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PayPal phishing attempt..... Posted by Herb Hirsch [Email] (#114) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Herb Hirsch) on Fri, 4 Jan 2008 18:24:14 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Tonight, I received an email claiming to be from PayPal. It stated that a software upgrade was in process, and that I was required to access a PayPal page in order to confirm account data....and that my account would be suspended at midnight if I failed to do so.
I forwarded the email to PayPal's special address specifically set up to receive suspicious emails for evaluation. In less than 10 minutes they responded, and confirmed that, in fact, the suspect email was a phishing attempt and that they were already working to shut it down.
There were many things wrong with the email technically. The big red flag was the request for confirmation of personal data.
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