Got the email below this morning:-




Hello PayPal Customer,

You sent a payment of £18.00 GBP to Skype (billing@skype.net)

If you haven't authorized this charge, please cancel the payment and get a full refund.


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Merchant
Skype
billing@skype.net
Instructions to merchant
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Description Unit price Qty Amount
Online Number, 3 month subscription
Item# £18.00 GBP 1 £18.00 GBP
Subtotal £18.00 GBP
Total £18.00 GBP
Payment £18.00 GBP
Payment sent to billing@skype.net


Now, surprise, surprise, but when i checked my Paypal a/c there wasn't a payment to Skype after all (Shock, Horror!). However I assume had i tried to claim the dough back that would have involved me entering my Paypal details & thus giving these b*stards access - I'm sure no one on here would be daft enough to believe it but just thought I'd pass it on!

Cheeky b******s

I really wish these scammers could be rounded up and shot - 'ethic cleansing'

I hope you didnt follow the link on their email? This is how they capture your information then hijack your account.

Look carefully at the senders email address, ill bet its very similar but different to paypals.

i've had 2 trying to get my bank account details this week

Mummy Scootz had a call from her CC company this week... someone was creaming a couple of quid from loads of accounts in the hope that no-one would notice. Obviously someone did!