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PayPal Account - Suspicious Activity

PayPal


 

 
Scam Report
Date Reported: 14th July 2009 Whats this? Risk Level: MEDIUM Whats this?
 
Details
 
Email Subject:
 PayPal Account - Suspicious Activity
Apparent Sender:
 PayPal Whats this?
Return Address:
 Not found Whats this?
Email Format:  HTML Whats this?
 
URL of Web Content:
 http://www.paypal.com.webpaus.com/stl/login.htm
  Whats this?
Anchor text of URLs:
 1)
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=
login_actp Whats this?
Location:
 Location not available Whats this?
 
Scam number:
 2636-37191-205812
 
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 anchor text appears as a legitimate URL, but don't be fooled - clicking on it will take you to a phishing site!


     
Content
 
 

Dear PayPal Customer,

As part of our security measures, we
regularly screen activity in the PayPal
system.

We recently noticed the following issue on
your account:

Your bank has contacted us regarding some
attempts of charges from your credit card via
the Paypal system. We have
reasons to believe that you changed your
registration information or that someone else
has unauthorized access to your
Paypal account Due to recent activity,
including possible unauthorized ...



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