Strange e-mail from PayPal . . .

[Palyanna]

I received an e-mail today from PayPal which says: "You have successfully cancelled your subscription to Family BRS Membership Subscription You will not be billed for this subscription again." The thing is, I didn't cancel anything. What's up with that?

 

[Behrmon]

It's the nice way of saying we kicked you out!

 

[S Hunter]

I just checked your account, everything looks ok... i would have a look at your PP and see if there is some kind of reminder history listed, to see if it was real..

 

[Palyanna]

It's the nice way of saying we kicked you out!

You're too funny!

I just checked your account, everything looks ok... i would have a look at your PP and see if there is some kind of reminder history listed, to see if it was real..

PM sent

 

[kotu100]

just make sure you dont log into paypal from a link on that e-mail, just in case.

 

[Gina McReeferson]

just make sure you dont log into paypal from a link on that e-mail, just in case.

Absolutely. I used to get a bunch of scam emails from paypal and ebay impersonators on my old email. Some of them look pretty convincing too, they want your personal info so they can steal from you.

 

[delta]

It is a cancellation notice of auto renewing membership. Although I am not sure why you recieved another one 4 months later, I can see it on our end.

 

[Leroy]

The imposter's are phishing. Forward it off to this email spoof to Paypal and they will track down the culprits. spoof@paypal.com I send them all the crap that crooks try to scam out of me and paypal appreciates it.

 

[brezzy]

dont click on any links from the email
and dont reply to any email addressed paypal inc its a scam

 

[Palyanna]

just make sure you dont log into paypal from a link on that e-mail, just in case.

Absolutely. I used to get a bunch of scam emails from paypal and ebay impersonators on my old email. Some of them look pretty convincing too, they want your personal info so they can steal from you.

The imposter's are phishing. Forward it off to this email spoof to Paypal and they will track down the culprits. spoof@paypal.com I send them all the crap that crooks try to scam out of me and paypal appreciates it.

dont click on any links from the email
and dont reply to any email addressed paypal inc its a scam

Thanks. I always go directly to PayPal and start from scratch. I have seen some of those pishing scams and reported them to the spoof address. I often wonder how many people actually freak and just log in through the link provided?!

 

[Palyanna]

It is a cancellation notice of auto renewing membership. Although I am not sure why you recieved another one 4 months later, I can see it on our end.

It just showed up out of the blue this morning. Weird . . .

 

[stang8s]

I got a similar email it happened automatically from paypal when i changed the credit card i had on my pp account. Apparantly any subscriptions you had with the old card are autocanceled. I doubt phishers are smart enough to know someone is in the BRS, their first/last name and their paypal email but you never know. No links in the email:

"Dear firstname lastname,

You have successfully cancelled your subscription to Individual BRS Membership Subscription

You will not be billed for this subscription again.


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Cancellation Details
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Cancellation Date: Jul. 24, 2008
Subscription Name: Individual BRS Membership Subscription
Subscription Number: S-long number
Item Number: really long number


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Contact Information
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If you have any questions about this subscription, please contact Boston Reefers Society, Inc..


Business Name: Boston Reefers Society, Inc.
Contact Email: info@bostonreefers.org
Contact Phone:

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team


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[Palyanna]

Mystery Solved!

I got a similar email it happened automatically from paypal when i changed the credit card i had on my pp account. Apparantly any subscriptions you had with the old card are autocanceled.

What a smart cookie! I think you hit the nail right on the head. I did recently update my credit card information on PayPal - I bet that was what triggered the "strange e-mail". I always get paranoid when I see messages like that from PayPal. Thanks for the information - I appreciate it.