PayPal Scam *LINK*

Posted By: Paul Creager
Date: 15 November 2003

Just passing this on because I got a scam email from someone saying it was a PayPal Update. It looked very realistic. I contacted PayPal and it sent the following response.

Dear Paul Creager,

Thank you for contacting PayPal.

Thank you for 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 nvestigating 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.

See MSNBC story

New virus disguised as PayPal e-mail

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