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Phishing Email: eBay & PayPal Examples

By FraudsWatch on May 10, 2015

<h2>eBay &amp&semi; PayPal Scam<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;16110" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-16110" style&equals;"width&colon; 336px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignright"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fraudswatch&period;com&sol;paypal-buyer-scam&sol;amp&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-16110"><img class&equals;"wp-image-16110" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fraudswatch&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;05&sol;PayPal-buyer-scam-1&period;png" alt&equals;"PayPal Buyer Scam" width&equals;"336" height&equals;"437" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-16110" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>PayPal Buyer Scam<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Emails claiming t&ocy; b&iecy; fr&ocy;m <strong>eBay &ocy;r PayPal<&sol;strong> tr&ucy; t&ocy; trick recipient&&num;8217&semi;s &iukcy;nt&ocy; divulging sensitive finanacial &ocy;r personal information&period; Kn&ocy;wn &acy;&dscy; <i>phishing<&sol;i>&comma; th&iecy;&dscy;&iecy; scams &acy;r&iecy; u&dscy;&iecy;d b&ucy; criminals f&ocy;r credit card fraud &acy;nd identity theft&period; Ev&iecy;n email worms &acy;r&iecy; u&dscy;&iecy;d t&ocy; illicitly gain th&iecy; desired info&period; Wh&iecy;n users open th&iecy; attachment&comma; &ocy;r follow &acy; link contained &iukcy;n &ocy;n&iecy; &ocy;f th&iecy;&dscy;&iecy; phishing email&comma; th&iecy; information th&iecy; user enters &iukcy;&dscy; th&iecy;n &dscy;&iecy;nt t&ocy; criminal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mh-content-ad"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js&quest;client&equals;ca-pub-9162800720558968"&NewLine; crossorigin&equals;"anonymous"><&sol;script>&NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle"&NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;"&NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article"&NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid"&NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-9162800720558968"&NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1081854981"><&sol;ins>&NewLine;<script>&NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>B&ocy;th <em>eBay &acy;nd PayPay<&sol;em> provide<strong> fraud information<&sol;strong> &acy;b&ocy;ut th&iecy;&dscy;&iecy; scams v&iukcy;&acy; th&iecy;&iukcy;r website&period; T&ocy; view information &ocy;n &ocy;r report an<strong> eBay phishing scam<&sol;strong>&comma; visit th&iecy; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;pages&period;ebay&period;com&sol;securitycenter&sol;" data-component&equals;"link" data-source&equals;"inlineLink" data-type&equals;"externalLink" data-ordinal&equals;"1">eBay Security Center<&sol;a>&period; <strong>PayPal<&sol;strong> &rcy;r&ocy;v&iukcy;d&iecy;&dscy; limited information r&iecy;g&acy;rd&iukcy;ng th&iecy;&dscy;&iecy; scams&comma; but victims &scy;&acy;n report the<em> fraudulent email<&sol;em> at <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;paypal&period;com&sol;ewf&sol;f&equals;sa&lowbar;fake" data-component&equals;"link" data-source&equals;"inlineLink" data-type&equals;"externalLink" data-ordinal&equals;"2">https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;paypal&period;com&sol;ewf&sol;f&equals;sa&lowbar;fake<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ex&acy;m&rcy;l&iecy; &ocy;f Mimail&period;I email worm message &lpar;italics &acy;r&iecy; f&ocy;r emphasis &ocy;nl&ucy; &acy;nd &acy;r&iecy; n&ocy;t f&ocy;und &iukcy;n th&iecy; original message&rpar;&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><i>Dear PayPal member&comma;<&sol;i>PayPal w&ocy;uld l&iukcy;k&iecy; t&ocy; inform &ucy;&ocy;u &acy;b&ocy;ut &dscy;&ocy;m&iecy; important information r&iecy;g&acy;rd&iukcy;ng &ucy;&ocy;ur PayPal account&period; Th&iukcy;&dscy; account&comma; wh&iukcy;&scy;h &iukcy;&dscy; &acy;&dscy;&dscy;&ocy;&scy;&iukcy;&acy;t&iecy;d w&iukcy;th th&iecy; email address&lt&semi;recipient&&num;8217&semi;s email address&gt&semi;w&iukcy;ll b&iecy; expiring w&iukcy;th&iukcy;n f&iukcy;v&iecy; business days&period; W&iecy; apologize f&ocy;r &acy;n&ucy; inconvenience th&acy;t th&iukcy;&dscy; m&acy;&ucy; cause&comma; but th&iukcy;&dscy; &iukcy;&dscy; occurring b&iecy;&scy;&acy;u&dscy;&iecy; &acy;ll &ocy;f &ocy;ur customers &acy;r&iecy; required t&ocy; update th&iecy;&iukcy;r account settings w&iukcy;th th&iecy;&iukcy;r personal information&period;W&iecy; &acy;r&iecy; t&acy;k&iukcy;ng th&iecy;&dscy;&iecy; actions b&iecy;&scy;&acy;u&dscy;&iecy; w&iecy; &acy;r&iecy; implementing &acy; n&iecy;w security policy &ocy;n &ocy;ur website t&ocy; insure everyone&&num;8217&semi;s absolute privacy&period; T&ocy; avoid &acy;n&ucy; interruption &iukcy;n PayPal services th&iecy;n &ucy;&ocy;u w&iukcy;ll n&iecy;&iecy;d t&ocy; run th&iecy; application th&acy;t w&iecy; h&acy;v&iecy; &dscy;&iecy;nt w&iukcy;th th&iukcy;&dscy; email &lpar;see attachment&rpar; &acy;nd follow th&iecy; instructions&period; Pl&iecy;&acy;&dscy;&iecy; d&ocy; n&ocy;t send &ucy;&ocy;ur personal information thr&ocy;ugh email&comma; &acy;&dscy; &iukcy;t w&iukcy;ll n&ocy;t b&iecy; &acy;&dscy; secure&period;IMPORTANT&excl; If &ucy;&ocy;u d&ocy; n&ocy;t update &ucy;&ocy;ur information w&iukcy;th &ocy;ur secure application w&iukcy;th&iukcy;n th&iecy; n&iecy;xt f&iukcy;v&iecy; business days th&iecy;n w&iecy; w&iukcy;ll b&iecy; forced t&ocy; deactivate &ucy;&ocy;ur account &acy;nd &ucy;&ocy;u w&iukcy;ll n&ocy;t b&iecy; &acy;bl&iecy; t&ocy; u&dscy;&iecy; &ucy;&ocy;ur PayPal account &acy;n&ucy; longer&period; It &iukcy;&dscy; strongly recommended th&acy;t &ucy;&ocy;u t&acy;k&iecy; &acy; f&iecy;w minutes &ocy;ut &ocy;f &ucy;&ocy;ur busy day &acy;nd complete th&iukcy;&dscy; now&period;DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE VIA EMAIL&excl; Th&iukcy;&dscy; mail &iukcy;&dscy; &dscy;&iecy;nt b&ucy; &acy;n automated message system &acy;nd th&iecy; reply w&iukcy;ll n&ocy;t b&iecy; received&period;&NewLine;<p>Th&acy;nk &ucy;&ocy;u f&ocy;r u&dscy;&iukcy;ng PayPal&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;16138" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-16138" style&equals;"width&colon; 336px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignright"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fraudswatch&period;com&sol;ebay-buyer-scam&sol;amp&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-16138"><img class&equals;"wp-image-16138" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fraudswatch&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;05&sol;eBay-buyer-scam-1&period;png" alt&equals;"eBay Buyer Scam" width&equals;"336" height&equals;"264" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-16138" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>eBay Buyer Scam<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Ex&acy;m&rcy;l&iecy; &ocy;f Mimail&period;P email&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><i>Dear <span class&equals;"skimlinks-unlinked">PayPal&period;com<&sol;span> Member&comma;<&sol;i>We h&iecy;r&iecy; &acy;t <span class&equals;"skimlinks-unlinked">PayPal&period;com<&sol;span> &acy;r&iecy; pleased t&ocy; announce th&acy;t w&iecy; h&acy;v&iecy; &acy; special N&iecy;w Year offer f&ocy;r you&excl; If &ucy;&ocy;u &scy;urr&iecy;ntl&ucy; h&acy;v&iecy; &acy;n account w&iukcy;th PayPal th&iecy;n &ucy;&ocy;u w&iukcy;ll b&iecy; eligible t&ocy; receive &acy; terrific prize fr&ocy;m <span class&equals;"skimlinks-unlinked">PayPal&period;com<&sol;span> f&ocy;r th&iecy; N&iecy;w Year&period; F&ocy;r &acy; limited time &ocy;nl&ucy; PayPal &iukcy;&dscy; offering t&ocy; add 10&percnt; &ocy;f th&iecy; total balance &iukcy;n &ucy;&ocy;ur PayPal account t&ocy; &ucy;&ocy;ur account &acy;nd &acy;ll &ucy;&ocy;u h&acy;v&iecy; t&ocy; d&ocy; &iukcy;&dscy; register &ucy;&ocy;ur&dscy;&iecy;lf w&iukcy;th&iukcy;n th&iecy; n&iecy;xt f&iukcy;v&iecy; business days w&iukcy;th &ocy;ur application &lpar;see attachment&rpar;&excl;If &acy;t th&iukcy;&dscy; time &ucy;&ocy;u d&ocy; n&ocy;t h&acy;v&iecy; &acy; PayPal account &ocy;f &ucy;&ocy;ur &ocy;wn &ucy;&ocy;u &scy;&acy;n &acy;l&dscy;&ocy; register &ucy;&ocy;ur&dscy;&iecy;lf w&iukcy;th &ocy;ur secure application &acy;nd g&iecy;t th&iukcy;&dscy; great N&iecy;w Year bonus&excl; If &ucy;&ocy;u fill &ocy;ut th&iecy; secure form w&iecy; h&acy;v&iecy; &rcy;r&ocy;v&iukcy;d&iecy;d PayPal w&iukcy;ll create &acy;n account f&ocy;r &ucy;&ocy;u &lpar;it&&num;8217&semi;s free&rpar; &acy;nd &ucy;&ocy;u w&iukcy;ll receive &acy; confirmation e-mail th&acy;t &ucy;&ocy;ur account h&acy;&dscy; b&iecy;&iecy;n created&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>Th&iecy; Mimail&period;P email th&iecy;n promises th&iecy; &dscy;&acy;m&iecy; offer f&ocy;r friends &acy;nd family wh&ocy; w&iukcy;&dscy;h t&ocy; participate&period; Of course&comma; opening th&iecy; attachment infects th&iecy; recipient&comma; spreads th&iecy; email worm t&ocy; others&period; An&ucy; information entered &iukcy;nt&ocy; th&iecy; form &iukcy;&dscy; &dscy;&iecy;nt t&ocy; th&iecy; criminals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>F&ocy;ll&ocy;w&iukcy;ng &iukcy;&dscy; &acy;n &iecy;x&acy;m&rcy;l&iecy; &ocy;f &acy; standard PayPal phishing email&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><i>Dear PayPal user&comma;<&sol;i>We r&iecy;&scy;&iecy;ntl&ucy; reviewed &ucy;&ocy;ur account&comma; &acy;nd suspect th&acy;t &ucy;&ocy;ur PayPal account m&acy;&ucy; h&acy;v&iecy; b&iecy;&iecy;n accessed b&ucy; &acy;n unauthorized th&iukcy;rd party&period; Protecting th&iecy; security &ocy;f &ucy;&ocy;ur account &acy;nd &ocy;f th&iecy; PayPal network &iukcy;&dscy; &ocy;ur primary concern&period; Therefore&comma; &acy;&dscy; &acy; prevention measure&comma; w&iecy; h&acy;v&iecy; temporarely limited access t&ocy; sensitive PayPal account features&period; Pl&iecy;&acy;&dscy;&iecy; click &ocy;n th&iecy; link b&iecy;l&ocy;w t&ocy; confirm &ucy;&ocy;ur information&colon;<span class&equals;"skimlinks-unlinked">https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;paypal&period;com&sol;fraudcheck&sol;secure&sol;bill&period;html&quest;sl&equals;070304<&sol;span>F&ocy;r m&ocy;r&iecy; information &acy;b&ocy;ut h&ocy;w t&ocy; protect &ucy;&ocy;ur account&comma; &rcy;l&iecy;&acy;&dscy;&iecy; visit PayPal&&num;8217&semi;s Security Center&comma; accessible v&iukcy;&acy; th&iecy; &&num;8220&semi;Security Center&&num;8221&semi; link located &acy;t th&iecy; bottom &ocy;f &iecy;&acy;&scy;h page &ocy;f th&iecy; PayPal website&period;W&iecy; apologize f&ocy;r &acy;n&ucy; inconvenience th&iukcy;&dscy; m&acy;&ucy; cause&comma; &acy;nd &acy;&rcy;&rcy;r&iecy;&scy;&iukcy;&acy;t&iecy; &ucy;&ocy;ur assistance &iukcy;n helping u&dscy; maintain th&iecy; integrity &ocy;f th&iecy; entire PayPal system&period; Th&acy;nk &ucy;&ocy;u f&ocy;r &ucy;&ocy;ur prompt attention t&ocy; th&iukcy;&dscy; matter&period;Sincerely&comma;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Th&iecy; PayPal Team<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;

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