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Geek Culture / Paypal Fraud Warning.

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Anja Viotile
16
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Joined: 20th Nov 2007
Location: Denmark
Posted: 23rd Dec 2007 01:15
some of you might get an email looking like this:

Quote: "Dear valued paypal member:



It has come to our attention that your paypal account informations needs to be
updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to
reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes
out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into
any future problems with the online service.




However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension.
Please update your records on or before December 25, 2007.


you are requested to update your account informations at the following link.


Click Here To update your informations."


Im currently emailed Paypal.com to show it to them..
This email jumps to http://www.paypal.com.mdsports.net/
Which isnt the verified paypal site...

If you follow the link yourll see the paypal window.. well no!
you will see a PHP ghosted page.. You can enter any login or password to get to the "update your info page", even though your login doesnt exists...

It will ask you to update creditcard, adress, name, birthday and so on!

Just dont do it.. yourll have a great - on your credit within notime.. Im glad i wasnt tired when i read that mail and i might
had gone through with it..

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bitJericho
22
Years of Service
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Joined: 9th Oct 2002
Location: United States
Posted: 23rd Dec 2007 01:36
Yep, good old standard phishing emails. They'll prolly never go out of style.


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Virtual X
18
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Joined: 27th Feb 2006
Location:
Posted: 23rd Dec 2007 01:53
yeh, same old rubbish LOL

Strangely, I've been getting reminders to update my 'Steam' account LOL, what could they possibly want with that when it's free to register anyway haha
Keo C
17
Years of Service
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Joined: 3rd Aug 2007
Location: Somewhere between here and there.
Posted: 23rd Dec 2007 01:56
Submitted to Phishtank.


bitJericho
22
Years of Service
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Joined: 9th Oct 2002
Location: United States
Posted: 23rd Dec 2007 01:58
Quote: "what could they possibly want with that when it's free to register anyway haha"


They want to steal your account and sell it on ebay


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Jeku
Moderator
21
Years of Service
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Joined: 4th Jul 2003
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Posted: 23rd Dec 2007 02:02
I get a few of these every day. No big deal--- just don't click the links.

Venge
18
Years of Service
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Joined: 13th Sep 2006
Location: Iowa
Posted: 23rd Dec 2007 02:17
I've gotten several emails to renew my personal details with Citibank. Strange, since I don't have a bank account there...

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hyrichter
20
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Joined: 15th Feb 2004
Location: Arizona
Posted: 23rd Dec 2007 02:24
Yeah, old stuff, but I guess there's still lots of older people that fall for them.

Easiest way to spot it is that they don't address you by your name. Any email from Paypal, eBay, a bank, etc. that doesn't address you by name is a scam.



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Anja Viotile
16
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Joined: 20th Nov 2007
Location: Denmark
Posted: 23rd Dec 2007 08:50
ok sorry then , the first ive got, and i know its mostly swarming with them at christmas time

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Zaibatsu
18
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Joined: 1st May 2006
Location: Lost in Thought
Posted: 23rd Dec 2007 09:39
I have a paypal account, but not registered to my main email, but i get more "paypal" emails on my main account than the one I use for paypal.

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