Bogus Paypal Email

[yandig]

I received this one today:

Email Title: Important Alert About Your Paypal Account!

From: Paypal@
Subject: Important Alert About Your Paypal Account !
To: XXXXXXXX@aol*com (was not my email address)
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:03:45 +0100



Information Regarding Your Account:
Dear PayPal Member:

Attention! Your PayPal Account Could Be Suspended!

As a part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system.We recently contacted you after noticing an issue on your account.We requested information from you for the following reason:

Our system detected unusual charges to a credit card linked to your PayPal account.

Reference Number: XX-XXX-XXX-XXX (deleted)

This is the Last reminder to log in to your PayPal account as soon as possible. Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to Verify Your Credit Card & Billing Information.

Important Notice : Failure To Confirm Your Full Credit Card & Billing Information Within 72 Hour's Will Result Your Account Suspension.

Click Here To Verify Your Account Information http://obdachlosenhaus.de/uploads/paypal-account/index.htm
(out of curiosity I clicked this link, but the page did not load)


We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We apologise for any inconvenience..

Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department

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This email also had a sidebar with valid links to paypal's website. But the link that is featured in the email is not paypal's website.

 

[VYFX]

Yes, that is a scam. It's likely someone reported this chain mail already to PayPal's Spoof Email Department, which is why the page is not available.

If you or anyone receives emails that look in ANY way suspicious from PayPal simply don't click on the links contained in the message. Forward the email to [email protected] and they will take care of it.

 

[grimmjow]

my god dont click on any links like these one, you may get in to trouble. I think this is definitely a scam so please make sure you change your paypal pass word and other details soon.

 

[netzilla]

If the url is not paypal.com is obviously a scam. Why would they use anything else but their own domain. But like many other scams apparently its working with some people otherwise they wouldnt keep on doing it.