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Your account ownership verification

Date Reported: 30th June 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://eillo.org/mail/logs/paypal/www.paypal.com
  Whats this?
Anchor text of URLs:
 1) here Whats this?
Location:
 IRELAND Whats this?
 
Detailed server information:
 eillo.org
  detailed server information
 Whats this?
 
Our reference number:
 2227-30278-192851
 
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,

As part of our security measures, we
regularly screen activity in the PayPal
system. We recently contacted you after
noticing an issue on your account.We
requested information from you for the
following reason: Our system requires
further account verification. Case ID Number:
PP-000-087-024 This is a third and final
reminder to review and renew your
account, you will be provided with steps to
restore your account access. We appreciate
your understanding as we ...



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