Date Reported 7th February 2005
Apparent Sender PayPal
Return Address service@paypal.com <service@paypal.com>
Subject Verify Your Identity
Format HTML
Method Spoof email links to a spoof webpage where victim is prompted to enter their details believing the site is genuine. Details are then forwarded to a local script and captured.
Bogus Web Content? Yes
URL of web content http://67.68.209.12
RISK LEVEL MEDIUM
WARNINGS 1. Email claims to be from PayPal asking you to confirm your account data by clicking on the link. You will be taken to a spoof login page where your details will be captured by the phishers.
2. PayPal never send users emails requesting details in this way.
3. URL of spoof website disguised as https://www.paypal.com/row/fq/ac=AwJ-RuvSFTGa4bxlyrysLp30USCiBpoj4PUKxXYf-xO2MTEuP0HxHd9txdfP.wel.1EK9ch2ilrriA&t=pr. This looks secure (https), but is NOT!
4. Real URL obviously NOT PayPal.
5. Website traced to Canada.
" Dear Paypal Customer, This email was sent automatically by the PayPal server to Verify Your Identity."
If you have received this email, please remember that it is very common for these email scams to be redistributed at a later date with only slightly different content or the same but with the fake page(s) hosted by a different provider. Also, once you have received one of these hoaxes, it is also common place to receive at least another one and usually a day or two after the first, although not necessarily from the same apparent sender.
The Spoof Email ...
Dear Paypal Customer,
This email was sent automatically by the PayPal server to Verify Your Identity. This is done for your protection --- only you, the recipient of this email can take the next step in the password recovery process. To Verify Your Identity and access your account, follow these steps:
1. Click on the link below. If nothing happens when you click on the link (or if you use AOL), copy and paste the link into the address bar of your web browser. https://www.paypal.com/row/fq/ac=AwJ-RuvSFTGa4bxlyrysLp30USCiBpoj4PUKxXYf-xO2MTEuP0HxHd9txdfP.wel.1EK9ch2ilrriA&t=pr The link will take you to our Verify Your Identity page.
2. On the Verify Your Identity page, answer ALL of the questions, and click Submit.
Thank you for using PayPal! The PayPal Team
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PROTECT YOUR PASSWORD NEVER give your password to anyone and ONLY log in at https://www.paypal.com/ . Protect yourself against fraudulent websites by opening a new web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape) and typing in the PayPal URL every time you log in to your account.
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Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose the "Help" link in the header of any page.
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