## SCAM ALERT: "PayPal" Scammer
## SCAM ALERT: "PayPal" Scammer
- Subject: ## SCAM ALERT: "PayPal" Scammer
- From: MUG NEWS <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 10:11:12 -0400
THIS IS AN AACUG SAFE NETTING ALERT: July 28, 2003
Spammer Masquerading as "PayPal" Attempts Identity Theft
PLEASE ALERT YOUR MEMBERS:
The UGN mail server has trapped at least six email spams
in the last 12 hours all claiming to be sent from PayPal
regarding an "Account Update" but containing different contact,
sender and SMTP information known as "forged headers"
I just got off the phone with PayPal confirming that this IS
a bogus scam, and members SHOULD NOT REPLY OR RESPOND.
SUBJECT LINES:
> Your PayPal account is Limited
or similar, followed by a number.
The email is set in HTML to mask links and scripts and to display
hijacked PayPal logos and graphics, making the post "look"
authentic.
The email contains an embedded form, the action leading to an
obfuscated URL, intended to elude detection, but in reality
links to www.client-support.biz, a web site owned by a scammer
in Europe, but registered at Network Solutions, Inc. in Dulles VA.
ACTION:
If you get ANY email claiming to be from PayPal, particularly asking
for your name and ID number, DO NOT REPLY -- DO NOT RESPOND.
This scammer is considered DANGEROUS for potential IDENTITY THEFT
to anyone with a PayPal account.
Even if you don't have a PayPal account, if you receive such an email:
SAVE the entire email, including exposed headers as TEXT
FORWARD TO: email@hidden
REPORT CALL Toll Free: (888) 221-1161
Thank you for reading.
:-)
Fred
Fred Showker
Editor-In-Chief
MUG (AACUG Mac User Guide)
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