There's also one going around claiming to be from citibank. I forwarded it
to the Secret Service's SCAM hunters.
Rad...
On 5/5/04 10:11 PM, "Richard Bae" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Good to let everyone know, this has been running around for some time.
> I've received it a few times and realized it was a fake when I was
> getting the same message to an e-mail account I don't have a paypal to.
> Also there's been a similar one running around that looks like its
> from eBay asking for your username and password. Basic rule of thumb,
> NEVER provide your password, credit cards and any other sensitive
> information through e-mail no matter how legitimate it looks, places
> like eBay and paypal will only deal with information through their
> secure servers on the site.
>
>
> -Richard Bae
>
>
> On 5 May 2004, at 19.48, Stephen Kerney wrote:
>
>> Buyer Beware (sorry in advance for the length): I received an email
>> Monday
>> I thought was from PayPal ("[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>> asking
>> me, by name, to confirm my account info since it'd been "a relatively
>> long
>> time since" I'd last logged into PayPal. It listed the last 4 digits
>> of my
>> credit card on file with PayPal and included the correct expiration
>> date.
>> When I clicked on the "Click here" link and entered my email addr and
>> PayPal
>> P/W, I decided to update my card info since I'd gotten a new one
>> recently
>> with a later expiration date and a new Card Verification Number (3
>> digit
>> code on back of card).
>>
>> Once I hit submit, I took a peak at the URL to watch it update and I
>> noticed
>> the "s" was missing from the address I incorrectly assumed was secure
>> (e.g.,
>> https://...). Before I could hit cancel the form was submitted.
>>
>> I contacted PayPal that day making inquiry into the post and the
>> security
>> (or lack thereof) of the web site I'd given my updated credit card
>> info to.
>> I including the link I'd gone to. They replied the next day that if
>> the
>> post started with "Dear First_Name Last_Name" it was definitely from
>> PayPal.
>> Since they did not answer my question regarding http:// vs. https:// I
>> queried them a 2nd time (same response) and then a 3rd time. This
>> time they
>> looked at the URL (finally) and said 1) the post I received WAS NOT
>> from
>> PayPal and that the URL I'd gone to was not a PayPal web site.
>>
>> I've since canceled that credit card and changed my PayPal password.
>>
>> I know we hear a lot about ID theft and until this week I always
>> thought it
>> happened to the other guy.
>>
>> May your "before the fact" discernment of spoofed email be better than
>> mine.
>>
>> Steve Kerney
>>
>> P.S. The bogus link was an underlined "Click Here" that pointed to
>> "<http://www.paypalserv.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr.pl?cmd=_update-
>> card&customer=a
>> c404341u34u%3ASbvfnvh%3AKvdhv6%3At%3A42t4%3A34%3A4t%3Acbv9vkvdhv6%21vzd
>> bnjmh
>> k.hvb&encrypt=1&crc=6911>
>> <http://www.paypalserv.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr.pl?cmd=_update-card&
>> custome
>> r=ac404341u34u%3ASbvfnvh%3AKvdhv6%3At%3A42t4%3A34%3A4t%3Acbv9vkvdhv6%21
>> vzdbn
>> jmhk.hvb&encrypt=1&crc=6911>"
>>
>> They then had a 2nd bogus link masquerading behind what looked like a
>> good
>> link. Check this slight of hand trick out: https://www.paypal.com/us/
>> <http://www.paypalserv.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr.pl?cmd=_confirm-by-
>> number&cn=96
>> 93-6353-5498-3433-1531&[EMAIL PROTECTED]&id=us0401035105>
>>
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