Receipt for item DVD Player Sony DVP-NS 39 - PayPal Phishing Scams

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Date Reported: 4th January 2008	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Receipt for item DVD Player Sony DVP-NS 39

Apparent Sender:

PayPal

Return Address:

service@paypal.com < service@intl.paypal.com >

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.matsu.edu.tw/~sshd/indecs.htm

Location:

Taiwan

Scam number:

aa-6280

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 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.

"This email confirms that you sent $62.75 USD to currier6178@aol.com. "

Dear PayPal Member,

This email confirms that you sent $62.75 USD to currier6178@aol.com.

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Money Transfer Details
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Amount: $62.75 USD
Subject: DVD Player Sony DVP-NS 39

Note:
To modify or cancel this payment, go to the PayPal website at:

Cancel transaction (Encrypted Link )

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team

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Website:

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