[HATS] Re: [RMG] OT - Pay Pal Hoax -- Critical Warning!

[K5OE@aol.com]

Ron,
I received a similar scam about three weeks ago, except it was a unbelievably good spoof of ebay.com.  The email said someone had hacked my account and gave me a link to go to in order to fix it.  The link looked just like an official ebay page, headers, graphics, spoofed address and all.  When I saw what info they wanted, purportedly to "verify" my account info, I knew it was a scam.  They wanted not only my name, email, password, and SS number, but also my mother's maiden name, bank info, etc.  Incredible!  I can't imagine anyone falling for this scam, but I'll bet somewhere there is some unsuspecting person who has had their complete identity stolen by this scam.
73,
Jerry, K5OE


> 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  
> Thanks for using PayPal!   This PayPal notification was sent to your
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> newsletter and product updates when you create your account. To modify
> your notification preferences and unsubscribe, go to
> https://www.paypal.com/PREFS-NOTI and log in to your account. Changes to
> your preferences may take several days to be reflected in our mailings.
> Replies to this email will not be processed. 
> 
> If you previously asked to be excluded from Providian product offerings
> and solicitations, they apologize for this e-mail. Every effort was made
> to ensure that you were excluded from this e-mail. If you do not wish to
> receive promotional e-mail from Providian, go to
> http://removeme.providian.com/. 
> 
> CopyrightC 2002 PayPal Inc. All rights reserved. Designated 
> trademarks
> and brands are the property of their respective owners.
> 
> --------- End of Original Message --------------------
> 
> 
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