Warning to paypal account holders

[trackrat]

I have just received this, if youi get one, forward it to <[email protected]>

Do not click on any links.

Dear valued PayPal® member:

It has come to our attention that your PayPal® account information needs to be

updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to

reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes

out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into

any future problems with the online service.

However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension.

Please update your records on or before August 28, 2006.

Once you have updated your account records, your PayPal® session will not be

interrupted and will continue as normal.

To update your PayPal® records click on the following link:

http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run

Thank You.

PayPal® UPDATE TEAM &nbsp

Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, PayPal® will

periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements.

Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions.

http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p...privacy-outside

[Thos]

Thanks. I have had one or two of these in the past and have ignored them. In future I will forward any as suggested.

Thos.

[D4\/!d]

Yeah, I've had the same myself. And I dealt with it just as you did, trackrat :)

[deuces wild]

I got this one just yesterday:

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----- Original Message ----- From: PayPal To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 7:11 PM Subject: PayPal: Credit Card Failure Notification

This is an automated notification. The financial information used on

your PayPal account could not be processed successfully by our system.

As a result, your account will not be available until your financial

information has been updated. =========================================

ACCOUNT INFORMATION:

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Account name: Jimxxxxx

Registered Email: [email protected]

Processing Attempted: PAYPAL YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION (Free of charge)

Date Attempted: 26/08/2006

Result Code: (499) INVALID OR INCOMPLETE FINANCIAL INFORMATION - VISIT

YOUR ACCOUNT PROFILE PAGE TO UPDATE YOUR FINANCIAL INFORMATION

http://paypal.com.accountdetail-scr.info

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NOTE: As a security measure, when a financial information is not

successfully processed for any reason, all card information is cleared

off the account. You will need to have your full credit or debit card

information handy when you attempt to set up the subscription again.

Visit your account management page to update your financial information:

http://paypal.com.accountdetail-scr.info

If you continue to have problems getting the PayPal yearly subscription

set up, we recommend to:

- Make sure your address and phone number is the same as the one on your

credit card or debit card statement.

- Make sure you are entering all information required.

- Confirm card status with issuing bank.

- Make sure the card is not blocked or restricted from online charges or

website usage.

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Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and

you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal

account and click the Help link located in the top right corner of any

PayPal page.

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I sent the email to PayPal and got this response this morning:

----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "Jim XXXX" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 8:09 AM Subject: Re Protections/Privacy/Security (Routing CodeC840-L001-Q470-T3950-S111) QID118 (KMM40515078V66773L0KM) :kd1

Dear Jim XXXX,

Thank you for contacting PayPal.

We appreciate you bringing this suspicious email to our attention.

Commonly referred to as 'phishing', these emails are sent by fraudsters in

an attempt to collect sensitive personal or financial information from the

recipients. PayPal takes phishing threats seriously - our fraud prevention

specialists are working 24/7 to help protect you and enable the community

to stay safe.

After review, we can confirm that the email you received was not sent by

PayPal. Any website which may be linked to this email is not authorized or

used by PayPal.

Our fraud prevention team is working to disable any website linked to this

email. In the meantime, please do not enter any information into this

website. If you have already done so, you should immediately log into your

PayPal account and change your password, as well as your security questions

and answers. We also recommend that you contact your bank and credit card

company immediately.

If you notice any unauthorized activity on your PayPal account, please

report it to us by following the instructions below:

1. Log into your account at https://www.paypal.com

2. Select the "Resolution Center" subtab.

3. Click "Open a dispute."

4. Select "Unauthorized transaction," and then click "Continue."

5. Enter or select the transaction ID for the transaction you would

like to dispute, and then click "Continue."

6. Complete the report for Unauthorized Use on a PayPal Account, and

then click "Continue."

7. Confirm that the claim is correct, and then click "Submit."

For additional tips please visit the PayPal Security Center at

http://www.paypal.com/security

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Important: PayPal and its representatives will NEVER ask you to reveal your

password. There are NO EXCEPTIONS to this policy. If anyone claiming to

work for PayPal asks for your password under any circumstances, by email or

by phone, please refuse and immediately contact us via our secure webform

online.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us again.

Sincerely,

Dona

PayPal Resolution Services

PayPal, an eBay Company

[-pops-]

The fundamental philosophy of capitalism is to make money - as much as possible.

NO institution involved in this moneymaking process will EVER make any threat to close accounts unless, of course, you have already sold your soul to the Devil and there is no way that they could possibly recover their money .

There is an old saying - something to do with killing geese that lay golden eggs.

My feeling is that anyone taken in by these scams shouldn't be in charge of their own affairs.

[gordythegouge]

I use Mailwasher Pro to screen my e-mail and I don't even get to see this type of rubbish unless I choose to view the 'hidden e-mails list'. :)

[andsome]

I have never used Paypal, and have no intention of doing so.

[-pops-]

I have never used Paypal, and have no intention of doing so.

There's still a good chance that you'll get one in the same way that I received a missive from the Bank of Nova Scotia (who?) this morning warning me that my account had been compromised. I was instructed to link to another site to re-input all of my banking details. That was only one of dozens of these that I get each week. Almost all are stopped by the spam trap but this one escaped somehow.

[andsome]

I'll have to close my account with that bank. :)

[Gandalph]

I don't know about your individual areas but up here in the Borders the main one going around at the moment, (at a rate of two to three per day) is the Royal Bank of Scotland.

[nellie2]

If you get a dodgy email like this then send the details to the Phish Team at Castle Cops... they are actively going after these scammers and are getting results too.

[-pops-]

I get lots of these phishing emails - mostly collected by the BT spam trap. If I forwarded the all, I would be spending an unacceptable amount of my day sorting through them.

Jus checked and there were: seven Bank of Scotland, four Alliance & Leicester, three Nova Scotia, numerous Barclays, similarly HSBC and various assorted - 47 caught over five days.