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Old November 15, 2002, 09:22 PM
Dien Rice
 
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Default WARNING: Probable FAKE Paypal scam

I received this email today....

Dear,

PayPal is constantly working to ensure security by regularly
screening the accounts in our system. We recently reviewed
your account, and we need more information to help us provide
you with secure service. Until we can collect this information,
your access to sensitive account features will be limited. We
apologize for the inconvenience, and we would like to restore
your access as soon as possible.

For more information about the status of your account and for
instructions on how to restore full use of your account,
please log in using the link below:

http://www. paypal-ebay. com [URL disabled]

We encourage you to log in and restore full access as soon as
possible. Should access to your account remain limited for an
extended period of time, it may result in further limitations
on the use of your account or may result in eventual account
closure.

Your Case ID number is: PP-005-177-867

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

PayPal Account Review Team

------------------------------------------------------------------
Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address
cannot be answered. For assistance, please visit the link below.
All of the information necessary to restore your account access is
available at:

www. paypal-ebay. com [URL disabled]

------------------------------------------------------------------

This sent alarm-bells ringing in my head.... I'm sure if it was really from Paypal, they would send me to sub-directory of www.paypal.com - not to this new site.

In order to check it out, I went to www.betterwhois.com to find out who owns paypal-ebay.com.... Suffice to say, this was NOT Paypal - so it most likely definitely IS a scam.

If you get this email, ignore it! And if you've gone to the site already and put in your Paypal username and password, then go back to www.paypal.com and immediately change your password. My guess is they probably want your Paypal username and password, so they can then log in and transfer the money out of your account....

(The site seems to be down now, so maybe it's already been caught....)

Where do you report this kind of thing?

I've put the info for paypal-ebay.com below, so you can see it is NOT Paypal, but is most likely a scammer....

Registrar:domaininfo.com
Domain Name: paypal-ebay.com

[Owner of domain name]
Justin Young
2780 Fairlane Avenue
Columbus, NE 68601
US

[Administrative contact]
Young, Justin
2780 Fairlane Avenue
68601 Columbus
US

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 402 5627895

[Technical contact]
Young, Justin
2780 Fairlane Avenue
68601 Columbus
US

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 402 5627895

[Zone contact]
Young, Justin
2780 Fairlane Avenue
68601 Columbus
US

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 402 5627895

Record created: 21 Oct 2002
Record last changed: 21 Oct 2002
Record expires: 21 Oct 2004

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