BEWARE ... PAYPAL SPAM. i jus recd one.

[nirav.dave]

hi people,
i thought i should share this with you. as most of the users here are using paypal for transactions.

i recd an email today afternoon, which looks exactly like a paypal email.

its asking to activate the account. pls dont do it. its taking to a link

p7_hostingprod_com/@stuartbang.com/tmp/webscr.php?cmd=LogIn

and it the exact replica of PAYPAL....i have already informed paypal about it. For you reference the email is as follows :

From : [email protected]
Subject : Update Your Account.
_______________________________________________________________

Your account will be suspended !


We are contacting you to remind you that on 26 March 2006 our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account. In accordance with PayPal's User Agreement and to ensure that your account has not been compromised, access to your

account was limited. Your account access will remain limited until this issue has been resolved.

To secure your account and quickly restore full access, we may require some additional information from you for the following reason:

We have been notified that a card associated with your account has been reported as

lost or stolen, or that there were additional problems with your card.

To securely confirm your PayPal information please go to your PayPal's Update Profile or click on the link bellow:

Click here to activate your account

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose the "Help" link in the footer of any page.

To receive email notifications in plain text instead of HTML, update your preferences here.

PayPal Email ID PP468

Protect Your Account Info
Make sure you never provide your password to fraudulent websites.

To safely and securely access the PayPal website or your account, open a new web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape) and type in the PayPal URL (https://www.paypal.com/us/) to be sure you are on the real PayPal site.

PayPal will never ask you to enter your password in an email.

For more information on protecting yourself from fraud, please review our Security Tips at https://www.paypal.com/us/securitytips

Protect Your Password
You should never give your PayPal password to anyone, including PayPal employees.

This process is mandatory, and if not completed within the nearest time your account or credit card may be subject for temporary suspension.

We encourage you to log in and perform the steps necessary to restore your account access

as soon as possible. Allowing your account access to remain limited for an extended period

of time may result in further limitations on the use of your account and possible account closure.

I hope this helps
Thanks
Dave
________________________________________________________

 

[weblord]

if you still have the email with complete headers on it, forward it to [email protected]

 

[luxinterior]

It's an old spam, I've been seeing it for alteast a year.

And spamming the forum is as bad as any other kind of spam. I count atleast 3 threads you've started for this topic.

Lux

 

[nirav.dave]

my sincere apology for posting thrice

my sincere apology for posting it thrice... i thought it would help.

sorry guys.

and hey weblord, thank u so much. i have forwarded the email to paypal.

 

[RickM]

I get this around 75 times a day and have been doing so for well over two years...nothing new. There are several variations, ones from ebay, chase bank, etc

 

[mis_chiff]

I get this around 75 times a day and have been doing so for well over two years...nothing new. There are several variations, ones from ebay, chase bank, etc

Well it may not be new to you webpros...but for casual
internet users, who buy with paypal. it is a definite nice warning.

And I thank you for the info!

 

[johntxy]

hahz. i cant be bothered with the mail. i receive emails coming from my OWN domain telling me about accouting stuffs when i din even setup those email accounts. weird huh? haha.

 

[Earthian]

these kind of emails basically try to steal your ID and your password so as to manipulate your account (eg. steal money) ...


they usually retrieve your email from the WHOIS or illegal mailing lists and then blast away trying to trick people that are unaware of them and in the rush of a possible suspension might click their fake link (which redirects you to a phishing site) and enter their details .


They are usually known as spoof emails and it is adviseable that you forward them (with full headers) to the approppriate company (eg. [email protected] , [email protected] , [email protected] , etc) so that they can shut the fake site down and other unsuspected users don't get tricked .


The funniest thing is when you receive a spoof from a company you don't use or in a different email account than the one you have with that specific company .











You can refer to this post on how to recognise these emails and ways to safeguard against them (read the thread from the start if needed) .


Also this post has some useful information regarding other common tricks like the 419 emails .

 

[GoPC]

I saw a new one today... VERY creative. I looked at it hard and long before I figured it out.

It says that the Bill for an Auction I have won has been Cancelled by the Seller. Naturally, anyone that goes through the pain and suffering of winning something on Ebay will react instantly to being told they CAN'T ge their item!!! It just gives the Auction Number and that's a link. Clicking the Auction number takes you to a very authentic looking signin page, which is totally natural to expect to see.

I didn't fall for it but I was about 90% there when I remembered that ANY email coming to you from Ebay/PayPal will have your NAME as well as your email. This did not. I also checked the link to and it was a redirect CGI deal and I knew it wasn't right.

VERY Tricky email scam. WATCH OUT FOR THIS ONE!

GoPC

 

[Marcvs]

go a copy of the email to show us @?

 

[NetworkTown.Net]

Yeah i get one of those every 5 minutes its annoying me but i cant do anything.

 

[GoPC]

go a copy of the email to show us @?

I deleted it after I forwarded it to the Spoof address.

If I get another, I'll post it.

But even so, it states and auction was won but the seller has cancelled their billing and decided not to sell the item.

It gives an auction # (which didn't work for me) and a link to sign in to your account to contact the seller.

Pretty smart approach to the same old scam. Only this one is much more simple and easier to get caught up in.

Definately watch out for this one.

GoPC

 

[mis_chiff]

Gopc, I received the same email from ebay - and I don't sell or buy on it.
I have an account, but don't remember ever using it.
Funny thing though, I got a notice saying my deal has been cancelled..lol
Think they'd check to see if it's active account or not.
They also sent an email to a friend of mine who was suspended over 3 years ago.
Think it's an inside job?...where else would they get suspended/canncelled accoount info from

 

[GoPC]

Think it's an inside job?...where else would they get suspended/canncelled accoount info from

No... I think it's just the random odds of spam emailing. For all the thousands oo even millions of names they shoot the email to, some of them are bound to have a discontinued relationships with Ebay. It's the law of averages.

I noted that while the email did come to me, the address it was sent to was one of my alias emails I use for one of my other websites... NOT the email I have on file with Ebay.

No big conspiracy here I suspect... just happenstance.

Still.. pretty sneaky. Grrr....

GoPC

 

[angisson]

if you still have the email with complete headers on it, forward it to [email protected]

first its [email protected] (no s)

and I just got one today :D LOL, thay are so fake its not even worth trying, but a lot of ppl fall for it each year, all the e-mails NEVER go to my real paypal account, thats a dead give away, if you want to do it right, find me paypal e-mail and send it there.... make it look more legit anyways.