PayPal scam?

[Rikkers]

Guys, I received this mail today. It looks very genuine, but the link to update your details appears fake. It leeds to the following address: http://200.76.26.147/sys/pp/ which is currently down. All the other links appear to be direct to the genuine Paypal site and may have been copied to provide a very real looking template.

From:"PayPal" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday 06:01 To:[email protected] Subject:Verify your identity

Dear paypal user, We would like to inform you that we are upgrading our server to install a better protection software. So please click here and fill in the registration form again to renew your account.

Paypal Administration.






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[Crusader]

PayPal only addresses you by your full name. I suggest contacting PayPal customer support and reporting this. Always look for the little lock on the right hand bottom corner of your browser when at PayPal!

 

[johnny6]

hmm. looks like a scam to me. report it to paypal!
john

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[SirSpider]

Yep me, too. The dead giveaway is when I get the same email through a couple different accounts at the same time - and none of them are my real email account. Bast**ds.

 

[kaliboy2g]

PayPal only addresses you by your full name. I suggest contacting PayPal customer support and reporting this. Always look for the little lock on the right hand bottom corner of your browser when at PayPal!

Also make sure the URL is httpS://

 

[AdoptableDomains]

A pretty quick way to tell of these are scams including paypal, ebay, bank accounts, etc. is to hover over the link. Most of the scams will show either an IP address instead of the domain in the status bar of your browser. Some will have some variation of the domain.

If you ever have a question, don't follow the link, but enter the site as you normally would to see if there's a message when you log in. I'd say 99.999% of these types of email are spoofs, and the ones that aren't are likely companies you shouldn't deal with.

 

[kaliboy2g]

I never remember paypal addressing me by first name. Its by email isnt it?

 

[1rrr1]

i have got two of those into my gmail, they were from aol though just ignor them.

 

[HFear]

:lol: I got an obviously "fake" scam e-mail today, I wonder how they got my e-mail address. The e-mail they sent it to isn't my paypal address! :p

Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by
([email protected]) on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 at 21:04:51
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: Dear Paypal customer,we are sorry to inform you that we are having problem's
with the billing information on your account.
We would appreciate it if you would goto our website and fill out the proper
information that we require to keep your account
active

Please Update your account information by visiting our updates web site below.

http:\\r.aol.com\cgi\redir-complex?url=http://billingupdatee.no-ip.com

We are here to serve you
Steve Johnson.
Billing Updates Center
Acoount Updates Team.
2004

http:\\r.aol.com\cgi\redir-complex?url=http://billingupdatee.no-ip.com
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[AdoptableDomains]

:lol: I got an obviously "fake" scam e-mail today, I wonder how they got my e-mail address. The e-mail they sent it to isn't my paypal address! :p

I get them from banks and so forth and aol all the time that I don't use. They send them spammail with the shotgun approach using the top 25 or so companies. They will naturally get some people who are customers and will believe the emails. That's why they pick paypal, ebay, aol, etc to emulate.

 

[kaliboy2g]

http:\\r.aol.com\cgi\redir-complex?url=http://billingupdatee.no-ip.com

no-ip.com

cheap bastards cant even get a full domain. I say you report it to no-ip.com for spam

 

[johnny6]

if only there were some way of taking it to the scammers..... anyone know a good vigilante?
john


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[kaliboy2g]

If he his own domain and hosting then there could be a way to screw them over

 

[Raf]

I've noticed recently that companies/persons are using e-mail spiders that grab e-mail address, which later on they try to send you bulk email. However in this case its more of a scam rather then bulk email.

 

[Peter]

these types of emails are virilant with the internet.

Paypal is constantly targeted. Unfortunately it is obvious some people must fall for it.

If you ever get an email you are not sure of the easy way to check is to go to the paypal site by typing the address yourself and logging in as normal and ussually you will see a message when you log in asking for the details etc.

 

[GamingHybrid]

I didnt get any email like that so I suggest taking no notice of it and then reporting it.

GOD BLESS

 

[Anthony]

Paypal seems to be one of the most popular targets of scam or phishing emails. Read this for more information:
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/5039

 

[stjjchs]

You just have to check the site its linked to, if it doesn't say paypal.com then its definitely fake.

 

[jj2ii3344]

I receive this type of Paypal scam almost once everyday. The most advanced one almost tricked me into thinking it was real:

The email launched a website that emulates an instance of an IE window, and even though the link is not hosted at Paypal.com, the IE emulation launched by the scam shows paypal.com as the host. If I did not see how the script launched a fake IE window, I would have fallen into the trap as well!

 

[1rrr1]

You just have to check the site its linked to, if it doesn't say paypal.com then its definitely fake.

CHecking the email may help, they usually come from aol and yahoo or other free email accounts

 

[mole]

Sender ID is on its way to tackle such phishing problems!

 

[redhippo]

real scumbags...it will be good to be able to give them a dose of their own medicine ....someone should

 

[stjjchs]

Yeah... imagine them falling into their own trap

 

[legenddomain]

I usually ignore them and report it as spam. Haven't got one on Paypal yet but, I have gotten several on citibank. the f**kers....

 

[chelsea]

I have reported the email I received to Paypal and got kind of instant reply that this email is NOT from paypal.
They clearly advice that they address you on your paypal//customer name and NEVER request any kind of information like that, but open up a new window once you log in your account.