Paypal Users: Don't Get Caught By Phishers

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Here is the link displayed in the email I received.

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run

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There's an increasing trend in Paypal phishing scams. The latest Paypal spoof I acquired warns me that my Paypal account is stopped. My brother found out about ericschames.com/ by browsing Google. I-t asks me to restore complete access to my account by logging into Paypal. I'm sent to a web site that looks just like the PayPal login page, when I click the link provided in the mail. However the link doesn't head to Paypal. Tm includes further concerning when to study this idea.

Here is the link displayed in the email I received.

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run

It really takes you into a phisers page when you click the link.

It's broadly speaking perhaps not recommended to click links in an email. If you do, make sure that you are signing to the Paypal website by looking at the address location section of your browser.

Contact your bank or credit card companies immediately to avoid identity theft, when you have already responded to the fraudulent e-mail. If you want to check on your Paypal consideration position, manually kind PayPal's address in to your browser and join normally.

I was able to tell that it was a spoof email because the email started with Dear PayPal member.' Paypal will often address you by your first and last name. They'll never send a note to you and handle you as Dear PayPal member or such.

Still another way to tell if a contact is from Paypal is to consider the entire header. The email header can be your indication of perhaps the email is from Paypal or not. When considering the header it should say who sent the e-mail in the initial two lines. Case in the latest spoof e-mail I received it originated from

Return-Path: lester@server.ravin.net

Received: from http://server.ravin.net

If it doesnt say that it passed through Paypals server, then you definitely know the email is a spoof. The FBI is earnestly investigating these spoofs, so please report any suspicious emails by forwarding them to spoof@paypal.com. You can also file a complaint with the Net Fraud Complaint Center at http://www1.ifccfbi.gov/strategy/howtofile.asp..

More advice regarding protecting your Paypal consideration are available at https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/cps/general/SecuritySpoof-outside

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