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Paypal Users Don t Get Caught By Phishers



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here is a rising trend in       If you have already replied to    
Paypal phishing scams. The      the fraudulent email, contact     
latest Paypal spoof I           your bank or credit card          
received warns me that my Paypal      companies immediately to prevent  
account has been suspended. It        identity theft. If you wish to    
asks me to restore full access to     check your Paypal account status, 
my account by logging in to           manually type PayPal's address    
Paypal. When I click on the link      into your browser and log in      
provided in the email, I am sent      normally.                         
to a website that looks exactly                                         
like the PayPal login page. But       I was able to tell that it was a  
the link does not go to Paypal.       spoof email because the email     
                                      began with “Dear PayPal member."  
This is the link displayed in the     Paypal will always address you by 
email I received.                     your first and last name. They    
                                      will never send you a message and 
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/we     address you as “Dear PayPal       
bscr?cmd=_login-run                   member” or such.                  
                                                                        
When you click on the link it         Another way to tell if an email   
actually takes you to a phisers       is from Paypal is to look at the  
page.                                 full header. The email header is  
                                      your indication of whether the    
It is generally not a good idea       email is from Paypal or not. When 
to click on links in an email. If     looking at the header it should   
you do, be sure that you are          say who sent the email in the     
signing into the Paypal website       first two lines. Example in the   
by looking at the address             latest spoof email I received it  
location area of your browser.        came from                         
                                                                        



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lester@server.ravin.net               target="_blank">                                      color="#001000"                   
Received: from http://www1.ifccfbi.gov 
href="http://server.ravin.net"        /strategy/howtofile.asp
title="http://server.ravin.net"       > .                               
target="_blank">color="#001000"                       More advice regarding protecting  
size="-2">http://server.ravin.net     your Paypal account can be found  
                           at                                       href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi- 
If it doesn’t say that it passed      bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/cps/general/Se 
through Paypal’s server, then you     curitySpoof-outside"              
know the email is a spoof. The        title="https://www.paypal.com/cgi 
FBI is actively investigating         -bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/cps/general/S 
these spoofs, so please report        ecuritySpoof-outside"             
any suspicious emails by              target="_blank">https://www.paypa 
forwarding them to                    l.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/cps/ 
spoof@paypal.com. You can also        general/SecuritySpoof-outside 
file a complaint with the                                               
Internet Fraud Complaint Center       This work is licensed under a     
at href="http://www1.ifccfbi.gov/str     Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDeriv 
ategy/howtofile.asp"                  s 2.5 License.                    
title="http://www1.ifccfbi.gov/st     

                              




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