Paypal.

[waynegohl]

My daughter in the states is opening a Paypal account and they the confirmation email from them asks her to log in with her online banking username and password. is this right as we feel it is not?

 

[Lycanthrope]

My daughter in the states is opening a Paypal account and they the confirmation email from them asks her to log in with her online banking username and password. is this right as we feel it is not?

Er.. www.paypal.com / www.paypal.co.uk (Make sure it says one of those in the address bar)

You log in with your e-mail address and your password associated with Paypal. You never, ever log in with your banking details (or online banking details).

 

[waynegohl]

Er.. www.paypal.com / www.paypal.co.uk (Make sure it says one of those in the address bar)

You log in with your e-mail address and your password associated with Paypal. You never, ever log in with your banking details (or online banking details).

thanks buddy i will tell her when we talk next (she at work now). there was also something about Paypal depositing money into the account but i am not sure about that.

 

[DarkStreet]

Watch out, might be a phishing site. I get quite a few PayPal ones (as well as Absa and FNB ones). There are some signs that will point this out:

* The address bar should say: https://www.paypal.com
* Use a browser like FF or Chrome that will usually alert you if the site has been flagged as being malicious.
* If you hover over links in the email you will usually see it links to a totally different site (or a site that misspells PayPal).

Rule of thumb is NEVER to click on a link in emails - go to the website directly.

 

[waynegohl]

thanks man will forward the info on.