If you recieved this same e-mail requesting you to update your Paypal particulars before Christmas or else your account will be suspended - DO NOT DO IT.
This e-mail claimed to be send by Paypal <security@paypal.co.uk> but I highly doubt it. It requests you to click on the hyperlink on the e-mail to update but the link turns out to be pointing to http://www.paypal.com.mdsports.net/, an unsecured page with old interface, very much different from the original http://www.paypal.com.
The next time you recevied e-mails that requires you to update any account information, make sure you hover the link and check the URL it’s pointing to.
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Posted by hongkiat in PayPal, at 12.23.07 Tags: fake paypal, information update, request |
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December 23rd, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Hi Hongkiat,
I did post a similar post in my blog about Paypal phishing email. Check this out - http://www.k-director.com/blog/beware-of-paypal-phishing-email/
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December 23rd, 2007 at 4:51 pm
Thanks. So far there’s only Phishing warning on Firefox 2. Thunderbird and Firefox 3 beta did not indicate anything.
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December 24th, 2007 at 11:46 pm
I have received the similar email before. Thanks god I won’t click on the link instead of type manually.
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December 25th, 2007 at 10:45 am
also received similar email to update my Paypal account..but when I mouse over on the link given, it shows different location other than original Paypal address…
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December 25th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
Thanks for sharing with us
http://cybergold.blogspot.com/2007/12/beware-of-phising-email.html
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December 28th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
I actually few friends who clicked on those e-mail links, that’s dangerous.
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December 30th, 2007 at 2:21 pm
if not mistaken, paypal will not address you as “dear value paypal member” or other, they will direct address your name
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March 24th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Hi……. Hongkiat………
Please tell me how to create a PayPal Accounts. I can’t open http://www.paypal.com .
What can i do?
Thank you very much.
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