CPMaverick
10-05-2002, 10:08 AM
Recieved this email tonight:
Dear PayPal Customer,
<h>This e-mail is to inform you of a recent update we have made to our systems.
To avoid service interruption we require that you confirm
your account as soon as possible. Please
<a href="http://www.paypal.com@%77%77%77.%61%7A.%72%75/%70%70%64">click here</a> and take a
moment to confirm your
account.</h>
<u>Please follow the following steps</u>:
1.) <a href="http://www.paypal.com@%77%77%77.%61%7A.%72%75/%70%70%64">Click here</a>
to confirm your account.
2.) Your account will be updated in our system and you may continue using PayPal
services without any interruptions.
<u>Please note</u>: If you fail to update your account, it will be 'flagged'
with restricted status.
Thank you,
The Paypal Staff
Click on the link, it brings you to a Russian site with a false URL. I would never be dumb enough to fall for it, but I bet plenty will.
Now it is not showing the false URL. But when I clicked it from my email it showed www.paypal.com (http://www.paypal.com) in the URL bar.
Dear PayPal Customer,
<h>This e-mail is to inform you of a recent update we have made to our systems.
To avoid service interruption we require that you confirm
your account as soon as possible. Please
<a href="http://www.paypal.com@%77%77%77.%61%7A.%72%75/%70%70%64">click here</a> and take a
moment to confirm your
account.</h>
<u>Please follow the following steps</u>:
1.) <a href="http://www.paypal.com@%77%77%77.%61%7A.%72%75/%70%70%64">Click here</a>
to confirm your account.
2.) Your account will be updated in our system and you may continue using PayPal
services without any interruptions.
<u>Please note</u>: If you fail to update your account, it will be 'flagged'
with restricted status.
Thank you,
The Paypal Staff
Click on the link, it brings you to a Russian site with a false URL. I would never be dumb enough to fall for it, but I bet plenty will.
Now it is not showing the false URL. But when I clicked it from my email it showed www.paypal.com (http://www.paypal.com) in the URL bar.