Important Notice From Paypal - Paypal Phishing Scams

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Date Reported: 19th December 2005	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Important Notice From Paypal

Apparent Sender:

Paypal

Return Address:

Paypal Notice < Support@Paypal.online.com >

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://80.248.211.134/~updates/1/index.html

Location:

France

Scam number:

aa-1800

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/cgi-bin/webscr? cmd=_login-run-ID=PP00071".

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.

"You have added Travis84521@aol.com as a new email address for your PayPal account."

Dear PayPal Customer

You have added Travis84521@aol.com as a new email address for your PayPal account.
If you did not authorize this change or if you need assistance with your account, please contact PayPal customer service at:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr? cmd=_login-run-ID=PP00071

Thank you for using PayPal®
The PayPal Team
Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose the "Help" link in the header of any page.
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PROTECT YOUR PASSWORD
NEVER give your password to anyone and ONLY log in at https://www.paypal.com/. Protect yourself against fraudulent websites by opening a new web browser(e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape) and typing in the PayPal URL every time you log in to your account.
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PayPal Email ID PP00071

Website:

Spoof website not online at time of report...

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