Topic: Paypal - free hat

[Kathy]

If you have a paypal account and watch this short video - they will send you a free hat.

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

I would only go there if this can be accessed via the official PayPal-site (www.paypal.com) too.
At least for Germany this is not possible.

Never enter account data on unknown sites.

[Jimmy]

Don't worry they are safe according to whois.net wich is enough for me.

WHOIS information for paypal-promo.com :

Registrant

        Host Master
        PayPal Inc.
        2211 North First Street
         San Jose CA 95131
        US
        hostmaster@ebay.com +1.4083767400 Fax:

    Domain Name: paypal-promo.com

        Registrar Name: Markmonitor.com
        Registrar Whois: whois.markmonitor.com
        Registrar Homepage: http://www.markmonitor.com

    Administrative Contact:
        Domain Administrator
        eBay Inc.
        2145 Hamilton Avenue
         San Jose CA 95125
        US
        hostmaster@ebay.com +1.4083767400 Fax: +1.4083767514
    Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
        Host Master
        PayPal Inc.
        2211 North First Street
         San Jose CA 95131
        US
        hostmaster@ebay.com +1.4083767400 Fax:

    Created on..............: 2007-02-09.
    Expires on..............: 2012-02-09.
    Record last updated on..: 2011-03-06.

    Domain servers in listed order:

    ns1.isc-sns.net
    ns3.isc-sns.info
    ns2.isc-sns.com

Edit : I've sent an email to Paypal about this, so I'll let you know if I got a reply. You are free to go for it if the whois registration is enough for you or wait for an official answer if it isn't.

[Jimmy]

Very very important

As said I sent an email at Paypal to check this and this is the answer I got

In french (since I wrote to them in french)

Bonjour Jimmy Simard,
 
Merci d'avoir contacté PayPal à propos de votre courriel reçu.
 
Suite à la votre courriel, nous vous confirmons que le lien "https://www.paypal-promo.com" n'est pas enregistré sur notre site, il s'agit donc bien d'une tentative de fraude.
 
Nous tenons à vous féliciter pour votre vigilance.
 
Des emails frauduleux (généralement appelés spoof ou phishing) peuvent effectivement vous être envoyés.
 
Ces emails imposteurs mènent souvent à de faux sites. Ces sites vous invitent également à donner vos renseignements personnels (par exemple, numéros de carte de crédit, numéros de compte bancaire et mots de
passe).
 
Nous travaillons sans relâche à désactiver les liens et les sites associés à ces emails frauduleux.
 
Si vous avez répondu à un email frauduleux et fourni des informations financières ou d'autres renseignements personnels, ou donné des renseignements personnels sur un faux site :
 
* Changez immédiatement votre mot de passe et vos questions de sécurité.
* Contactez votre banque ou la société qui a émis la carte de crédit ou la carte de débit associée à votre compte PayPal et avisez-les de la situation.
* Examinez votre historique de transactions PayPal pour vous assurer qu'il ne présente aucune transaction non autorisée.
 
Pour en savoir davantage sur la fraude et la sécurité en ligne, cliquez sur Espace sécurité en haut d'une page PayPal.
 
Nous sommes par ailleurs heureux de vous comptez parmi nos utilisateurs et nous restons à votre entière disposition pour toute autre demande.
 
Excellente journée de la part de toute l'équipe PayPal.
 
Merci de nous avoir contactés. Nous attachons une grande importance à vos remarques. Si vous avez d’autres questions, consultez notre Aide en ligne en cliquant sur ‘Aide’ en haut à droite de chaque page du site PayPal.
 
Cordialement,
Elsa
Service clientèle

The same text in english as translate by google

Hello Jimmy Simard

Thank you for contacting PayPal about receiving your email received.

Following your email, we confirm that the link "https: / / www.paypal-promo.com "is not registered on our site,
consequently it is a fraud attempt.

We wish to congratulate you for your vigilance.
 
Fraudulent emails (commonly referred to spoof or phishing) may actually be sent to you.

These emails often lead to fake sites. These sites also call to give your personal information (credit card numbers, bank account numbers and passwords).

We work tirelessly to disable links and sites associated with these fraudulent emails.

If you responded to a fraudulent email and provided information financial or other personal information, or given
personal information to a fake site:

* Immediately change your password and your security questions.
* Contact your bank or company that issued the credit card or debit card associated with your PayPal account and notify them of the situation.
* Check your PayPal transaction history to ensure it shows no unauthorized transactions.

To learn more about fraud and online security, click Security Center on top of a PayPal page.

We are also pleased to count among our users and we remain at your disposal for any other application.
 
Good day from all the PayPal team.

Thank you for contacting us. We attach great importance to your comments. If you have further questions, please visit our Help online by clicking 'Help' at the top right of each PayPal page.

Sincerely,
Elsa
Customer Service
PayPal

[Najemikon]

Good catch, Jimmy. 

[Kathy]

Thank you Jimmy. I've removed the link too.

[Achim]

Thank you Jimmy. I've removed the link too.

...and changed the password. I am sure you did, just thought I add that for others 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Thank you Jimmy. I've removed the link too.

...and changed the password. I am sure you did, just thought I add that for others 

.. Best to change to an alternate E-Mail address too

[Blair]

Are they going to send you a free hat?


It's a shame because there are other factors such as VeriSign that people trust as validity of a website/product/ Every one that I looked through verified it as a legal PayPal registration domain.

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Rule #1 for the use of the Internet: Don't trust anyone
Rule #2: If you actually consider a site to be trustworthy, remember that "anyone" includes yourself!
Rule #3: Each and every site on the Internet only wants your best, which in most cases means: Your money.

[W0m6at]

Rule #4: Don't click links in e-mails. If you want to go to PayPal, key the address into your browser and search for the section you're after.