[Cialug] PayPal security fraud

[Jon Clemons]

This was in my quaratine because my spam system recognizes
it as a hoax and even if you forward the original it still gets quarantined.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allen Kiddoo" <adk at 52761.com>
To: <cialug at cialug.org>
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 3:39 PM
Subject: [Cialug] PayPal security fraud


> Group-
>
> Just got 2 emails from this idiot-
> One problem- I don't have a paypal account.
>
> Sounds real but I know it isn't.
> You might want to fore warn others.
>
> Allen Kiddoo
> Muscatine
> ---------------------------------------
> ---------- Forwarded Message -----------
> From: security at paypal.com <service at paypal.com>
> To: info at iowaprint.com
> Sent: 19 Jul 2005 00:29:08 +0900
> Subject: Urgent PayPal security notification
>
> Security Center Advisory!
>
> We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your PayPal account
> from a foreign IP address and we have reasons to belive that your account 
> was
> hijacked by a third party without your authorization. If you recently 
> accessed
> your account while traveling, the unusual log in attemptsmay have been
> initiated by you.
>
> If you are the rightful holder of the account you must click the link 
> below
> and then complete all steps from the following page as we try to verify 
> your
> identity.
>
> Click here to verify your account
>
> If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choise but to 
> temporaly
> suspend your account.
>
> Thank you for using PayPal! The PayPal Team
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be
> answered. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose the 
> "Help"
> link in the footer of any page.
> To receive email notifications in plain text instead of HTML, update your
> preferences here.
>
> PayPal Email ID PP697
>
> Protect Your Account Info
>
> Make sure you never provide your password to fraudulent persons.
>
> PayPal automatically encrypts your confidential information using the 
> Secure
> Sockets Layer protocol (SSL) with an encryption key length of 128-bits 
> (the
> highest level commercially available).
>
> PayPal will never ask you to enter your password in an email.
>
> For more information on protecting yourself from fraud, please review our
> Security Tips at http://www.paypal.com/securitytips
>
> Protect Your Password
>
> You should never give your PayPal password to anyone, including PayPal 
> employees.
> ------- End of Forwarded Message -------
>
>
> -----------------
> Time wounds all heels.
>
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