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Date Reported: 7th September 2007  |
Risk Level: MEDIUM |
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Email Subject: |
PayPal Accounts Management |
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Apparent Sender: |
PayPal |
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Return Address: |
PayPal Security Center < no-reply@yahoo.com > |
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HTML |
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URL of Web Content: |
http://ns.zp.velton.ua/icons/secure/online/ users_online/index.php |
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Location: |
Ukraine |
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Scam number: |
aa-5566 |
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Comments: |
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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.
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The REAL URL of the spoof website is disguised as "https://updateyouraccount_security.html".
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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.
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The REAL URL of the spoof website looks nothing like the actual PayPal URL.
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"Dear valued PayPal member"
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Dear valued PayPal member:
Identity protection matters. And PayPal works day and night to help keep your identity safe. That's why it has come to our attention that your PayPal account information needs to be updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into any future problems with the online service.
However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension.
Once you have updated your account records, your PayPal session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
To login to your PayPal account and update your records click on the following link:
https://updateyouraccount_security.html
Thank You for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team
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Spoof website not online at time of report...
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