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PayPal Primary Email Address Change
PayPal
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Date Reported: 3rd May 2006 |
Risk Level: MEDIUM |
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Email Subject: |
PayPal Primary Email Address Change |
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Apparent Sender: |
PayPal |
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Return Address: |
< serivce@paypal.com > |
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Email Format: |
HTML |
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URL of Web Content: |
http://217.57.43.163/data/paypal_transactions/ PayPal - Login.htm |
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Location: |
Italy |
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Scam number: |
aa-2611 |
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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 looks nothing like the actual PayPal URL.
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"The primary email for your PayPal account was changed on
May. 01, 2006."
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Dear PayPal Customer,
The primary email for your PayPal account was changed on
May. 01, 2006.
If you did not authorize this change, please confirm your identity by
using the link below:
http://217.57.43.163/data/ paypal_transactions/PayPal%20-% 20Login.htm
Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team
Security Advisory: When you log in to your PayPal account, be sure to
open up a new web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape) and type
in the PayPal URL to make sure you are on the real PayPal website.
For more information on protecting yourself from fraud, please review
the Security Tips in our Security Center.
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.
PayPal Email ID PP234
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