PayPal Scam

[Daniel_DBS]

Hey Guys... I just got an email from Paypal that looked both legit and like a scam.. So I checked into it... The email headers revealed that the email actually came from Service@PayPai.com and now paypal.com...

Here is a copy of the email I received:

Dear PayPal Customer,

We are contacting you to remind you that on December 6, 2007 our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account.

In accordance with PayPal's User Agreement and Privacy Policy, and to ensure that your account has not been compromised yet, access to your account was limited.
Your account access will remains limited until this issue has been resolved.

To secure your account and quickly restore full access on your account, we encourage you to log in and perform the steps necessary to restore your account access as soon as possible by clicking the link below:



Please click here to restore your account access



Failure to verify and/or update your personal records, or if you choose to ignore our request, may result in further limitations or eventual account closure.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this case intended to help protecting you and your account.
We apologize for any inconvenience.


Sincerely,

PayPal, Inc.
P.O. Box 45950
Omaha, NE 68145

When you click on the link in the email, it takes you to a poorly designed paypal site imitation at paypai.com! Firefox popped up with a warning regarding phishing...

Don't Fall for this SCAM!

-Daniel

[Frank Broughton]

Used to get paypal scam emails weekly. ASSP is not letting any phishing emails through now!

[thecoalman]

There was a new trick I just heard of recently, they were doubling up on the anchor tags, something like this but i don't know if it was exact:

<a href="bogussite.com"><a href="paypal.com">Click Here</a></a>

If you moused over it paypal.com would pop up in the bar down below, but if you clicked it you'd go to the bogus site.

[Ron]

I never EVER go to a financial-type site by clicking on a link. I ALWAYS type in the address myself (double and triple checking the url) or use one of my own long-established bookmarks.

I urge others to do the same.

[Frank Broughton]

Good practice Ron, I use links out of my Password storing program (Access Manager) to go to any sensitive sites.

[Rob]

i love playing around with the scam website - lots of crazy stuff.

You can usually tell if its a fraudulent email by the spelling and grammar, if its crappy and some words are misspelt then you can be sure its a scam.

[Connie]

Like Ron, I never click on a link. I use bookmarks.

[jason]

You can usually tell if its a fraudulent email by the spelling and grammar, if its crappy and some words are misspelt then you can be sure its a scam.

So is this message a scam?

--Jason

[harzem]

Any paypal email that starts with "Dear PayPal Customer," is scam. That's the first thing you should check.

[RickWeb]

I never EVER go to a financial-type site by clicking on a link. I ALWAYS type in the address myself (double and triple checking the url) or use one of my own long-established bookmarks.

I urge others to do the same.

I do the same i always go to site that way. The best way

[cheveirtua]

Yeah, I agree. The best way to always hit the right site is by bookmarks or by typing the URL yourself.

[RickWeb]

Specialy if i am going such a site as paypal ot my online banking website.

The worst thing is there are some really rubbish scam site that look nothing like the orignal and look so c**p but people still fall for them