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PayPal Service warning
10th May 2004

please forward any scams you've received to spoof@millersmiles.co.uk

Report Summary
Date Reported
first reported 28th April 2004
Apparent Sender
Paypal
Return Address
service@paypal.com <service@paypal.com>
Subject
PayPal Service warning
Format
HTML
Method
disguised link leads to bogus web content
Bogus Web Content?
Yes
URL of web content
(28/4/04) http://65.118.36.110/cgi/ - resolves to American Business Associates and not Paypal.
(10/5/04) http://65.115.78.244/pp/ - resolves to web space in California USA
RISK LEVEL
Medium
WARNINGS

1. Note the URL of the forged page - nothing like a genuine Paypal domain.

 

" Dear PayPal valued member, Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the PayPal community we have issued this warning message. "...

 

If you have received this email, please remember that it is very common for these email scams to be redistributed at a later date with only slightly different content or the same but with the fake page(s) hosted by a different provider. Also, once you have received one of these hoaxes, it is also common place to receive at least another one and usually a day or two after the first, although not necessarily from the same apparent sender.

 

The Spoof Email ...

Dear PayPal valued member,

Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the PayPal community we have issued this warning message.

It has come to our attention that your account information needs to be renew due to inactive members, spoof reports and frauds.
You must to renew your records and you will not run into any future problems with the online service.
However, failure to update your records will result in account deletation.
This notification expires on April 29, 2004.

Once you have updated your account records your PayPal will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.

Please follow the link below and renew your account information.


PayPal Service Department

 

... and the version reported 10th May 2004 (together with its forged sign in page below) ...

PayPal Service warning

 

PayPal Service warning

 

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