Notification about your PayPal account

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Notification about your PayPal account
16th February 2005

please forward any scams you've received to spoof@millersmiles.co.uk

Report Summary
Date Reported	16th February 2005
Apparent Sender	PayPal
Return Address	service@paypal.com <aw-service@paypal.com>
Subject	Notification about your PayPal account
Format	HTML
Method	Spoof email links to a spoof webpage where victim is prompted to enter their details believing the site is genuine. Details are then forwarded to a local script and captured.
Bogus Web Content?	Yes
URL of web content	http://contact-required.us/informations
RISK LEVEL	MEDIUM
WARNINGS	1. Email claims to be from PayPal asking you to enter your account data by clicking on the link. You will be taken to a spoof login page where your details will be captured by the phishers. 2. PayPal never send users emails requesting details in this way. 3. URL of spoof website disguised as https://paypal.com/webscreen=?cmd_remove/value=cookie?newadress . This looks secure but is NOT! 4. Real URL looks nothing like PayPal. 5. The URL of the spoof website is not registered and no website currently exists, but other versions of this scam are likely to have working websites.

"This email confirms that you have added the following address to your account "

If you have received this email, please remember that it is very common for these email scams to be redistributed at a later date with only slightly different content or the same but with the fake page(s) hosted by a different provider. Also, once you have received one of these hoaxes, it is also common place to receive at least another one and usually a day or two after the first, although not necessarily from the same apparent sender.

The Spoof Email ...

This email confirms that you have added the following address to your
account :

x

If you did not authorize this change or if you need assistance with
your account, go to :

https://paypal.com/webscreen=?cmd_remove/value=cookie?newadress

Sincerely,
Pay Pal

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PROTECT YOUR PASSWORD

NEVER give your password to anyone and ONLY log in at
https://www.paypal.com /. Protect yourself against fraudulent websites
by opening a new web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape) and
typing in the PayPal URL every time you log in to your account.

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PayPal Email ID x

The Spoof Website ...

Spoof website not online at time of report...


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Notification about your PayPal account 16th February 2005

Notification about your PayPal account
16th February 2005