[Cialug] PayPal security fraud

[Theron Conrey]

Interesting article concerning paypal scams in the petersburg Alaska 
Pilot newspaper.  What a dapper and handsome devil that was that spotted 
that email..... 

http://www.petersburgpilot.com/www/stories/2005/071405paypal.htm

Theron
PS I'd have to google petersburg alaska to tell you where it is lol

n.d wrote:

> you know how i check this stuff?  always login with incorrect stuff on 
> purpose the first time that link asks you for information. if it lets 
> you in, then its bogus. username: bill.gates at microsoft.com and 
> password: jihad will get you in 100% of the time. if that doesn't 
> spell bogus, then i don't know what it is. never ever use the real 
> login unless your sure that its the real deal.  i wish people would 
> fill up the databases that those idiot phishers store that stuff in. 
> theoretically it wouldn't take much. i highly doubt they have 
> anti-spam protection built into their evil little phishing sites.
>
>
>
>
> Cesar Mendoza wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The practice is called phishing and if you look at the source code of
>> the HTML email you are going to find out that the link doesn't point to
>> a Paypal server. They just want to steal your account info if you happen
>> to have one and fall for the trick.
>>
>> Bye
>> Cesar Mendoza
>> http://www.kitiara.org
>> -- 
>> "The fate of all mankind I see
>> Is in the hands of fools."
>>  --King Crimson, Epitaph
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 03:39:49PM -0500, Allen Kiddoo wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> 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 -------
>>>
>>>
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