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New email address added to your PayPal
account

PayPal


 

 
Scam Report
Date Reported: 17th September 2005 Whats this? Risk Level: MEDIUM Whats this?
 
Details
 
Email Subject:
 New email address added to your PayPal account
Apparent Sender:
 PayPal Whats this?
Return Address:
 PayPal Inc. < service@paypal.com > Whats this?
Email Format:  HTML Whats this?
 
URL of Web Content:
 http://www.mrbrothers.com/l/update.html Whats this?
Location:
 Austria Whats this?
 
Scam number:
 aa-1243
 
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/".


  • The REAL URL of the spoof website looks nothing like the actual PayPal URL.
     
Content
 
 
 
"You have added laptop5buy@aol.com as a new email address for your PayPal account. "

You have added laptop5buy@aol.com as a new email address for your PayPal account.

If you did not authorize this change or if you need assistance with your account, please contact PayPal customer service at:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/ webscr?cmd=_login-run

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team

Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose the "Help" link in the header of any page.

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PROTECT YOUR PASSWORD

NEVER give your password to anyone and ONLY log in at https://www.paypal.com/.Protect yourself against fraudulent websites by opening a new web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape) and typing in the PayPal URL every time you log in to your account.

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PayPal Email ID PP007
 
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