More PayPal Email Scams

Here's another attemp to target PayPal customers with a phishing scam. SecurePCNews has alerted you to similar PayPal email scams in the past as well as shared helpful information provided by PayPal.

This scam claims the recipient needs to login to their PayPal account because PayPal has detected log in attempts from a foreign IP address. Unfortunately for PayPal customers who respond to this email are taken to a 'spoofed' (fake) website that looks like a real PayPal screen and asked to provide confidential PayPal account information.

This type of email scam is commonly called a "Phishing" scam. Following the link included in the email could result in financial and identity loses. For more information about phishing visit SecurePCNews are review the article entitled "Don't get hooked by a phisher."

This is an image of the fake PayPal login page:

Following is the text of the Scam email message:
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From: service@paypal.com [mailto:service@paypal.com]
Sent: 03/06/2008 3:20 AM
Subject: SPAM:Attempts to log in to your paypal account
Importance: High

We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your paypal account
from a foreign IP address.

If you recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual log in
attempts may have been initiated by you. However, if you did not initiate
the log ins, please visit paypal as soon as possible to verify your
identity:
This link is walid for 48 hours.
If you do not verify your information we will make your account limited and
will start an investigation.

https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr? cmd=verify=PJ321%394320

Verify your identity is a security measure that will ensure that you are
the only person with access to the account.

Thanks for your patience as we work together to protect your account.

Sincerely,
Paypal Security Team

Paypal Email ID PJ321

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If you received an email like this, the safest thing to do is just delete it. If you have already clicked on the link you may have unknowingly downloaded a harmful PC virus. You should immediately run a full virus scan to check for spyware or anyother malware.

If you don't have anti-virus or anti-spyware software, visit our online shop for a number of brands you can purchase online and download from Office Depot.

For more information about what to do if you think you may be the victim of a phishing email visit SecurePCNews.

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