Is it Paypal or Paypnal?

I have always given friends of mine the heads up when I have happened across a scam. There are internet savvy people and there are internet suckers. I have been a sucker before, and I have quickly learned from it. Now I let my intuition speak for itself. Always trust your instincts when it comes to the internet. You can save yourself a lot of stress and a lot of time. Here are two simple lessons.

1. There are quite a few myspace users out there. You may be one of them yourself. When it comes to myspace, users are always trying to make their web page better than the last design. You may see something that you really want on your page, but that something can come with a cost. My lesson for myspace is, if any website outside of myspace asks for your email address and password there's a good chance it is a scam. I don’t enter my information on a site not associated with myspace, but that doesn't mean you have saved yourself the hassle. Just entering that site can cause your information to be hijacked. So when in doubt if you feel you have happened across one of those sites. Just take a little time and change your password. It could save you from a lot of frustration later.

2. Is it Paypal or is it Paypnal? A current sneaky trick with scammers. One day if you haven’t already you may get an email from an online company, that you have an account with. For example my email was from Paypal. It informed me that my account had been compromised. I had to click on their link and verify my information. I clicked on the link and was asked for information I knew Paypal had, but it also wanted my banking PIN. You should never give your pin out online. My instincts told me to look up at the website address. Sure enough I was on Paypnal.com NOT Paypal.com. I closed out the site, signed on Paypal, and immediately changed my now stolen password. These sites are everywhere. There has been an IvIyspace.com as well. If you ever experience this situation do as I did close the site, and protect your real account. In the end I decided that I had not accessed Paypal in a very long time. That day I closed my account. It didn’t cost me anything and I had peace of mind. Even Ebay users are a target.

Learn from these to lessons to become even more internet savvy.