"Congratulations! PayPal has successfully charged $175 to your credit card. Your order tracking number is A866DEC0, and your item will be shipped within three business days. "...
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 ...
The Spoof Website ...
Very dangerous - Email itself does not contain a virus, but if you click the link in the email you will be taken to a website that does! The virus is called Bofra. For more information about its spread and affects see here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4004125.stm
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