Paypal spam email fraud

Just a heads up

[Marketing Guy]

I dont think anyone here is likely to fall for this one, but some of you may consider giving your customers a heads up.

I got an email from "paypal" asking me to re-register my username / password / CC details / PIN number. It even had a nice little convienent form for me to fill out.

The problem is that the email did look pretty convincing - logo / formatting / TOS all "paypal-like".

I reckon a *ahem* less informed user, may be likely to fall for this one.

Regards
Scott

[creative craig]

I get around two or three a week, same email, same contents, I only receive plain text emails though... that means I get to see all their CSS code, errors everywhere ;)

Scott, send paypal an email through their support form at their web site, just to let them know I did with the first one that I had and got a good reply informing me of the cons out there that try and use the paypal name.

Craig

[Marketing Guy]

Yeh already done - only received auto-confirm from them just now though.

Scott

[txbakers]

I saw the same one a few months back, but with an Amazon.com header. The email was a confirmation of an order with a link to confirm it.

Scary.

They were using a web server in New Jersey, riding on a legit company's IP number. I contacted that company and they were baffled.

Remember, be aware, and Lorum Ipsum!

[willybfriendly]

I've been seeing this one a lot recently. A month or so ago I saw a beauty on Earthlink "letterhead". Great domain name to, something like earthlink-billing.com

My general experience in trying to inform the legit companies about these scams is that I get the standard, "We have it all under control and it is your responsibility to protect yourself" kind of auto-reply.

I guess I would expect them to send out a warning to their customers. Just doesn't happen.

WBF

[Marketing Guy]

I suppose companies are weary of warning customers incase it is taken the wrong way.

Eg, "so we are open to fraud when using your service?"

They're enough issues with customer confidence on the web without you scaring your own customers!

If people fall for fraud then at least the companies can hold their hands up and say, "nothing to do with us!". ;)

Scott