Suspicious tinyurl URL in confirmation email

This was sent to me after a user made a donation. I have never seen a tinyurl in our our confirmations. Hostgator says it looks like phish.

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 10:42 PM, The HOPE Center wrote:
Thanks julie!

The HOPE Center welcomes your $100.00 Donation

Transaction ID: 4427995464
Charges today: $100.00

Your order can be retrieved here:
http://tinyurl.com/c28e6w4#www.fwhope.org
( link expires in 3 days )

If you have any trouble, please feel free to contact us.

Best Regards,
The HOPE Center

Hello,

This is not a phish. The TinyURL is generated by s2Member. If you wish to use a different URL shortening service, you can change that setting at Dashboard -› s2Member® -› General Options -› URL Shortening Service.

This is for donations. We don’t have a product. This URL first appeared after the latest upgrade, I guess. How do I suppress it?

Thanks.

Hi there,

this looks like you are using a Buy Now button for specific post/ page access there.

Do you need to give people access to a page upon donating, or do they merely need to send you a donation?

The tinyurl is generated on the fly to give the user encrypted access to a specific post/ page after donation.

A regular straight forward PayPal donation button from PayPal’s site might be a better option?

What do you need to happen upon a donation being made?

Hi Mitch,

Ross is correct: The URL is being generated to give your purchaser access to either a specific post/page or access to the registration page after signup (assuming you’re not using Pro-Forms).