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Paypal Security Update Notification .

Date Reported: 13th September 2009 Whats this? Risk Level: MEDIUM Whats this?
 
Details
 
Apparent Sender:
  PayPal Whats this?
Return Address:
 service@paypal.com Whats this?
Email Format:  HTML Whats this?
 
URL of Web Content:
 http://r7p.nswebhost.com/%7Einstitut/soft/www.Payp
 al_Com_Uk_Verification_New_Security_september_Payp
 al_Online.htm
  Whats this?
Anchor text of URLs:
 1) by clicking here. Whats this?
Location:
 UNITED STATES Whats this?
 
Detailed server information:
 r7p.nswebhost.com
  detailed server information
 Whats this?
 
Our reference number:
 4196-57202-245183
 
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 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.


     
Content
 
Email:    
 

DEAR CUSTOMER PAYPAL ,
This e-mail has been sent to you by Paypal
Forms to inform you that we were unable to
process your most recent payment
of bill.This might be due to either of the
following reasons:

1. A recent change in your personal
information. (eg: billing address, phone
,Credit card)
2. Submitting incorrect information during
bill payment process.

we request you to confirm and update your
billing information today BY CLICKING HERE.

If you have al...



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