Paypal spoof

Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 10 Mar 2004 5:24 pm

Today I've received no less than four copies of the following message:
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Dear (Paypal member email ID),

We recently reviewed your account, and suspect that your PayPal account may
have been accessed by an unauthorized third party. Protecting the security
of your account and of the PayPal network is our primary concern.
Therefore, as a preventative measure, we have temporarily limited access to
sensitive PayPal account features.
Click below in order to regain access to your account:

[link removed to keep people from clicking on it]

For more information about how to protect your account, please visit
PayPal's Security Center, accessible via the "Security Center" link located
at the bottom of each page of the PayPal website.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and appreciate your
assistance in helping us maintain the integrity of the entire PayPal
system. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

Sincerely,
The PayPal Team

Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be
answered. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose the
"Help" link in the header of any page.

PayPal Email ID PP198
PayPal Email ID PP316<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I forwarded the note to spoof@paypal.com (their scam reporting ID) and they confirmed the note as being bogus. It sure is slick.

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Lou[NE] · Post by **Lou[NE]** » 11 Mar 2004 12:35 am

Did they actually display your PayPal user name or other PayPal ID? If so, then this is a serious scam indeed.

I got an email some months ago addressed to "Dear PayPal User"; which made me immediately suspicious, since I don't have a PayPal account.

PayPal says any legitimate email from them will address you by your registered user name.

If you have a PayPal account, and your registered user name was used in the suspect email, I would be deeply worried.

Best wishes