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October 22, 2007
warning: paypal phishing emails out there
Today I received an email from "aw-request" (no visible sending URL) that said I had unauthorized activity on my PayPal account. There was a place in the email for me to enter my account information.
This was a phishing email - an attempt to gather my account info & compromise my account.
If you receive a similar email, forward it to spoof@paypal.com, then delete it.
I've heard of this problem before, but this is only the second time I've experienced it. Never enter account information into a form on an email - always direct your browser to the authentic site, and make sure that it reads https://sitename.com & your login key (if there is one) is visible.
Posted by donovan at 6:06 PM | Category: Web
Yeah, I received one of those emails and was concerned, but something made me check my paypal account before replying, and sure enough, nothing had been withdrawn from my account.
Posted by: funke at October 22, 2007 6:16 PM