A DIFFERENT Kind of PayPal Phishing Attempt

Just about anyone has received, by now, email attempts to convince you that you need to reset your bank or Paypal or eBay account info or you account will be closed. These are called PHISHING attempts and, if you click on the link they provide, you'll be taken to a fine crafted imitation of the web site for the institution you THINK has contacted you; yet the site belongs to the thief and, once you enter your account info, the thief now has it.

Lesson: never click on an email link to go somewhere to log in. If you're not sure if the email is legit, ask the apparent sender (your bank, PayPal, etc). However, they never do this kind of thing and they NEVER ask for your password and if they REALLY wanted you to change your password, they'd make it so that, the next time you log in to their site, you'd be asked THEN to change it.

Here's one I haven't seen so far and it's particularly egregious because it involves a completed eBay sale and, if I hadn't wondered about it, I'd have lost the stuff I went to sell AND the money I was to have received.

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From: "paypal care"
To: noamsane@theidealist.net
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 12:39:38 -0500
Subject: paypal payment confirmation 1D # 12B2 3209 N567 890H

You've got cash!

Dear Mr. Sane,

Mrs.Sharon Isaac, just sent you money with PayPal.

Mrs.Sharon Isaac, is a Verified buyer.

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Payment Details

Ebay item:   1234567890

Amount: $550.00 USD

Transaction ID: 12B2 3209 N567 890H

Note:  This PayPal® payment has been deducted from the buyer's
account and has been "APPROVED" but will not be credited to your
account until the shipment tracking number is sent to our customers service
for shipment verification so as to secure both the seller and the buyer.

(paypal-verified@consultant.com)       Status : Confirmed

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Shipping Information:

Address: Verified.

Address Status: Confirmed

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Thank you for using PayPal!

The PayPal Team

PAYPAL PAYMENT VERIFIED
PayPal Email ID PP307

Protect Your Account Info

Make sure you never provide your password to fraudulent
websites.



To safely and securely access the PayPal website or your account, open
a new web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape) and type in the
PayPal URL (https://www.paypal.com/us/) to be sure you are on the real
PayPal site.



PayPal will never ask you to enter your password in an email.  For more
information on protecting yourself from fraud, please review our Security Tips
at https://www.paypal.com/us/securitytips

Protect Your Password:   You should never give your PayPal password
to anyone, including PayPal employees.

 

[In here are a ton of empty lines, most of
which I've removed, inserted so you wont see the signature of their
web email provider but pushing it WAY down so you'd have to scroll to
see it- a sure tip off that this is a fake]

 

 

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