posted on May 8, 2005 09:17:57 AM new
From: "PayPal" <[email protected]>
Subject: You have added [email protected] to your Paypal account
Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 06:01:14 -0700
You have added [email protected] as a new email address for your
PayPal account.
If you did not authorize this change or if you need assistance with
your account, please contact PayPal customer service at:
https://www.paypal.com/row/wf/f=ap_email
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NEVER give your password to anyone and ONLY log in at
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This is a very clever spoof, but a spoof none the less. Becareful to only log into your account to double check and do not click any links in the e-mail
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Alive in 2005
Well, yeah, it was when it first began to show up around 12 months ago...
"I'm going to spend a lot of time on Social Security. I enjoy it. I enjoy taking on the issue. I guess, it's the Mother in me."—Guess Who? Washington D.C., April 14, 2005
posted on May 8, 2005 12:56:10 PM new
I don't think this is a spoof. I have had similar emails & have talked P/P & they have taken care of it. Someone is trying to get into your acct.
posted on May 8, 2005 01:21:58 PM new
This is an OLD spoof -- one of the original PP phishes!
Easy enough to figure out -- in OE, just do: PROPERTIES >> VIEW SOURCE
"I'm going to spend a lot of time on Social Security. I enjoy it. I enjoy taking on the issue. I guess, it's the Mother in me."—Guess Who? Washington D.C., April 14, 2005
posted on May 9, 2005 07:45:11 AM new
It's was clearly a spoof. I went to my account to double check the e-mails listed and it was as it should be. Only my address was there. When you hover over the link, it has some off beat address in bottom address bar confirming the spoof.
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Alive in 2005
posted on May 9, 2005 10:48:19 AM new
Every email account I have gets spoof mail from Ebay/Pay Pal on a daily basis. I just open a new email account and the first email in there was a spoof! I do not know how the address got there since I had not emailed anyone or used it in anyway!
Does reporting it do any good? A friend of mine contacted the ISP of the emails and the websites were shut down in less than 24 hours later.
