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Update Your Account
PayPal
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Date Reported: 2nd January 2006  |
Risk Level: MEDIUM |
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Email Subject: |
Update Your Account |
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Apparent Sender: |
PayPal |
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Return Address: |
PayPal accounts < accounts@paypal.com > |
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| Email Format: |
HTML |
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URL of Web Content: |
http://www.paypal-accounts.info/ |
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Location: |
US |
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Scam number: |
aa-1884 |
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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 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 has been chosen to look very similar to the actual PayPal URL. Do not be fooled!
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"We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your PayPal Online account from a foreign IP address and we have reasons to belive that your account was hijacked by a third party without your authorization."
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Dear PayPal Account Holder
We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your PayPal Online account from a foreign IP address and we have reasons to belive that your account was hijacked by a third party without your authorization.
If you recently accessed your account while traveling,the unusual log in attempts may have been initiated by you. However,if you are the rightfull holder of the account, click on the link below, fill the form and then submit as we try to verify your identity.
Click here to acces your acount
The log in attempt was made from:
IP address: 205.88.90.66
ISP host: cache-dq04.proxy.cox.net
If you choose to ignore our request,you leave us no choise but to temporaly suspend your account.
We ask that you allow at least 72 hours for the case to be investigated and we strongly recommend not to make any changes to your account in that time.
If you received this notice and you are not the authorized account holder, please be aware that it is in violation of PayPal policy to represent oneself as another PayPal user. Such action may also be in violation of local, national, and/or international law. PayPal is committed to assist law enforcement with any inquires related to attempts to misappropriate personal information with the intent to commit fraud or theft. Information will be provided at the request of law enforcement agencies to ensure that perpetrators are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
*Please do not respond to this e-mail as your reply will not be received.
Thanks for your patience as we work together to protect your account.
Regards,
Security Department
PayPal Inc.
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Spoof website not online at time of report...
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