Beware! Paypal Scam making the rounds
Seems there is a phishing scam based on PayPal making the rounds, again. I received the following in my email this afternoon and figured it was important enough to share.
Date: March 28, 2009 3:01:04 p GMT-04:00 From: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Subject: Important Information Regarding Your Limited Account. Dear PayPal Member, As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system. During a recent screening, we noticed an issue regarding your account. For your protection, we have limited access to your account until additional security measures can be completed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. This might be due to either of the following reasons: 1. A recent change in your personal information (i.e. change of address,e-mail address). 2. An inability to accurately verify your selected option of payment due to an internal error within our processors. Please update and verify your information by checking the link below: (if you can't open it just copy the link in your internet browser) http://Paypal-accounts-update.com/index.htm We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience. Sincerely, PayPal Account Review Department ------------------------------------------- Copyright © 1999-2009 PayPal. All rights reserved.
At first glance the email appears to be from the abuse department at PayPal (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)). Looking a little further - into the email headers - we can see it is actually from somewhere else entirely.
Although the email appears to be legit at 1st glance, watchful eyes should notice it is not by taking a look at the link provided in the email.
Obviously not paypal.com. Clicking the link takes you to the site, and if you are using a browser or antivirus with phishing protection built in, you should be alerted to the fact there is something wrong with this site. The following shows the Safari 4 beta (on Mac OS X) telling me to be careful - this appears to be a scam.
