**BE CAREFUL - Online Scam Attempts**

[Scrooby]

Hello MCM,

Recently, I had an email linking to me from a minecraft network site. Here's a screenshot.

https://gyazo.com/0d3e254b2dbe699afc6eddae68fec587

This is not from 'Paypal' as you can see.
This has been reported to paypal, and the link takes you to a site, where you put your credentials in, but it's not paypal's website.

Just a warning to check who it's come from first.

All the best,
- C,

 

[deletedaccount]

Thanks!
Be safe everyone

 

[Larjd]

That's one bad phishing attempt, haha.

 

[RealmPvP]

That's one bad phishing attempt, haha.

There's a theory with the more traditional Nigerian Prince scam that they include spelling mistakes and bad grammar to try and weed out targets. Those who reply are probably going to fall for the rest of the scam. That is the only rational reason I can think of for why this email is so bad... it's like they didn't even do a quick proofread

 

[Scrooby]

There's a theory with the more traditional Nigerian Prince scam that they include spelling mistakes and bad grammar to try and weed out targets. Those who reply are probably going to fall for the rest of the scam. That is the only rational reason I can think of for why this email is so bad... it's like they didn't even do a quick proofread

yeah I agree. I went through the whole process, it asks you for the login details for one. Then asks to verify address and then asks for a credit card. So... what they are doing is illegal let alone poor minded.