# Paypal phishing expo

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**Created:** [August 27, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/paypal-phishing-expo/326283 "2020-08-27T05:36:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/paypal-phishing-expo/326283/1 "2020-08-27T05:36:42Z")

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Received the email below recently. The sender email address was a clear give away that it was a scam. Also the link in the “log in now” box was a dead giveaway. Looks pretty authentic overall. Being brave I tried it anyway. Firefox blocked it as a malicious site…

 ![paypal_phishing](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/6/f/c6fa94c7c64953b6e820f22c25dcf5eed4e528a3.jpeg)

I did log in to my papal account thru my normal channels. It was all good.

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**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/paypal-phishing-expo/326283/2 "2020-08-27T06:25:34Z")

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Idiots.

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**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 6:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/paypal-phishing-expo/326283/3 "2020-08-27T06:38:15Z")

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The bigger idiots are those that fall for this sort of thing, especially when the red flags are hitting you in the face. 🤢

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**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/paypal-phishing-expo/326283/4 "2020-08-27T07:03:05Z")

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> [@jhb8426](#):
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> The bigger idiots are those that fall for this sort of thing

I’ve felt the same way for years. Sometimes I have a hard time feeling bad for some people who get scammed when it’s so damn obvious.

I’ve gotten e-mails like this before with the same obvious red flags. I immediately mark them as spam and move on.