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New additional email address added to your
PayPal account

PayPal


 

 
Scam Report
Date Reported: 31st July 2005 Whats this? Risk Level: MEDIUM Whats this?
 
Details
 
Email Subject:
 New additional email address added to your PayPal account
Apparent Sender:
 PayPal Whats this?
Return Address:
 Service@paypal.com < Spoof@paypal.com > Whats this?
Email Format:  HTML Whats this?
 
URL of Web Content:
 http://www.paypal.com.worldabuse.info/webscr.php? cmd=LogIn Whats this?
Location:
 Italy Whats this?
 
Scam number:
 aa-956
 
Comments:
  • Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at PayPal by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.


  • PayPal never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.


  • The REAL URL of the spoof website is disguised as "https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd= add-email".


  • The spoof website this email links to was not online at time of this report, but variations of the scam which link to working websites are bound to exist, so be wary! The website may have been taken down or disabled by the hosts, but quite often these websites are hosted on the personal computer of the phishers, so may only be online at certain times.


  • The REAL URL of the spoof website has been chosen to look very similar to the actual PayPal URL. Do not be fooled!
     
Content
 
 
 
"We added an additional email address to your Payal account."

We added an additional email address to your Payal account.

But we are not done yet!

You must click the link below and enter your old email adress and your password on the following page to confirm this email address.
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/ webscr?cmd=add-email

Case ID Number: PP-072-838-482

You can also confirm your email address by logging into your PayPal account at http://www.paypal.com Click on the "Confirm email" link in the Activate Account box and then enter thisconfirmation number: 0756-7515-8945-8936-3223

This email is sent to you by the contracting entity to your User Agreement, either PayPal Inc or PayPal (Europe) Limited.
Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team

PayPal Email ID PP059
 
Website:    
 
Spoof website not online at time of report...

 
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