WARNING: CONFIRM YOUR PAYPAL RECORDS

Another Spoof Email and Phishing Scam report by MillerSmiles.co.uk - click this image to go to our home page.

WARNING: CONFIRM YOUR PAYPAL RECORDS
17th October 2004

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Report Summary
Date Reported	17th October 2004
Apparent Sender	PayPal
Return Address	PayPal Security Service < support@paypal.com >
Subject	WARNING: CONFIRM YOUR PAYPAL RECORDS
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://202.149.196.236/paypalsk/index.php
RISK LEVEL	MEDIUM
WARNINGS	1. Email claims to be from PayPal saying they need to update your account, and requests you visit the supplied link to a spoof site where any details you enter will be captured by a script and forwarded to the scammers! 2. PayPal never send users emails requesting details in this way. 3. URL traced to a server in Hyderabad, India 4. Unlike a lot of scams, the reasons and technical explaination given in this scam are quite realistic and convincing, and sounds very honest, so be particularly wary of this one!

" Security Center Advisory! PayPal is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community of buyers and sellers"...

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.

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WARNING: CONFIRM YOUR PAYPAL RECORDS 17th October 2004

WARNING: CONFIRM YOUR PAYPAL RECORDS
17th October 2004