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your paypal account need to be updated!

PayPal


 

 
Scam Report
Date Reported: 11th February 2007 Whats this? Risk Level: MEDIUM Whats this?
 
Details
 
Email Subject:
 your paypal account need to be updated!
Apparent Sender:
 PayPal Whats this?
Return Address:
 PayPal Inc. < service.confirm@no-paypal.com > Whats this?
Email Format:  HTML Whats this?
 
URL of Web Content:
 http://202.82.140.39/upload Whats this?
Location:
 Hong Kong Whats this?
 
Scam number:
 aa-4313
 
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 looks nothing like the actual PayPal URL.
     
Content
 
 
 
"This email is to inform you, that we had to block your PayPal Inc. Account access because we had to upgrade our servers in order to remove online fraud."


 
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