Another Paypal e mail spoof.

[Plastic Nev]

Another new one, or at least new to me!

I don't have a paypal account, so I was suspicious straight away. This is an E mail to be deleted or forwarded to Paypals own security people.. DO NOT click on any link in it. I have coloured blue the words that are a link. (Not a link now though)

 

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Thank you for choosing PayPal ! Your order number is 33985011

As requested, we are sending you notifications with all your account activity. This is your last payment sent to PixWords of £18.00 on December 7 , 2015.

 

Once your payment is processed, your order will be sent as soon as possible. We'll send

you a shipment confirmation e-mail to let you know when you can expect delivery.

 

If this wasn't you, someone else might be trying to make an Unauthorised payment

Review your order and cancel the payment if necessary.

 

You don't need to reply to this message. For easy access to additional information, visit

My Account at *******

 

Be sure to include your order number, name, and mailing address in the body of your

message.

 

Thank you for your order. PayPal

 

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That link does not go to a Paypal website, also a check of the senders address is also a spoofed one of Paypal and hidden underneath is again a website that is not Paypal.

 

Note the clever way they encourage you to click on the "Unauthorised payment" link. As said, it does not go to Paypal.

 

Nev.

[bob12a]

Thanks for the information Nev will keep an eye out.

Bob

 

How are you these days my friend

[KenB]

Thanks for the "heads up" Nev :)

 

Strangely ...... the Order Number ( 33985011 ) is the telephone number of a Chinese company..

 

 

• China
  
• Contact:Ms.Ms. Linda Wu
  
• Tel:86-0755-33985011
  
• Total Annual Sales Volume:
  
• Number of Employees:101 - 200 People
  
• Business Type:Manufacturer, Trading Company
  

coincidence .........or lack of imagination ??

[RustyKnight]

I had a problem with Paypal last week, I had an email saying there was suspicious activity on my account and it wouldn't let me log in until I'd changed my password and when I had logged in it wouldn't let me do anything. I had to phone their customer service number.

Apparently a lot of spoof emails had been sent but my problem was that someone in Illinois had tried to access my account, and a lot of others so they blocked every account that the Illinois IP address had attempted to access.

Annoyingly the email I received just said their was suspicious activity didn't tell me that I had to phone Paypal to get them to unlock my account so I could actually use it.