Re: ## SCAM ALERT: "PayPal" Scammer
Re: ## SCAM ALERT: "PayPal" Scammer
- Subject: Re: ## SCAM ALERT: "PayPal" Scammer
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 07:13:16 EDT
Someone might want to forward this information to MacAfee, Symantic and other
Scam info sites.
Gary E. Kampel
S. E. Regional Liaison
Apple User Group Advisory Board
In a message dated 7/28/03 10:08:00 AM, email@hidden writes:
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THIS IS AN AACUG SAFE NETTING ALERT: July 28, 2003
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Spammer Masquerading as "PayPal" Attempts Identity Theft
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PLEASE ALERT YOUR MEMBERS:
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The UGN mail server has trapped at least six email spams
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in the last 12 hours all claiming to be sent from PayPal
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regarding an "Account Update" but containing different contact,
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sender and SMTP information known as "forged headers"
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I just got off the phone with PayPal confirming that this IS
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a bogus scam, and members SHOULD NOT REPLY OR RESPOND.
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SUBJECT LINES:
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> Your PayPal account is Limited
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or similar, followed by a number.
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The email is set in HTML to mask links and scripts and to display
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hijacked PayPal logos and graphics, making the post "look"
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authentic.
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The email contains an embedded form, the action leading to an
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obfuscated URL, intended to elude detection, but in reality
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links to www.client-support.biz, a web site owned by a scammer
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in Europe, but registered at Network Solutions, Inc. in Dulles VA.
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ACTION:
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If you get ANY email claiming to be from PayPal, particularly asking
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for your name and ID number, DO NOT REPLY -- DO NOT RESPOND.
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This scammer is considered DANGEROUS for potential IDENTITY THEFT
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to anyone with a PayPal account.
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Even if you don't have a PayPal account, if you receive such an email:
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SAVE the entire email, including exposed headers as TEXT
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FORWARD TO: email@hidden
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REPORT CALL Toll Free: (888) 221-1161
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Thank you for reading.
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:-)
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Fred
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Fred Showker
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Editor-In-Chief
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MUG (AACUG Mac User Guide) http://www.aacug.org/MUG/
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Your AACUG Advocacy group will continue to pass along
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alerts as they are established. For more online safety
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information go to:
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http://www.aacug.org/safenet/
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