-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Pay Pal Fraud Email Received today
- From: "Dorie Crews" <djcrews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 10:22:02 -0500
I received the same email.
I took no action...I ignored it...
Dorie
----- Original Message -----
From: Tech Rose - LoveBytes
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 10:57 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Pay Pal Fraud Email Received today
Hi all!
I thought I would warn everyone.
I received an email today that 'looked' like it was from PayPal.
I will copy it at the end of this email.
I was suspicious even though the link LOOKED like the real PayPal site. I
did not log into the site.
I reported this to PayPal.
I got the following response from PayPal.
I was not taken as I did not believe the email. This is the second time I
have gotten such an email. The last time was just about a yr ago. I
immediately contacted Pay Pal and they had that web site shut down right
away. I hope this one is closed by now.
Be careful.......
Hugs,
Rose
Las Vegas
Here is PART of Pay Pal's response:
----- Original Message -----
From: <spoof@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Jerry & Rose" <JerryNRose@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 2:20 PM
Subject: RE: Q510 - Thank you for your email to PayPal
(KMM16422479V30387L0KM)
Dear Jerry & Rose,
Thank you for contacting PayPal.
We appreciate you bringing this suspicious email to our attention. We
can confirm that the email you received was not sent to you by PayPal.
The website linked to this email is not a registered URL authorized or
used by PayPal. We are currently investigating this incident fully.
Please do not enter any personal or financial information into this
website.
If you have surrendered any personal or financial information to this
fraudulent website, you should immediately log into your PayPal Account
and change your password and secret question and answer information. Any
compromised financial information should be reported to the appropriate
parties.
If you notice any unauthorized activity associated with your PayPal
transaction history, please immediately report this to PayPal by
following the instructions below:
----- Original Message -----
From: "PayPal" <billing@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jerrynrose@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 5:56 AM
Subject: -- Spam -- New Security Requirements
Dear valued PayPal® member,
Due to recent fraudulent transactions, we have issued the following security
requirements.
It has come to our attion that 98% of all fraudulent transactions are caused
by members using stolen credit cards to purchase or sell non existant items.
Thus we require our members to add a Debit/Check card to their billing
records as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to
reduce the instance of fraud on our website. Your Debit/Check card will only
be used to identify you. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your
online experience and renew your records you will not run into any future
problems with the PayPal® service. However, failure to confirm your records
will result in your account suspension.
We are requesting this information to verify and protect your identity.
Federal regulations require all financial institutions to obtain, verify,
and record identification from all persons opening new accounts or obtaining
ongoing payment services. This is in order to prevent the use of the U.S.
banking system in terrorist and other illegal activity. For these reasons,
PayPal® will utilize services provided by various credit reporting agencies
to verify the information you submit to us.
Once you have updated your account records your pending PayPal® account
transactions will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
To update your billing records please login to your account by clicking
here.
Thank you for your time,
PayPal® Billing Department.
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