PayPal Scam?

[JasonInAugusta]

I got an email on the 17th from "PayPal" telling me I needed to update my info.

Email Subject: PayPal Secure Measure Warning Message

Here's the text...

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 Dec 25 , 2004.
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

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...rivacy-outside


The actual first link sent me to:
http://my1982online.net/paypal/

Not sure what's going on here, anyone know what's up?

I'm assuming this is one of those "please give us your paypal password, credit card info, and bank account info" scams.

[traildevil67]

Dont do it i just clicked on your last link and it was a trojan my comp just caught it and deleate it thankfully.

[Burban]

Yep,

Its a scam, and a good one. I got that a month ago, and was almost fooled. I actually followed the link and started to fill in the info before it dawned on me to call paypal.

Forward that email to spoof@paypal.com


Dan.

[JasonInAugusta]

I didn't click the link either.

I have the status bar visible on my comp so I can see the url to links prior to clicking them.

Sneaky fooks.

Burban...sent it prior to posting it here.

[moonbuggy]

go into your mail client/browser and usually under view you can adjust the headers, make it display all. Then re-open that e-mail and the real sender info will then pop up, and i'll bet it isn't even from paypal.

[revobasher]

nice lil trick you got there ill remembre that next time i get one of those emails!!

[JasonInAugusta]

yeah...web5.megawebservers.com

I also viewed the details earlier. The only place paypal was listed is the "from" block.

[nktrnl]

Any "updates or new info" ebay or paypal needs they will let you know through the site its self. I also no longer click on links from e-mails, just type in the URL.
I kept getting this one for a while. The first time I saw it I almost fell for it. **link in the message has been removed.


"You have added laptopseller@yahoo.com as a new email address for your
PayPal account.

If you did not authorize this change or if you need assistance with
your account, please copy and paste this link into your web browser

https******



Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team


Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be
answered. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose the
"Help" link in the header of any page.

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[NICKH]

MAJOR SCAM they sent me 2 of those scams