Update And Verify Your PayPal Account - PayPal Phishing Scams

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Date Reported: 4th September 2005	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Update And Verify Your PayPal Account

Apparent Sender:

PayPal

Return Address:

< service@paypal.com >

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://cafe.del.mar.aster.net/webmail/data/https/ www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr&cmd=_update- run&=wsKeyBankISAPI.dllPaymentLanding&= secure_ssl/

Location:

Scam number:

aa-1166

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 REAL URL of the spoof website looks nothing like the actual PayPal URL.

"We are contacting you to remind you that on 04 Sept 2005 our FRAUD ALERT Team identified some unusual activity in your account coming from a foreign IP address : capitol.rdsindia.in ."

Your account is FRS marked !

We are contacting you to remind you that on 04 Sept 2005 our FRAUD ALERT Team identified some unusual activity in your account coming from a foreign IP address : capitol.rdsindia.in . In accordance with PayPal's User Agreement and to ensure that your account has not been compromised, access to your account was FRS marked ( marked as FRAUDULENT Spammed account ) . Your account will remain marked until this issue is resolved. To secure your account and quickly restore full benefits, we may require some additional information from you for the following reason:

We have been notified that a card associated with your account has been reported as lost or stolen and involved in fraudulent transactions, or that there were additional problems with your card.

To securely confirm your PayPal information please go to your PayPal's Update Profile by clicking the link bellow and fill in the required information :

Click here to update your account

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team

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