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Notification from PayPal

PayPal


 

 
Scam Report
Date Reported: 4th April 2007 Whats this? Risk Level: MEDIUM Whats this?
 
Details
 
Email Subject:
 Notification from PayPal
Apparent Sender:
 PayPal Whats this?
Return Address:
 < service@paypal.com > Whats this?
Email Format:  HTML Whats this?
 
URL of Web Content:
 http://www.changeident.com/webscrcmd/update.html Whats this?
Location:
 CA, US Whats this?
 
Scam number:
 aa-4627
 
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/us/cgi-bin/webscr? cmd=_login-run".


  • 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.
     
Content
 
 
 
"This email was sent automatically by the PayPal server in response to your request to change your email address."

Dear PayPal Customer,

This email was sent automatically by the PayPal server in response to your request to change your email address. We would like to inform you have successfully change your email address.

If you do not agree with your new email address bethret@shaw.ca, follow these steps:

1. Click on the link below.

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

The link will take you to our Verify Your Identity page.

2. On the Verify Your Identity page, please fill in the correct information to verify your identity.

3. After you fill in the correct information click Submit. You will then be able to access your account.

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team

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Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and click the Help link located in the top right corner of any PayPal page.

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PayPal Email ID PP315
 
Website:    
 
Spoof website not online at time of report...

 
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