Take care with strange paypal email running out there.. - GoFuckYourself.com

samuel · 06-05-2004, 02:09 AM

Hello people,

I have received today an email from [email protected], and I know this someone spamming under their name requesting to renew my account info.

This is kind a strange because it was sent to my personal email account which has nothing to do with my job and I never gave it for this purposes. below I'll copy the text of the email:

"Dear PayPal valued member,
Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the PayPal
community we have issued this warning message.

It has come to our attention that your account information needs to be renew due to
inactive members, spoof reports and frauds.
You must to renew your records and you will not
run into any future problems with the online service.
However, failure to update your records will result in account deletation.
This notification expires on June 07, 2004.

Once you have updated your account records your PayPal will not be
interrupted and will continue as normal.

Please follow the link below
and renew your account information.

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=login-run

PayPal Service Department "

The url link above goes to: http://65.54.174.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?...2eu s%2eto%2f
and page is inactive for some reason..

I've checked almost all the links in that page and they are going to paypal and etc.. but my question is.. why they are sending me this email to my private account, it isn't spam? or it is done by someone else?..

Samuel

pimplink · 06-05-2004, 02:27 AM

Thanks for the warning!

BigVlad · 06-05-2004, 02:29 AM

thanks man!

EviLGuY · 06-05-2004, 02:46 AM

Sounds like a scam to me.

graphicsbytia · 06-05-2004, 02:48 AM

If you read the fraud page on paypal.. they never refer to you as paypal member or paypal user.. Paypal always uses your username

rowan · 06-05-2004, 03:27 AM

Where you been, man? I've been getting that every couple of days since last year.

From memory it's a virus, that emails to address book entries and also mailto: references it finds in the web cache.

hova · 06-05-2004, 03:33 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by pimplink
Thanks for the warning!

rowan · 06-05-2004, 03:37 AM

Here's another one that came in literally two minutes after I posted my reply...

Dear PayPal member,

We regret to inform you that your account is about to be expired in next five
business days. To avoid suspension of your account you have to reactivate it by
providing us with your personal information.

To update your personal profile and continue using PayPal services you have to
run the attached application to this email. Just run it and follow the
instructions.

IMPORTANT! If you ignore this alert, your account will be suspended in next
five business days and you will not be able to use PayPal anymore.

Thank you for using PayPal.

06-05-2004, 02:09 AM	#1
samuel Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: email address Posts: 1,986	Take care with strange paypal email running out there.. Hello people, I have received today an email from [email protected], and I know this someone spamming under their name requesting to renew my account info. This is kind a strange because it was sent to my personal email account which has nothing to do with my job and I never gave it for this purposes. below I'll copy the text of the email: "Dear PayPal valued member, Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the PayPal community we have issued this warning message. It has come to our attention that your account information needs to be renew due to inactive members, spoof reports and frauds. You must to renew your records and you will not run into any future problems with the online service. However, failure to update your records will result in account deletation. This notification expires on June 07, 2004. Once you have updated your account records your PayPal will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Please follow the link below and renew your account information. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=login-run PayPal Service Department " The url link above goes to: http://65.54.174.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?...2eu s%2eto%2f and page is inactive for some reason.. I've checked almost all the links in that page and they are going to paypal and etc.. but my question is.. why they are sending me this email to my private account, it isn't spam? or it is done by someone else?.. Samuel

06-05-2004, 02:27 AM	#2
pimplink Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Closer than you think Posts: 9,535	Thanks for the warning! __________________ Need Mainstream Content and SEO? SEO * Website Copy * Blogs Blogging - PR Work - Forum Marketing - Social Marketing - Link building - Articles 100% Guaranteed Content!

06-05-2004, 02:29 AM	#3
BigVlad Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 703	thanks man! __________________ Old school , new school need to learn up , www.FastSize.com !

06-05-2004, 02:46 AM	#4
EviLGuY So Fucking Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: malta Posts: 12,745	Sounds like a scam to me.

06-05-2004, 02:48 AM	#5
graphicsbytia Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tennessee Posts: 2,618	If you read the fraud page on paypal.. they never refer to you as paypal member or paypal user.. Paypal always uses your username

06-05-2004, 03:27 AM	#6
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	Where you been, man? I've been getting that every couple of days since last year. From memory it's a virus, that emails to address book entries and also mailto: references it finds in the web cache.

06-05-2004, 03:37 AM	#8
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	Here's another one that came in literally two minutes after I posted my reply... Dear PayPal member, We regret to inform you that your account is about to be expired in next five business days. To avoid suspension of your account you have to reactivate it by providing us with your personal information. To update your personal profile and continue using PayPal services you have to run the attached application to this email. Just run it and follow the instructions. IMPORTANT! If you ignore this alert, your account will be suspended in next five business days and you will not be able to use PayPal anymore. Thank you for using PayPal.