ipn verification - paypal

James Gunnells

I'm sure that by now someone besides me has received a notice from paypal telling you that you won't be able to accept payments, and also that your customers sensitive and personal data may be at risk.
I've looked for a while on Papyal and saw this in one discussion, with several "Me too" additions but I haven't found an answer anywhere. Before I call paypal does anybody here know what is going on? I am wondering if the only place I get paypal payments is through HipStamp that maybe that is handled here?

Mark Rosenberg

You can entirely ignore that. It's referring to if you operate your own website where you accept certain types of PayPal payments.

James Gunnells

Thank you, Mark!

Richard Pauls

I received a similar email message about a week ago. After reading the message and not understanding what I was expected to do, I noticed the short list of links to click on within the message that appeared to maybe provide an answer. However, I also checked the source of the email message. There was no "www.paypal....." anywhere in the message address. Instead, it was a "gmail" or similar type of address. That's when my internal "Danger! Danger!" warning went off.

I closed the email and went to PayPal's site to see if I had any messages from PayPal regarding my account. Nothing showed up. Also, I noticed that all the PayPal links that I looked at had the "www.paypal" in their address.

So my assumption was that the email was an attempt to send a virus or malware. I deleted the email and forgot about it (until I saw this). Thinking back on it, I should have forwarded the email to PayPal so they could have had a look at it.

Richard Olsen

I received the same email. I sent it to [email protected]. I have received this message off and on for around 2 years.

James Gunnells

You got me there. What I am seeing is that the message is from "[email protected]", and the links were like "http://links.paypal.mkt2944.com"
This made me suspicious - everything should start with https and not just http - but not enough to discard it without further checking. Probably, by now everybody knows everything about everybody else already anyway. But I'll say that HipStamp is much more responsive than paypal.

Ted Tyszka

James, it's not just the http that's a warning. the "paypal" in that link is not the domain name. The domain is always directly ahead of the dot com (or dot net, or whatever). So it's mkt2944.com that is the tip-off that this is a phishing lure.

Jeri Stathas

There has been quite a lot of "phishing" lately. I did get that particular one. I also got an invoice for an order I placed for shoes in the amount of $180.00 from a UK store. Wanted me to click on a link to verify my info and pay my "invoice". I know I'm getting absent minded but I'm pretty sure I wasn't shopping online or in person in the UK.

I, too, send all these emails to Paypal.

michael j park

Ignore anything that wants your password etc,they want to access your Paypal account.There is lots going on + if you buy on line & they do not have paypal do not buy even if its a freebie & they want you to pay postage.If its a product google it.

Michael David Hiltner

Its good to see that more and more people are waking up to the amount of Phishing going on out there! It is BIG business!
This Holiday season, North Korea has bumped up their game, since the UN has slapped tougher sanctions on the Government. That virus, YaWannaCry thingie that hit Institutions last year is expected to hit the general public this year (3rd party round the table chit chat that I watched in a discussion on a business channel the other day).

Be very cautious on what you open in your email accounts! It may cost you a new computer this year if you hit and open the wrong one!

Crippleware is more than a nuisance!
Play safe & have a Happy New Years!

Michael