Today I received a fake message pretending to be from PayPal Security Center. The most intersting thing is that I don't even have a PayPal account.
The fake PayPal link points to a possibly compromised server in Spain (http://217.11.100.3/~cs/paypal/) Regards, Julio Cesar Fort (julio at rfdslabs com br) Recife, PE, Brasil www.rfdslabs.com.br - computers, sex, human mind, music and more. -- scam (in raw text) -- Security Center Advisory! We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your PayPal account from a foreign IP address and we have reasons to belive that your account was hijacked by a third party without your authorization. If you recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual log in attempts may have been initiated by you. If you are the rightful holder of the account you must click the link below and then complete all steps from the following page as we try to verify your identity. Click here to verify your account If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporaly suspend your account. Thank you for using PayPal! The PayPal Team 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 footer of any page. To receive email notifications in plain text instead of HTML, update your preferences here. PayPal Email ID PP697 -- end of scam -- ________________________________________________ Message sent using UebiMiau 2.7.2 _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
