Fake Paypal Email - Beware!!!

[-Raja-]

The Following is a spoof email from paypal.us

from: PayPal <accounts[at]paypal.us>

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Aug 2
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We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your PayPal account from a foreign IP address.

If you recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual log in attempts may have been initiated by you. However if you are the rightful holder of the account,click on the link below to log into the account and follow the instructions.

https:// www. paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run
(underlying link: imobtour.ro/sitemap/cgi-bin/webscrcmd=_login-run/update.php)

If you choose not to complete the request, you give us no choice but to suspend your account temporary.

It takes at least 72 hours for the investigation in this case and we strongly recommend you to verify your account at that time.

If you received this notice and you are not the authorized account holder, please be aware that it is in violation of PayPal policy to represent oneself as an other PayPal user.Such action may also be in violation of local, national, and/or international law. PayPal is committed to assist law enforcement with any inquires related attempts to missapropriate personal information with the intent to commit fraud or theft. Information will be provided at the request or law enforcement agencies to ensure that perpetrators are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Thanks for your patience as we work together to protect your account.

PayPal Account Review Department.

I think Paypal.com must be notified abt this, as the email is from paypal.us it would make many people think that this is legit

Update: Paypal has been Notified

 

[Frikkle]

Just because it says PayPal.us in the email location doesn't mean that the owner sent it.

In PHP mail(); you can send an email and mask who is sending it (I've had some fun with this before, sending myself emails from [email protected]).

More likely, the criminal is the guy who owns the underlying link.

 

[-Raja-]

Just because it says PayPal.us in the email location doesn't mean that the owner sent it.

In PHP mail(); you can send an email and mask who is sending it (I've had some fun with this before, sending myself emails from [email protected]).

More likely, the criminal is the guy who owns the underlying link.

thanks for telling, i never new that :blink:

 

[alphadog07]

I get these quite often, I've had paypal shut down about 12 of these. I backtracked the last one to India, the one before to the ukraine. Just forward any of these to spoofatpaypal.com and they will shut them down. paypal has a secure id keychain device that you can get through their site for five dollars u.s. once you set this up with your account, by entering the code on the back, you can never be hacked, because this device gives you a number that changes every thirty seconds. you put this number after your password. even if you mess up and enter your password and number on one of these phishing sites, by the time they recieve it, it's been changed. great idea. on paypals site, go to their security page to read about it. it's pretty much foolproof.

 

[.X.]

send it to: [email protected] if you wanna report it.

 

[CHILLY]

Yet another Paypal

I get various ones just about everyday, here's the latest.......


Dear PayPal member,


During our Security and Resolution Center regular maintainance it has come to
our attention that your PayPal Billing Information is out of date. The update
process is a very simple and fast one and it must be completed immediately in
order to avoid any future issues - Terms of Service (TOS) violations,
cancellation of service, account suspension
or even account termination.
This process is mandatory, and if not completed within the nearest time your
account may be subject for temporary suspension.
To securely confirm your information please click on the link bellow:


nope!!!//www.xxxxxxcom/


We encourage you to log in and perform the steps necessary to restore your
account access as soon as possible.


Copyright © 2007 PayPal Inc. All Rights Reserved

 

[James]

Remove the links so others don't try it. its for safety.

I've never actually gotten one of these emails.

 

[Darkneoboi]

I have also never gotten one of those, the only thing I have gotten was spam emails saying I won the British Lottery or the Ireland Lottery or huge amount of money from somewhere. Often from a foreign place I have never been to. I am from America too so most of them don't make sense.

 

[snet]

thanks for the alert.. i stopped checkign paypal emails.. whenever I see something realisting in email.. then I directly enter my paypal account and check for those thing.

 

[bricio]

paypal ALWAYS sends e-mail WITHOUT link

 

[OttoYiu]

What happens if you loose that keychain?

 

[akosidnis]

spoof email

I received one yesterday. They even used my real name. How and where did they get my name? :o

 

[tophatter]

I got one of these emails today

PS I knew it was a scam because the spelling was wrong on a few words. The A--holes should do spellcheck before trying to scam the world.

 

[Kaleidozone]

I get those all time --- fake ebay and fake paypal. I too forward them to [email protected] or [email protected] and hopefully paypal and ebay are hard at work shutting them down.

 

[Jake]

Remove the links so others don't try it. its for safety.

I've never actually gotten one of these emails.

Luckey You.

I must get atleast 5 a day.

But i just changed my paypal email, so i know which ones are real.

Just a suggestion// If you dont know if its real or not, dont click any links.

Just go to paypal.com

 

[trocobob]

I have recieved the same mail .. but i detected the redirecting link ...
many kids are playing with those mail nowaday

 

[-bond-]

paypal always place your name like this :
Dear James Blant
not
Dear Paypal user/member

 

[madore9]

thanks for telling, i never new that :blink:

Ya there is no way it was from that actually email because if he owned that domain he would have made the link paypal.us...... because that would be a lot harder to catch.

 

[JacoH]

I got two of them within this week.

 

[-Raja-]

@jacoh from the same imobtour(.)ro site?

Seems paypal is having hard time tracking them.