New PayPal phishing scam ...

AuldFartte

I hadn't seen this one before (similar ones, but not this particular scammer) Here's the text ...


Dear Paypal Customer,


This is your official notification from Paypal that the service(s) listed below
will be deactivated and deleted if not renewed immediately. Previous notifications have
been sent to the AccessOnline Contact assigned to this account. As the Primary Contact, you
must renew the service(s) listed below or it will be deactivated and deleted. Renew now

SERVICE : Paypal AccessOnline®.
EXPIRATION: November 30, 2006


Thank you,

Paypal Online Support.


*****************************************************************************
IMPORTANT CUSTOMER SUPPORT INFORMATION
*****************************************************************************

Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose the Help link located in the top right corner of any PayPal page.

To receive email notifications in plain text instead of HTML, update your preferences here.




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I sent it to spoof@PayPal.com and they confirmed it wasn't for real ... as usual.

Stork

I've gotten a few, but nicely personalized with my name! I'm not sure how that's happening, but that's pretty scary. One was notifying me my credit card was expiring soon--which it almost is (same month but next year). I can REALLY see how someone might get taken in by all that!


Cathy

theboz11

They never address you that way, Your NAME is always in the salutation. Good way to spot a fake. Did you submit it to spoof

ksteelheader

Anything that I get anymore from PayPal or Ebay gets forwarded to the spoof addresses.

Stork

<< <i>They never address you that way, Your NAME is always in the salutation. >>



That's the problem--I've gotten a few that have had my name in there! I forward EVERYTHING to the spoof addresses, and so far, it's all been fake.

Scary!

AuldFartte

<< <i>They never address you that way, Your NAME is always in the salutation. Good way to spot a fake. Did you submit it to spoof >>



Oh, absolutely. I'm like Ken ... I always send any email from PayPal or eBay to spoof. It's become an automatic response