FRAUDULENT EMAIL

[terry rutherford]

I got the same "warning" from "eBay.com" and, as below, there was a  
link which I clicked for interest (I'm not that gullible!) and which  
was dead. However, I went ahead and removed any cookies I couldn't ID  
just to be safe plus I forwarded the letter to eBay who took their time  
concluding the letter was bogus. Doh.

Terry

> Message-ID: <3E6658A4.2030503 at swopedesign.com>
> Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 14:05:56 -0600
> From: Mike Swope <mike at swopedesign.com>
> Subject: [MacDV] [Fwd: Your PayPal account is Limited.] FRAUDULENT  
> EMAIL
>
> FYI
>
> Beware! DO NOT COMPLETE THIS FORM IN THIS EMAIL.
>
> This email is circulating about the 'Net. It appears to be genuine. But
> PayPal would never embed a form into an email (insecure) and limit
> access to your account for "maintenance." I am told secondhand that
> someone completed this form and discovered auctions on eBay in their
> name that weren't there's, or bids in their name (I can't recall  
> which).
> It is also possible that your bank account associated with PayPal could
> be drained, as well as your PayPal account.
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> From: - Wed Mar 5 12:06:13 2003
> X-UIDL: bdb6698cbb8996f81a3a1e4962a13bed
> X-Mozilla-Status: 1001
> X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000
> Return-path: <c7667c at ulysses.att.com>
> Envelope-to: mike at swopedesign.com
> Delivery-date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 12:54:56 -0500
> Received: from [213.105.214.95] (helo=213.105.214.95) by
> madrid.dnsrouter.com with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18qd6U-0007uC-00 for
> mike at swopedesign.com; Wed, 05 Mar 2003 12:54:55 -0500
> Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 14:05:43 -0600
> From: info at paypal.com
> To: mike at swopedesign.com
> Subject: Your PayPal account is Limited.
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
> Message-ID: 235574 at paypal.com
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> -
> PayPal <https://www.paypal.com/>
>
> Dear PayPal Customer
>
>
>
> PayPal is currently performing regular maintenance of our security
> measures. Your account has been randomly selected for this maintenance,
> and placed on Limited Access status. Protecting the security of your
> PayPal account is our primary concern, and we apologize for any
> inconvenience this may cause.
>
> To restore your account to its regular status, you must confirm your
> email address by logging in to your PayPal account using the form  
> below:
>
> *Email Address:*
> *Password:*
>
> *Bank Account*
>
> *Enter Bank Account #:*
>
> *Credit Card*
>
> *Enter Credit Card #:*
> *Exp. date :* /
>
>
> This notification expires March 31, 2003
>
>
> *Thanks for using PayPal! *
> This PayPal notification was sent to your mailbox. Your PayPal account
> is set up to receive the PayPal Periodical newsletter and product
> updates when you create your account. To modify your notification
> preferences and unsubscribe, go to https://www.paypal.com/PREFS-NOTI  
> and
> log in to your account. Changes to your preferences may take several
> days to be reflected in our mailings. Replies to this email will not be
> processed.
>
> If you previously asked to be excluded from Providian product offerings
> and solicitations, they apologize for this e-mail. Every effort was  
> made
> to ensure that you were excluded from this e-mail. If you do not wish  
> to
> receive promotional e-mail from Providian, go to
> http://removeme.providian.com/
> <http://removeme.providian.com/?cnum=pp710402>.
>
> Copyright© 2002 PayPal Inc. All rights reserved. Designated trademarks
> and brands are the property of their respective owners.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message-ID: <000b01c2e354$6d7c0ec0$4631c7d1 at GenoKearney>
> From: "Geno Kearney" <geno.kearney at mindspring.com>
> Subject: [MacDV] Re: [Fwd: Your PayPal account is Limited.] FRAUDULENT
>  EMAIL
> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 15:18:45 -0500
>
> I got a very similar message which included a link for me to go to.  
> Luckily
> the link was dead. When I contacted paypal, they indicated that it was  
> bogus
> and asked me to forward it which I did. I was fooled. It looked like  
> it was
> ligit from paypal. Be careful folks!
>
> Geno