I have been getting these types of spoofs daily for many months. I never fall for them but here is one I did ( but thankfully my ebay tools detected it and warned me )
This one was good ( its an ebay password scam, not a paypal password scam ). Anyway basically it was formatted to look just like an ebay "question from seller" email and said something to the effect "I am a Canadian and wish to purchase several of your ebay items at same time, will you give a shipping discount for a multiple item purchase all shipped together?" when I saw this I immediately responded with the usual link in the email and it took me to the ebay login page ( or so I thought ), as I entered my ebay password I got the ebay tools warning that it was a fraudulent site and no harm was done but if I hadnt had the ebay tools installed I would have gotten burned. BE CAREFUL and install the ebay password protection tools, they work! JCO -----Original Message----- From: Tom C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 10:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Beware Counterfeit PayPal E-mail Last week I received what looked like, at first glance, an e-mail message from PayPal informing me of a problem with my account. It had the PayPal logo, etc. It asked me to click on a link to correct some problems with my account. I was then expected to fill out a form of personal information containing among other things, SSN, credit card number, PIN, which I did not do. This was obviously an identity theft attempt. It was also obviously sent by a person(s) whose first language was not English. I immediately went to PayPal and found no evidence of problems whatsoever. A PayPal link also indicated they always use a member's first or last name in e-mails (of little comfort). Text of the message read (including misspacing and grammatical errors): Dear valued customer We regret to inform you that your PayPal account could be suspended if you don't resolve your problems. To resolve this problems please click here and login to your account in order resolve your account problems. If your problems could not be resolved your account will be suspended for a period of 3-4 days, after that it will be terminated. For the User Agreement, Section 9, we may immediately issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership and refuse to provide our services to you if we believe that your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our users, or us. We may also take these actions if we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to us. Due to the suspension of this account, please be advised you are prohibited from using PayPal in any way. This includes the registering of a new account.Please note that this suspension does not relieve you of your agreed-upon obligation to pay any fees you may owe to PayPal. Regards,Safeharbor Department PayPal, Inc The PayPal team. This is an automatic message. Please do not reply. Tom C.
