Alex Dark Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Just got an email today saying that paypal is now free between Uk users,,,? Anyone else get this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_Fel Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 I smell a scam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEON Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Was it not free anyway outside of ebay? If you send as "gift" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Was it not free anyway outside of ebay? If you send as "gift" Nah, if you send a gift, you get the choice of paying for the fees yourself so the person you're sending it to actually gets the total amount. Someone has to pay fees though! As said, I smell a phish... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_Fel Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Interest rates are a load of shite at the moment so the only way paypal will be making money is by the fee's. Plus if they are making money doing that way and there isn't really anyone to compete with them they wouldn't just make it free all of a sudden deep into a recession. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEON Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 I see, well there are scams going around, I got an email saying my account's been hacked & need to update all my info immediately, my paypal's not even registered with that email address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 I think (guess) the only people who don't get charged/pay fees are charity donations. They'd be seriously messed up if they took 10% of everyones donations... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_Fel Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 I think (guess) the only people who don't get charged/pay fees are charity donations. They'd be seriously messed up if they took 10% of everyones donations... Business is business ha ha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Dark Posted February 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Here's the email: from paypal@paypal.info.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 from paypal@paypal.info.co.uk hmm spot anything wrong with that email address? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Actually, that looks legit to me. No phishing scam will ever know your name (Hello Alex Dark). Quick search leads to this which seems to support what it's saying. Interesting. Simple, fast and free Sending money to friends and family is free when you pay through your bank account or PayPal account balance and the funds become available to them in minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_Fel Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 I remember getting an e-mail from Pay Pa"I" it was a capital i not an L. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEON Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 The one I got has plenty of really shit spelling mistakes. I'm too clever for this shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Deere Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 The email domain is info.co.uk not paypal.co.uk HURRRRRRR Of course it's fake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 The email domain is info.co.uk not paypal.co.uk HURRRRRRR Of course it's fake. The email's from paypal@info.paypal.co.uk not paypal@paypal.info.co.uk I think. Legit says I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Deere Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 The email's from paypal@info.paypal.co.uk not paypal@paypal.info.co.uk I think. Legit says I. from paypal@paypal.info.co.uk Not, says I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Not, says I. Think Alex typed it wrong... Yar says I! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 It really is a piece of piss to 'spoof' the senders email address. Worth hovering over a link and seeing where it takes you. Lots of the time it'll be http://www.paypal.com.somewhere.ru/login.php or something. EDIT: however, of course it could be legit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 I'm still sticking with legit firstly because they use his name (sure, his email's alexdark2, but no way phishers personalise each email they send out), second they have all the Paypal adverts down the bottom with promo codes, thirdly the legit email (I assume it came from info.paypal.co.uk which is legit) and finally because it's supported by what the real Paypal site says. But as Tomturd says, hovering over a link will tell you that it's legit straight away . Edit: and finally because I've just found a message I deleted the other day from paypal@info.paypal.co.uk exactly like that offering me a Paypal Mastercard which is 100% legit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Regardless of whether the email is real or not (looks real to me) paypal transactions within the country have been free for a while. So long as you have a direct debit set up, or already have the funds in your account there is no fee. If you have it set up to go through your card there's still fee. Because of this is was also changed to give you the option of whether the sender will be fe'ed or the receiver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 I'd say its deffo legit as it aint asking for any info or to update details of any kind, as long as it doesn't say follow this link to take up this offer its not really very dangerous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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