[HATS] OT - Pay Pal Hoax -- Critical Warning!

[TOM BLACKWELL]

Thanks for this.

FYI - - and as a footnote - - consider this:
http://www.haxial.com/fraud/mikeaba.html

"Ron L. Sparks" wrote:

> I recently received a SCAM from unknown persons that you should watch
> out for, especially if you are a PayPal user.
>
> The attached message was in HTML format and looked just like a PayPal
> web page.  Being the suspicious type, I immediately logged into PayPal
> and found no such limitation.  Then as I checked the header info I found
> that it came to an e-mail address that I do not even have linked to my
> PayPal account.  The rest of the header was spoofed nicely so that it
> looked like a real PayPal message.
>
> I reported it to PayPal and did some other searches and found this has
> happened to others.
>
> Once again my policy of not giving out data on ANYTHING where I am not
> the originator has apparently saved the day.
>
> Pass this on as widely as you can.
>
> Be careful out there!
>
> Ron
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: info@paypal.com [mailto:info@paypal.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 12:38 PM
> To:
> Subject: Your PayPal account is Limited.
>
>  PAYPAL LOGO
>  Dear PayPal Customer
> PayPal is currently performing regular maintenance of our security
> measures. Your account has been randomly selected for this maintenance,
> and placed on Limited Access status. Protecting the security of your
> PayPal account is our primary concern, and we apologize for any
> inconvenience this may cause.
> To restore your account to its regular status, you must confirm your
> email address by logging in to your PayPal account using the form below:
> Top of Form
> Email Address:  Password:   Bank Account  Enter Bank Account #:   Credit
> Card  Enter Credit Card #:  Exp. date : 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11
> 12 / 03 04 05 06 07   Bottom of Form
>
> This notification expires March 31, 2003
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>
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>
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