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Account Verification - PAYPAL
31st May 2004

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


Report Summary
Date Reported
31st May 2004
Apparent Sender
Paypal
Return Address
service@paypal.com. <service@paypal.com.>
Subject
Account Verification
Format
HTML
Method

disguised link leads to bogus web content - any data submitted into the forged Paypal form is captured by a local form to mail script.

Bogus Web Content?
Yes
URL of web content
http://shell.pq.pl/~marecki/paypalaccountupdate/update.htm - traces back to Polish web space.
RISK LEVEL
Medium
WARNINGS

1. Note the URL of the forged Paypal web page - pq.pl is not a Paypal domain.

 

" It has come to our attention that your PayPal Billing Information records are out of date. That requires you to update the Billing Information. Failure to update your records will result in account termination. Please update your records in maximum 24 hours. "...

 

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 ...

Account Verification - PAYPAL

 

The bogus web page ...

Account Verification - PAYPAL

 

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