Investigation of a scam
Here is an Insight in to how the type of scam below can be investigated. No problems were found after the investigation. If you are worried, just read.
He is a scam text posted by Mary: https://www.scooploop.com/thread/scam-4
The first thing to note is that it does not identify the customer, also it makes a threat which a company would not make. On receipt of such texts/emails, the first thing to think is, do they have my phone number or email address? If not, you can stop worrying.
In the above case, the link takes you to a fake website*: https://paypal-user-id2.com Accepting cookies will reveal the bottom of the page; there you will see links to Contact Us/Privacy/Legal/Worldwide, if these links are clicked, none of them work. The aim of the site is to get your email and password, and not to infect yor computer.
If you visit the real PayPal website, you will see that the appearence is identical, and the web address is an ordinary one: https://www.paypal.com/uk/signin
*If you should visit the fake website, your browser may not allow you to, and show a warning.
To check a website that you may be worried about, visit: https://www.virustotal.com , click the URL tab and paste the address in to the text box, then press enter. The site scans with 80 different scanners. The result (see screenshot) shows 8/9 spam/phishing detections.
He is a scam text posted by Mary: https://www.scooploop.com/thread/scam-4
The first thing to note is that it does not identify the customer, also it makes a threat which a company would not make. On receipt of such texts/emails, the first thing to think is, do they have my phone number or email address? If not, you can stop worrying.
In the above case, the link takes you to a fake website*: https://paypal-user-id2.com Accepting cookies will reveal the bottom of the page; there you will see links to Contact Us/Privacy/Legal/Worldwide, if these links are clicked, none of them work. The aim of the site is to get your email and password, and not to infect yor computer.
If you visit the real PayPal website, you will see that the appearence is identical, and the web address is an ordinary one: https://www.paypal.com/uk/signin
*If you should visit the fake website, your browser may not allow you to, and show a warning.
To check a website that you may be worried about, visit: https://www.virustotal.com , click the URL tab and paste the address in to the text box, then press enter. The site scans with 80 different scanners. The result (see screenshot) shows 8/9 spam/phishing detections.
