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E-Mail Scam Sought To Defraud PayPal Customers By Brian Krebs, Newsbytes WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A., 19 Dec 2001, 3:57 PM CST Customers of online payment processor PayPal.com have helped to foil an e-mail scam disguised as a cheery holiday greeting from the company urging customers to "update" their account information. The message, which included a spoofed return address of [EMAIL PROTECTED], directed PayPal users to visit a Web site to reenter their account information, including usernames, passwords, credit card numbers and billing data. The fraudulent e-mail began with the salutation "Season's Greetings Valued PayPal Customer." "As the New Year approaches and as we all get ready to move a year ahead, PayPal would like to give you a $5 credit to your account! All you have to do to claim your $5 gift from us is update your information on our secure Pay Pal site by January 1, 2002. A year brings a lot of changes, by updating your information with us you will allow for us to continue providing you and our valued customer service with excellent service and in the meantime, keep our records straight --via http://techPolice.com archive: http://theMezz.com/cybercrime/archive subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --via http://theMezz.com ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?b1dhr0.b2EDp2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
