SUPPORT - YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN CLOSED. - PayPal Phishing Scams

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Date Reported: 16th December 2010	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

SUPPORT - YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN CLOSED.

Apparent Sender:

PayPal

Return Address:

customer@paypal-help.co.uk

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://dispute-resolution-support.co.uk/login-jses
sion/pp_uk_simple/webscr.php?run=login_cmd&sta
tut=true&layout§d2c89b3f9e36ae8d1b6a9

Anchor text of URLs:

1) Click here and follow the steps.

Location:

Location not available

Scam number:

14660-207943-484656

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 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 User,

PayPal is constantly working to ensure your
security by regulary screening accounts. We
recently reviewed your account,
and our system shows that you have not yet
completed the verification stage of your
PayPal account.

Click here and follow the steps.

This must be completed within 7 days
otherwise your paypal account will be
permanently suspended. Completing the steps
will automatically restore your account
access to normal.

Thank you for ...

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