Internet scams

It is an extension of the PayPal service

"Bill Me Later" gives you to get the flexibility to pay in full or spread payments.

Its conditional depending on the shop & how much you spend

www PayPal & learn all about it

Thanks for that Mike,will check it out. What however worries me is that this e-mail says i owe some $1,500 for something which i dont.

Thanks again

mista h

If you don't have a PayPal account or owe then 1500 I would for sure delete the e-mail, it is most likely a scam on the back of PayPal & I would guess the attached link hides the hook. You really do need to be careful these days, but if you look at www PayPal you will find Bill Me Later is one of their services.

I never ever do anything with such e-mails - period. I always go to the real company www & read whats on offer from there.    

Hello again Mike

I have just spoken to a member of staff @ paypal.....to cut a long conversation short Paypal no longer own this outfit Bill me later,so the e mail i got is defo a scam.

later today i will be sending these scumbags a reply which will turn their PCs blue.

Mista H

hmmmm ?????

Looks like this is a scam

PayPal do not list it if you go to their www. 

Whereas www (dot) paypal.com/webapps/mmp/billmelater-productoverview looks genuine, the header address says its PayPal & the google (IE) tab shows the PP logo

But go to PayPal-community.com & there is a ton of forum posts all saying its a fraudulent high interest rate type scam.  

Mista H, I would suggest that you are wasting your time responding, simply because they wont care what you actually write, but it will confirm to them that your email address is "live" and you'll probably be in for some more scam emails. However i am sure you will feel better from venting your anger 

Maccaa....You are correct about wanting to vent my anger. I have always tried to be honest and fair both in my private life and when i had my business and when people try and take me for a mug and have me over yes i do get uptight and angry.

Dont worry in 30 years of running my own company i have had dozens of scammers try it on,none  ever came close to being successful.

Mista h

Do they personally address you or is it a generic 'Dear Sir/Madam', which means they don't know anything about you except the email address? Is there a link included? Then it's most probably a phishing mail to lure or frighten you (and others) to visit an unsafe web site.

In any case you may safely ignore the mail, if there was a real claim behind this they'd contact you personally by snail mail.

The e mail is just to....Dear customer   etc,etc.

I have now deleted it,but first i sent them a shall we say a very curt reply. Interesting to see if i hear from these scumbags again.

mista h

Best advice is to ignore stuff like this. As maccaa already pointed out all you've achieved is to give them a live email address to target further.

+1

And really it's not "people trying to take YOU," it's more like "people sending the same email to thousands and thousands of addresses, waiting to see who will respond."  We take our email address personally, but have to realize that it's on lists of tens of thousands of addresses, and that the spammers are not targeting YOU. 

That may help you take it less personally and feel better about doing the best thing, which is to delete it and move on.

No-one would have read your reply. But your now-verified email would be automatically added to another list.