Date Reported 31st January 2005
Apparent Sender PayPal
Return Address PayPal Service <service@paypal.com>
Subject Your account has been flagged in our system
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://203.160.187.180/pages/execute/cgi-exc-bin/l
RISK LEVEL MEDIUM
WARNINGS 1. Email claims to be from eBay 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. eBay never send users emails requesting details in this way.
3. URL of spoof website disguised as http://pages.ebay.com/dontchangemyemail and a button image saying "Complete Change Of Email".
4. Website traced to Makati City, Philippines. Seems to be on the same server that is hosting an eBay scam reported today.
5. Spoof website not online at time of report but likely to closely resemble the real PayPal website.
" We regret to inform you that your PayPal account has been suspended due to concerns we have for the safety and integrity of the Paypal community."
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.
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