WARNING! NEW PAYPAL SCAM! LOOKS VERY REAL

[stso]

Got the following email, please don't fall into this trap. Note, the "you@yourcompany.com" at the end of the URL is suppse to be your email address. I changed it.





From: Verify <verify@paypal.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 22:19:49 +0000
Subject: PAYPAL - VERIFY AND UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT

Dear PayPal Member,

This email was sent by the PayPal server to re-verify your e-mail address
and to update your profile information on PayPal. You must complete
this process by clicking on the link below and entering the information
from your profile. This is done for your protection --- becaurse some of our
members no longer have access to their email addresses and we must verify it.

To update your profile information and access your account,
click on the link below. If nothing happens when you click on the
link (or if you use AOL), copy and paste the link into the address bar of
your web browser.


https://www.paypal.com:ac=Pw1T5OUl5...lDiSpNeTwOrK.cOm/iN77.cGi?you@yourcompany.com


The link will take you to our Verify Your Identity page. Fill in the
appropriate fields to update your profile information and Security
Questions, and click Submit. You will then be able to access your account.


Thanks for using PayPal!


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.

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[markish]

I remember getting this email several times. It's really convincing because the sender's address is noted as verify@papal.com. Matter of fact, I am still not sure 100% if it is a scam. But because I always had strong aversions providing my SS# on emails, I never responded. Instead, I went to paypal.com and updated my personal information just in case.

 

[Kwad Guy]

Oh, it's a scam. Definitely. I had to look long and hard at that URL to see the bogus URL near the end, though. Link through to it and you get a page that, even if you didn't know already, would be a red flag. They are asking for ALL you info: routing numbers, SSN, credit card numbers, credit card verify number, mother's maiden name, etc. EVERYTHING on one page. PayPal (or any legit organization) would never do that.

I gave them a bunch of crap, just to waste their time.

Kwad

 

[HESDog]

Who cares. If people are ignorant enough to "update" their information because an e-mail tells them to, they deserve the results...

 

[pigseye2]

Geez HESdog, that's pretty cold.

Thanks stso, it's good to be reminded of these scams.

Thanks,
Pigseye

 

[Maddscientist]

Mmmmm repost on a edit...odd?

 

[Maddscientist]

Who cares. If people are ignorant enough to "update" their information because an e-mail tells them to, they deserve the results...

Sure if it was your grandmother\mom\dad who knows nothing about computers it would be a diffrent story....dick. THe whole idea behind boards\online community is watching out for each other your bogus outlook on life points towards imaturity or bitterness that is not wanted or needed. So stfu Mr Grinch!

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: HESDog
Who cares. If people are ignorant enough to "update" their information because an e-mail tells them to, they deserve the results...

I don't think anyone deserves to be scammed but some people just don't have a clue.

Whenever you receive an e-mail from Amazon, Paypal, eBay, your bank, credit card company, Buy.com, or any other online entity never click the link. I always open a new browser window and manually go to www.paypal.com

 

[Wingznut]

Originally posted by: Maddscientist

Who cares. If people are ignorant enough to "update" their information because an e-mail tells them to, they deserve the results...

Sure if it was your grandmother\mom\dad who knows nothing about computers it would be a diffrent story....dick. THe whole idea behind boards\online community is watching out for each other your bogus outlook on life points towards imaturity or bitterness that is not wanted or needed. So stfu plain and simple........

Exactly. Not only is it the idea behind message boards, but alerting each other is a concept that society should embrace.

Ignoring the "evildoers" and allowing the "stupid" people (iyo) to fall victim doesn't help anyone.

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

 

[FluxCap]

Yep, got this email a couple of months ago and verified with PAYPAL on the phone that indeed it is a scam.

 

[unsped]

Originally posted by: Maddscientist

Who cares. If people are ignorant enough to "update" their information because an e-mail tells them to, they deserve the results...

Sure if it was your grandmother\mom\dad who knows nothing about computers it would be a diffrent story....dick. THe whole idea behind boards\online community is watching out for each other your bogus outlook on life points towards imaturity or bitterness that is not wanted or needed. So stfu Mr Grinch!

however the point of hot deals forums isn't for daily scam alerts. you dont see topics that say "dont stick wet fingers in light socket" even though some people probably do it.

 

[iamjn]

Originally posted by: HESDog
Who cares. If people are ignorant enough to "update" their information because an e-mail tells them to, they deserve the results...

Remember you said that the next time someone tries to rip off one of your loved ones and they fall for it because they are to "ignorant".

 

[tydas]

however the point of hot deals forums isn't for daily scam alerts. you dont see topics that say "dont stick wet fingers in light socket" even though some people probably do it.

I know, I always make sure my fingers are dry before stinking them in any socket.

 

[RDMustang1]

Originally posted by: markish
I remember getting this email several times. It's really convincing because the sender's address is noted as verify@papal.com. Matter of fact, I am still not sure 100% if it is a scam. But because I always had strong aversions providing my SS# on emails, I never responded. Instead, I went to paypal.com and updated my personal information just in case.

Give me your email address and I will send you an email which comes FROM your email address. Email is NOT secure, can easily be faked, but can be tracked down if you know how.

 

[CanisEstInVia]

how come paypal doesnt email people warning them about these scams when they appear? or do they and i just dont pay attention?

 

[Shaorinor]

If you see an @ in the url, then it's a fake.

 

[Tegeril]

I've forwarded a couple of these to Paypal's abuse email address, twice they've emailed me thanking them for the heads up - I hope they can stop this or at least get it to happen less frequently.

 

[frontline]

Those who are astute enough to id this as a scam would also have looked at the email headers. Could someone post the email headers for this transmission. It would be interesting to see how it was routed.

 

[jrichrds]

I get a different paypal scam every now and then. Why bother verifying whether it's real? Just learn to not respond to any e-mail from PayPal asking you to click on a link to verify your personal information, and it doesn't really matter what variation of scam e-mail you get. Just delete them. If Paypal wanted you to verify anything, they'd do it right after you log in (which is what they've been doing). Simple as that.

 

[AndyJay]

The @ gives it away, as does the colon. That URL (https://www.paypal.com:ac=Pw1T5OUl5...lDiSpNeTwOrK.cOm/iN77.cGi?you@yourcompany.com) is actually taking you to as08f.worldispnetwork.com/in77.cgi and logging you in as the user 'www.paypal.com' with password 'ac=Pw1T5OUl5eYc3m4M35xVzw4k3jAdlVEtJIEOuKMe5C9' (the form https://user:password@www.whatever.com/). So the URL as a whole is just a clever way to stick www.paypal.com into a scam.

 

[cjoconn22]

lol its obvious to me simply because of the typos and poor grammar

i figure an actual paypal email would have someone proofread it

 

[Ness]

Originally posted by: unsped

however the point of hot deals forums isn't for daily scam alerts. you dont see topics that say "dont stick wet fingers in light socket" even though some people probably do it.

I can't agree more.

I don't think there is a single thing about this thread and threads like it that are on the topic of hot deals, yet people post one every couple of weeks.

If people would realize that it's easier to just ignore all email from paypal, even if it is real, then they'd be better off. Paypal set everything up so that when you log in, it will display anything important that may have changed or tell you if you need to update your info before it takes you to your account, so there is no need to really read the emails they send.

 

[Madib]

Originally posted by: tydas

however the point of hot deals forums isn't for daily scam alerts. you dont see topics that say "dont stick wet fingers in light socket" even though some people probably do it.

I know, I always make sure my fingers are dry before stinking them in any socket.

Stinking, huh? I don't even want to know what sorts of sockets you're talking about!

 

[HESDog]

Originally posted by: ness1469

Originally posted by: unsped

however the point of hot deals forums isn't for daily scam alerts. you dont see topics that say "dont stick wet fingers in light socket" even though some people probably do it.

I can't agree more.

I don't think there is a single thing about this thread and threads like it that are on the topic of hot deals, yet people post one every couple of weeks.

If people would realize that it's easier to just ignore all email from paypal, even if it is real, then they'd be better off. Paypal set everything up so that when you log in, it will display anything important that may have changed or tell you if you need to update your info before it takes you to your account, so there is no need to really read the emails they send.

This is precisely why I made my earlier post. This is not a hot deal. Maybe the creation of a scam forum would keep this cr@p out of hot deals.

 

[Thump553]

I got this email at least twice in the last week. The biggest heads up to me that it was a scam was a glaring spelling mistake in the Re: line.

Nothing wrong with posting this information here. I think those that are offended by it (a) don't realize that what they think of as common knowledge about how the internet works is known by, at best, a tiny percentage (I'd guess way less than 5%) of the public and (b) should maybe cut down on their caffeine intake just a tad.

I am upset that Paypal has not publically reacted to this and emailed their customers, like Best Buy did.