The Come-Back, Day 31. Gone Phishing.
How interesting. I checked my emails today on my phone, and looked into the spam folder, in case a legitimate one had gone missing. There was one there from PayPal. It was telling me my account had been limited due to suspicious activity, and to open an attachment. Since I had made a payment with PayPal the previous day, my first reaction was that someone had somehow gotten into it. The next, that the payment was being stalled because the receiver seemed fishy. Once, some years ago, I bought something online with my credit card, and the bank called me to know if I had really done the transaction. They were holding it up until I replied because it seemed fishy to them. So, I thought that PayPal might be doing the same thing. But, since I don't like opening attachments on emails unless I ask for them, I looked at it more closely. The sender was simply PayPal Inc. and the message was in correct English. On the email they had sent me the day before, telling me the payment had succ...