PayPal Account® Posible Fraud - Notification

[networkmsia]

Hello everyone,

Beware of this SCAM !!!!


Security check !

You have received this email because your account has been used from different locations by you or someone else.
For security purpose, we are required to open an investigation into this matter.

In order to safeguard your account, we require that you confirm your banking details.
To help speed up this process, please access the following link so we cancomplete the verification of
your PayPal Account:



Alert code: 1366968850

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-submit/?136
(real hyperlink leads to http://www.grafiekas.nl/paypal.com/webscr.php?cmd=_login-run)


Please Note:
If we do no receive the appropriate account verification within 48 hours, then we will assume this PayPal Bank account is fraudulent and will be suspended. The purpose of this verification is to ensure that your bank account has not been fraudulently used and to combat the fraud from our community.

We appreciate your support and understanding and thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

Regards,

PayPal - Paypal Account® Security Department

© 2007 PayPal Account & Co.

Please do not reply to this email as this is only a notification. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.
PayPal Account® Banking Departament



But something I don't understand is.... how did that hacker manage to send this mail using "PayPal Inc." <[email protected]> ???????

As far as I know [email protected] is paypal's true email.

 

[bentong]

Just a FYI...

Paypal notification email always starts with (Dear 'Your Name'), and NOT 'Dear Paypal customer' or 'Dear valued PayPal member', etc...

 

[Darkneoboi]

Hello everyone,

Beware of this SCAM !!!!


Security check !

You have received this email because your account has been used from different locations by you or someone else.
For security purpose, we are required to open an investigation into this matter.

In order to safeguard your account, we require that you confirm your banking details.
To help speed up this process, please access the following link so we cancomplete the verification of
your PayPal Account:



Alert code: 1366968850

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-submit/?136
(real hyperlink leads to http://www.grafiekas.nl/paypal.com/webscr.php?cmd=_login-run)


Please Note:
If we do no receive the appropriate account verification within 48 hours, then we will assume this PayPal Bank account is fraudulent and will be suspended. The purpose of this verification is to ensure that your bank account has not been fraudulently used and to combat the fraud from our community.

We appreciate your support and understanding and thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

Regards,

PayPal - Paypal Account® Security Department

© 2007 PayPal Account & Co.

Please do not reply to this email as this is only a notification. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.
PayPal Account® Banking Departament



But something I don't understand is.... how did that hacker manage to send this mail using "PayPal Inc." <[email protected]> ???????

As far as I know [email protected] is paypal's true email.

Using a simple PHP script they could make their e-mail address look like a paypal e-mail address. I could scam people pretty easily if I wanted to but I am not like that.

 

[AugustineCruze]

Sending emails from any address is not a big deal. Scammers are professional on that. Thanks for the email. We will be aware for any emails like these.

 

[YesBrilliant]

You should forward it, with full headers, diretcly to the legal/investigation department at PayPal and they would, hopefully, take an action against the fraudsters.

I did the same days ago when I received one from "Verisign" asking me to install a file on my server. File that was indeed a virus.

 

[aceslady06]

[email protected]

We have had 2 paypal account stolen due to the same attemp.. when ever you recieve one of these you believe is not from paypay,, dont open it and foward it to [email protected]

 

[RDrapster]

Exactly, I always report these to [email protected] and [email protected]. I get responses saying "GJ, this was a spoof, here's how to tell them in the future." but at least I know someone's looking at them.

 

[slim]

thanks for info mate