Paypal Phishing
Never a day goes by that I don’t receive my daily paypal phishing email. The best part about this is that I get these sent to email addresses that I don’t even have associated with my Paypal account. Check out this one:
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PayPal is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community of buyers and sellers. To protect the security of your account, PayPal employs
some of the most advanced security systems in the world and our anti-fraud teams regularly screen the PayPal system for unusual activity.
Recently, our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account. In accordance with PayPal’s User Agreement access to your account will be limited This is a fraud prevention measure meant to ensure that your account is not compromised.
In order to secure your account we may require some specific information from you. We encourage you to log in by clicking on the link below and complete the requested form as soon as possible.
[url]https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run[/url] (If you did a view source of this in your email program, you would see that the link goes to: [url]http://0xCb0×83.0×80.0×63/recom/recom_pp.html[/url]) Ignoring our request, for an extended period of time, may result in account limitations or may result in eventual account closure.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is
a security measure meant to help protect you and your account.
We apologize for any inconvenience
Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department
PayPal Email ID PP4392
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Remember, companies are becoming very aware of phishing and would not request that you follow a link from a email to their site. These phishing emails look very real. Next time you get one and are not sure about it, you can call the company, or in this paypal example, just log into your account by opening up a new browser window and typing in the paypal web address.
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