PLEASE RESTORE YOUR ACCOUNT ACCESS RX0I65 - PayPal Phishing Scams

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Date Reported: 13th October 2009	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

PLEASE RESTORE YOUR ACCOUNT ACCESS RX0I65

Apparent Sender:

PayPal

Return Address:

service@paypal.com

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

https://secure.purple-paw.com/mb/userhelp/_url/sec
ure.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr%3fcmd=login_submi
t/%20/index.htm

Anchor text of URLs:

1)
https://secure.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?c
md=_login-submit, 2)
https://secure.paypal.com/helpscr?cmd=_help&a
mp;locale=en_US&countrycode=PE&_dynch
arset=UTF-8&t=solutionTab&ps=solution
Panels&solutionId136

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

4912-68175-266161

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!

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.

Dear PayPal Member,
As part of our security measures, we
regularly screen activity in the PayPal
system. We recently contacted you after
noticing an issue on your account.
We requested information from you for the
following reason:
A recent review of your account determined
that we require some additional information
from you in order to provide
you with secure service.

Case ID Number: PP-657-579-435
This is a third and final reminder to log in
to PayPal a...

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