PayPal phish e-mails owns my girlfriend - hook, line, and sinker.

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Azurik

Azurik

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SCAMMED!
By: Azurik
Date: January 29th, 2005.

My girlfriend is what most people would consider to be internet savvy. I got her started on the whole eBay business this past December (I feel like a karate master passing his wisdom for generations to come, haha). A couple of minutes ago, my girlfriend IMed me with the following:

Meghan: babe tomorrow will you help me with my paypal account
Azurik: what about it?
Meghan: i have gotten hour emails saying that i have limited access because their security team found that the social security number on it wasnt mine or something
Meghan: after the first email i tried to go through the steps to fix it, but apparently it didnt work because i still got them
Azurik: you didn't click on the link did you?
Meghan: what, i already did
Azurik: sh*t
Meghan: shooot, i gave out all my info because it looked just like paypal
Meghan: i did it like wed/thurs
Meghan: i thought i was doing it all myself without your help
Azurik: check the e-mail again
Azurik: scroll over the link with your mouse
Azurik: it's not a paypal.com address right?
Meghan: no
Meghan: f*ccccccck
Azurik: what did you fill in?
Meghan: i gave them everythng
Azurik: like what?
Meghan: social security, credit card number, pin number address (PayPal security questions, PayPal password, bank account # and routing #)

I went into her PayPal account and changed the security questions she gave to them, along with the password. I also sent the balance of her PayPal account to me to safeguard it and also as a penalty to her ;-)

She's also in the process of reissuing a new credit card # along with cancelling her bank account and debit card on Monday. It's a college account with only $50 left in it anyway, and she was going to deposit $500 more!

I went into the scam site itself and inputted a bunch of wrong data too, just to flood their database. It forwards itself to an Asian e-mail address.

BTW, the site for this phish is: http://mail.sehwa.biz/img/en/....PayPal/hide/index2.htm

Anything else I should be worried about? Oy vei!

Azurik, no longer the eBay expert after this ;-)

UPDATE:

Girlfriend OWNED #1

Girlfriend OWNED #2
 
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His Lord Uberdude

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We almost got phished. We got an email telling to login and fill out the information asked. We log in, relize what they're asking, get out, go to the REAL eBay site, change password and report email to eBay authorities. Safe.
 
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Lorn

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What's that moron's email address... I'm in need of some extra cash this month.
 
Azurik

Azurik

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Careful guys, she's reading this thread. I pointed this out to her ;)
 
NFS4

NFS4

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Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
hehe ya, give us the site's info and contact info of that scam site :evil:
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I get those emails about once a day:

Dear *********,

PayPal is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community of
buyers and sellers. To protect the security of your account, PayPal employs
some of the most advanced security systems in the world and our anti-fraud
teams regularly screen the PayPal system for unusual activity.

Recently, our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your
account. In accordance with PayPal's User Agreement and to ensure that your
account has not been compromised, access to your account was limited. Your
account access will remain limited until this issue has been resolved. This
is a fraud prevention measure meant to ensure that your account is not
compromised.

Our records indicate the social security number registered to your PayPal
account doesn't belong to you.

For that reason we are requiring additional information in order to correct
the social security number on your account.

Case ID Number: PP-062-604-176
We encourage you to log in and restore full access as soon as possible.
Should access to your account remain limited for an extended period of
time, it may result in further limitations on the use of your account or
may result in eventual account closure.
To speed up this process, you are required to verify your PayPal account
by following the link below:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that
this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account. We
apologize for any inconvenience.

Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department

PayPal Email ID PP522
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spidey07

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wow, don't know what to say. Hopefully talk to an attorney to see steps to prevent idenity fraud.

this is very serious for your girl friend and can really hurt her future. I'd be contacting the FBI as well, they know how and have the power to stop this.

If they got that info somebody can do some realy damage, real quick (as in days) so don't let this just stop.
 
her209

her209

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Oh, btw:

You think you know, but you have no idea.. this is the story of Azurik.

This site has been shut down due to terms of use violations

The owner of the credit card used to purchase Premium services for this Xanga account has filed a complaint of *credit card fraud*. We have notified the authorities, refunded the credit card owner and terminated the account. A full investigation is currently under way.
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Azurik

Azurik

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The only thing that they DID get that was important was her social security #.

She used her school's mailing address and after cancelling her CC and bank account, the only thing they have is her name and birthday - which any idiot can get.
 
Azurik

Azurik

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Originally posted by: her209
Oh, btw:

You think you know, but you have no idea.. this is the story of Azurik.

This site has been shut down due to terms of use violations

The owner of the credit card used to purchase Premium services for this Xanga account has filed a complaint of *credit card fraud*. We have notified the authorities, refunded the credit card owner and terminated the account. A full investigation is currently under way.
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I know about that her209, I chose to leave it on my SIG. Kinda goes with the theme too huh?!? :)

Not to worry about that though, it's been explained on here to ends.

 
minendo

minendo

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Originally posted by: Azurik
The only thing that they DID get that was important was her social security #.

She used her school's mailing address and after cancelling her CC and bank account, the only thing they have is her name and birthday - which any idiot can get.
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Contact an SS office immediately and explain the situation.
 
Azurik

Azurik

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Originally posted by: acemcmac
Originally posted by: Azurik
Careful guys, she's reading this thread. I pointed this out to her ;)
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and how does she feel that you posted her pictures? :roll:
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She doesn't mind. She's an exhibitionist :D
 
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