
Oh lol, sorry, Im a noob.

Original Boss
07-17-2012, 11:15 PM
Oh lol, sorry, Im a noob.

Was it a yahoo account or hotmail ?

BrayWyatt
07-17-2012, 11:38 PM
i got one as well.

Zaid
07-18-2012, 04:53 AM
i got one as well.
See I'm not the only one!

Dregen
07-21-2012, 05:40 PM
OK I got this email from PayPal saying this guy from China has registered a PayPal account under my email and its freaking me out. I don't have nay virus on my computer, and I have no connections what so ever to PayPal! This is freaking me out, I also looked this up online, and many other people are having the same problem. What will this noob get out of me? Thanks

Absolutely nothing.

Provided you don't give it to them, of course.

This isn't an account/password/Hotmail/PayPal issue, it's a well-known phishing scam. Check the headers of the e-mail, as well as the source addresses of the URLs in it, and you will quickly realise that it wasn't sent from PayPal. Just delete the message, without actually replying to it or clicking any included links, and you'll be fine.

These types of phishing attempts are incredibly commonplace nowadays. You should expect to receive more and more of them as time goes on. Common sense will quickly teach you how to handle them (delete, delete, delete), but, if you are overly paranoid, or just want to be a bit more proactive in dealing with them, you can install a decent anti-spam package on the PC side (included with most anti-virus / firewall suites), or, if you use webmail, switch to a provider such as GMail that has better spam/phishing protection and detection already in place.

http://www.millersmiles.co.uk/email/welcome-to-paypal-paypal

https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/About-Protections/My-email-used-to-open-an-account-in-China/td-p/507454