I had no idea Paypal has been around for over 35 years!

[Cmosfm]

Well, according to my latest piece of Paypal phishing spam it has been...


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.

We are contacting you to remind you that on Dec. 31, 1969 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.

In order to secure your account and quickly restore full access, we may require some additional information from you for the following reason: Our system requires further account verification. Case ID Number: PP-000-000-000 We encourage you to log in and perform the steps necessary to restore your account access as soon as possible. Allowing your account access to remain limited for an extended period of time may result in further limitations on the use of your account and possible account closure. 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 PP560

Also note the Case ID Number....I must have been the FIRST! LOL

I just found this humorous and figured I'd pass it along

[Anexanhume]

Perhaps they use a random number generator and don't check it? LOL

[sonic412781]

Yes, I got one of these awhile back too; I think the key thing about identifying this as fraudulent (aside from the obvious 35-year-history lie and lack of error-checking), along with other emails like this is that they all provide a link somewhere in the email. Any time a link is displayed in IE, you can roll the mouse cursor over the link and the link's destination will be displayed in the bottom bar. The one thing that's common about all these emails is that THE LINK AND THE DESTINATION DO NOT MATCH. For instance, I got one claiming it was from Ebay, and the link was typed in as a legit link, but the destination was actually www.eebbauyy.da.ru; apparently, this site copied Ebay's hypertext code and used it to make it look like a legit Ebay site, and used it to get your username and password. Moral of story, if it looks suspicious, it is. Don't ever give out your information to anyone, no matter how legit it looks (most legit sites will keep all info confidential store it indefinitely unless you request it).

[squirrelnut]

Yes, I got one of these awhile back too; I think the key thing about identifying this as fraudulent (aside from the obvious 35-year-history lie and lack of error-checking), along with other emails like this is that they all provide a link somewhere in the email. Any time a link is displayed in IE, you can roll the mouse cursor over the link and the link's destination will be displayed in the bottom bar. The one thing that's common about all these emails is that THE LINK AND THE DESTINATION DO NOT MATCH. For instance, I got one claiming it was from Ebay, and the link was typed in as a legit link, but the destination was actually www.eebbauyy.da.ru; apparently, this site copied Ebay's hypertext code and used it to make it look like a legit Ebay site, and used it to get your username and password. Moral of story, if it looks suspicious, it is. Don't ever give out your information to anyone, no matter how legit it looks (most legit sites will keep all info confidential store it indefinitely unless you request it).

duh

[importaku]

Whenever i get one of these emails i always goto the link & fill them in.......

With bogus info :D

I can imagine nothing better than letting a scammer collect pages of made up bank info & stuff. Muwahahahaha :evil:

[Orpent]

www.eebbauyy.da.ru; apparently, this site copied Ebay's hypertext code and used it to make it look like a legit Ebay site

What?!?! Ive been going to that site for years! No wonder I didnt win ANY of the auctions I bid on! geez ;)

Orpent