OT: Paypal Phishing

[Paul Kitchener]

I recieved this recently and paypal confirms its bogas:

bogas email
Subject:Account flagged
Date:   Tue, 18 Jan 2005 08:19:22 +
From:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PayPal https://www.paypal.com/
Dear PayPal user,
Your account has been flagged in our system as a part of our routine
security measures. This is a must to ensure that only you have  access
and use of your paypal account and to ensure a safe PayPal experience.
We require all flagged accounts to verify their information on file with
us. To verify your information, please click here.
http://213.169.62.73/www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/
Thank you for using PayPal!
Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be
answered.
Copyright© 2005 PayPal Inc. All rights reserved. Designated trademarks
and brands are the property of their
/bogas email


Beware (as always)

Paul

Re: OT: Paypal Phishing

[James Devenish]

It is interesting that there are many posts to this list about
scams that are months or years old. Perhaps local Mac users are
fairly conservative with their e-mail addresses (and thereby
manage to delay their exposure to junk mail fads)?