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Paypal Scam and Action Fraud Phishing Email Warning

By Louise Porton Kingsclere Parish Council

Wednesday, 13 November 2019

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Kingsclere Parish Council Contributor

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The following message is from Hampshire Alert regarding two scams:

A new PayPal scam/phishing email is going around asking email recipients to click on a link to access their PayPal account.

Do not click on the link. If you want to check your account visit www.Paypal.com

A new Action Fraud scam/phishing email is going around saying that they have money for email recipients. Do not click on a link.

Under no circumstances will Action Fraud, or a police force, ask you to make a payment in order to recover money that you may have lost.

For more info visit https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/watch-out-for-fake-emails-claiming-to-be-action-fraud

For advice on how to keep yourself safe from online fraud and cybercrime, please go to the Hampshire Police website

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Clerk to the Council

01635 298634

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Kingsclere Parish Office, 37 George Street, Kingsclere, Newbury, Hampshire, RG20 5NH

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