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Notification of Security Measures

PayPal


 

 
Scam Report
Date Reported: 30th June 2006 Whats this? Risk Level: MEDIUM Whats this?
 
Details
 
Email Subject:
 Notification of Security Measures
Apparent Sender:
 PayPal Whats this?
Return Address:
 < service@intl.paypal.com > Whats this?
Email Format:  HTML Whats this?
 
URL of Web Content:
 http://shundsl.vianet.ca:81/.confirm/index.php? MfcISAPICommand=SignInFPP Whats this?
Location:
 Canada Whats this?
 
Scam number:
 aa-2960
 
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/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_ login-run".


  • 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 looks nothing like the actual PayPal URL.
     
Content
 
 
 
"During our regularly schedule account maintenance and verification we have detected a slight error in your billing information on file with PayPal."

Dear PayPal Member,

During our regularly schedule account maintenance and verification we have detected a slight error in your billing information on file with PayPal.
This might be due to either following reasons:

- A recent change in your personal information (i.e. change of address)
- Submitting invalid information during the initial sign up process.
- An inability to accurately verify your selected option of payment due an internal error within our processors.

Therefore your account has been temporarily suspended. We need you to confirm your identity in order to regain full privileges of your account.

If this is not completed by June 29, 2006, we reserve the right to terminate all privileges of your account indefinitly, as it may have been used for fraudulent purposes. We thank you for your cooperation in this manner.
To confirm your identity please follow the link below:

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

Thank you for your patience in this matter.

PayPal - Customer Service

Please do not reply to this e-mail as this is only a notification. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.
 
Website:    
 
Spoof website not online at time of report...

 
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