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PayPal System Update Scam

November 2002

Here is another network service scam. This one wants you to go to a
website and update your PayPal information. If you do, you will have
given access to all your online money to some scammers to use. The
message is in html so you can't immediately see where the "click here"
link is going to take you. If you hold your mouse pointer over it most
browsers will display the actual link. In this case, notice that the
link is to:

www.paypal.com@az.ru



This link won't take you to paypal.com but to az.ru in Russia. You
really don't want to go there (you can't anyway because this site has
already been shut down) unless you like giving your money away to
scammers.

From: "" To: Subject: Paypal System Update! Confirmation REQUIRED
Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Date:
Sun, 29 Sep 2002 23:24:23

Dear PayPal Customer,

This e-mail is to inform you of a recent update we have made to our
systems. To avoid service interruption we require that you confirm your
account as soon as possible. Please click here and take a moment to
confirm your account.

Please follow the following steps:

1.) Click here to confirm your account.

2.) Your account will be updated in our system and you may continue
using PayPal services without any interruptions.

Please note: If you fail to update your account, it will be 'flagged'
with restricted status.

Thank you,

The Paypal Staff

***********************************************************************






Here is another variant of the scam that has a form in an e-mail message
for you to fill out and submit. Unfortunately, when you submit it, it
goes to:

http://www.paypal.com@amazingboost.port5.com/index2.php



Which sure does not look like PayPal to me.

From: Paysecurity Subject: Dear PayPal customer To: xxx References:
In-Reply-To:




.pp_big {font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:
24px;font-weight: bold;color: #003366;} .pp_sortofbig {font-family:
verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 22px;font-weight:
bold;color: #003366;} .pp_heading {font-family:
verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 18px;font-weight:
bold;color: #003366;} .pp_subheading {font-family:
verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 16px;font-weight:
bold;color: #003366;} .pp_sidebartext {font-family:
verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 11px;color: #003366;}
.pp_mediumtextbold {font-family:
verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-weight:
bold;color: #000000;} .pp_smalltext {font-family:
verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 10px;font-weight:
normal;color: #000000;} .pp_smallbluetext {font-family:
verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 10px;font-weight:
normal;color: #003366;} .pp_footer {font-family:
verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 11px;color: #aaaaaa;}






Dear PayPal Customer



This e-mail is the notification of recent innovations taken by PayPal to
detect inactive customers and non-functioning mailboxes.

The inactive customers are subject to restriction and removal in the
next 3 months.

Please confirm your email address and and Credit Card info number by
logging in to your PayPal account using the form below:





Email Address:



Password:



Full Name #:�



Billing Adress #:�



Billing State #:�



Credit Card #:�



Exp.Date(mm/yy) #:�



ATM PIN (Bank Verification) #:�








This notification expires May 31, 2003




Thanks for using PayPal!




This PayPal notification was sent to your mailbox. Your PayPal account
is set up to receive the PayPal Periodical newsletter and product
updates when you create your account. To modify your notification
preferences and unsubscribe, go to https://www.paypal.com/PREFS-NOTI and
log in to your account. Changes to your preferences may take several
days to be reflected in our mailings. Replies to this email will not be
processed.

If you previously asked to be excluded from Providian product offerings
and solicitations, they apologize for this e-mail. Every effort was made
to ensure that you were excluded from this e-mail. If you do not wish to
receive promotional e-mail from Providian, go to
http://removeme.providian.com/.

Copyright� 2002 PayPal Inc. All rights reserved. Designated trademarks
and brands are the property of their respective owners.
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