Hi everyone, I hope you are well. Thanks for all your comments on the new blog. I really appreciate the feedback. Today I am going to tell you about how to protect your paypal account. If you are a paypal member, you recently got an email informing you about phishing scams. The paypal phishing scam are emails that look exactly like a paypal email. But they are fake. There are two ways you can protect yourself against phishing email scams; Learn how to spot them and how to protect yourself. It is also best to have a premium or business paypal account. Then you are covered if any fraudulent activity is found on your account.

A phishing scam email will have a fake story that is designed to make you click the link, so they can steal your personal information. It’s usually threatening enough to make you want to click it. It may say, you are suspended or your account only has limited use, until you click here. Or something along those lines to scare you into clicking the link. The sender is trying to trick you into giving them any personal information about your identity. They are probably trying to steal your account passwords or bank information also.

Don’t trust the email address the email is supposedly coming from. It is really easy to disguise an email address to look like another. Just because it says it came from paypal, is not necessary true. If you click on to the link, notice it doesn’t go to paypal.

Paypal will never ask you for any of your personal information through an email. This includes, your full name, password, drivers license number, social security number, credit or debit card numbers, pin numbers or bank account numbers. If anyone asks for any of this information, They are not paypal and should be looked at as a scammer.If you recieve a phishing email forward it along with the header to spoof@paypal immediately.Paypal will do an investigation and go after them.

You may get an email claiming that you need to install paypal software. Never trust an attachment or software update claiming to be from paypal. Paypal will never send you any files or attachments ever. These files may be a virus or worm. Don’t open or attach any files sent in these emails. Just forward it along with the header to spoof@paypal.com.

One of the safest ways to check and see if an email is really from paypal; Go directly to your paypal account from your Internet browser. Then check the information out in your account. Never go to your paypal account by clicking on a link in the email. Even if you think it’s a real paypal email. Don’t take that chance.

If you are not sure if an email is really from paypal. Forward it to spoof@paypal and ask them. They will send you a return email informing you if it is real or not.

Update your internet browser to the latest version. This will ensure you have full protection in your browser. Also, run windows update and install updates that you need to add more security. Paypal is making a number of steps to stop fraud. But you have to know, they can’t do it without our help. If you even suspect an email to be a fake paypal email, forward it to spoof@paypal right away, so they can go after the culporate. Do your part to help.

The same with an ebay email. If you think its fake, forward it to spoof@ebay.com right away. Ebay will do an investigation and let you know if it is fake or not.

I hope this helps some of you be more protected from fraud. If you have any questions about this post feel free to email me.

LP@thehomedropshipguide.com