How to recognize the new Paypal phishing scam - financial expert warns of fraudsters!

How to recognize the new Paypal phishing scam - financial expert warns of fraudsters!

According to a report by www.augsburger- Allgemeine.de, the consumer advice center warns of a new scam that is related to supposed Paypal emails.

The emails, which purport to come from Paypal, contain warnings about potentially unusual activity on the account and encourage recipients to take further steps to “security” their account via a link in the email. However, these emails are phishing emails that come from scammers. The consumer advice center advises not to answer such emails and to put them in the spam folder.

In addition to this warning, the consumer advice center points out that PayPal was the victim of a hacker attack last December with a data leak that affected almost 35,000 users. Even if Paypal assures that no misuse of the data has been identified so far, there is a risk that the data could be published on the Internet at any time and misuse would therefore be possible.

This scam and the hacker attack on Paypal could have a significant impact on users. If users disclose sensitive information, they could become victims of identity theft and financial loss. Trust in Paypal as an online payment service could be weakened, which could have a negative impact on the market and consumers. It is important that users become aware and take precautionary measures to protect themselves from such scams.