Phishing
Look at all the red flags on this phishing email I received:
—–Original Message—–
From: PayPal Corporation [mailto:suport@verizon.net]
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 1:50 AM
Subject: Account InformationDear PayPal Customer ,
This is your final warning about the safety of your PayPal account. If you do not update your billing informations your access on PayPal features will be restricted and the user deleted. This might be due to either following reasons:
– A recent change in your personal information (i.e. change of address)
– Submiting invalid information during the initial sign up process.
– An inability to accurately verify your selected option of payment due an internal error within
our processors.Please update your PayPal profile in order to restore your online access:
http://www.macropetsa.com.ar/icons/secure/index.htmIf your account information is not updated, your ability to use your PayPal account will become restricted.
Thank you,
PayPal Billing Department——————————————————————————–
PayPal treats your perxsonal information with the utmost care, and our Privacy Policy is designed to protect you and your information. PayPal will never ask their users for personal information, such as bank account numbers, credit card numbers, pin numbers, passwords, or Social Security numbers in an email. For more information on how to protect your PayPal password and your account, please visit User Account Protection.
This PayPal notice was sent to you based on your PayPal account preferences and in accordance with our Privacy Policy. To change your noxtificaxtion preferences, click here. If you would like to receive this email in text format, click here.
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And those are just the glaringly obvious ones… There are grammatical and punctuation errors, phrases that just don’t sound right, and other signs as well.
Moral of the story — when in doubt, go directly to the website in question and log in yourself. NEVER click a link if you’re the slightest bit suspicious.
McAfee has more info on phishing here if you’re interested.
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