Your Account Access Has Been Limited - PayPal Phishing Scams

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Date Reported: 28th July 2011	Risk Level: MEDIUM

Email Subject:

Your Account Access Has Been Limited

Apparent Sender:

PayPal

Return Address:

PayPal@vipultima.com

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://jlproj.org/nik/co.uk.paypal.verifylogins/in
dex.php

Anchor text of URLs:

1) We have reason to believe that your
account was accessed by a third party.We have
limited access to sensitive PayPal account
features in case your account has been
accessed by an unauthorized third party.
We understand that having limited access
can be an inconvenience, but protecting your
account is our primary concern. (Your
case ID for this reason is
PP-343-480-964.) To reset your password and
access your account, follow these steps:
Log In to Your Account Now

Location:

(UNKNOWN CITY), UNITED STATES

Scam number:

17809-272912-609202

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 member,

We have reason to believe that your account
was accessed by a third party.We have limited
access to sensitive PayPal
account features in case your account has
been accessed by an unauthorized third party.
We understand that having
limited access can be an inconvenience, but
protecting your account is our primary
concern.

(Your case ID for this reason is
PP-343-480-964.)

To reset your password and access your
account, follow these steps:...

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Website:

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