Spoofing

[KD3CN]

Hey Guys,

Just wanted to make sure you're aware of a possible threat on your PAYPAL account.  I got an email today with subject "IMPORTANT :PayPal Account Verification" that was very authentic.  The contents included a "Security Center Advisory!" and warned me that an off-shore user had unsuccessfully tried to logon to my account multiple times, and they were worried that it wasn't me.  My account would be disabled if they didn't hear back from me.    It looked like a VERY authenitic PAYPAL email, complete with copyright markings.  When I put the mouse on the link for connecting to their 'user verification' page for verifying my account, I noticed that it was NOT a www.paypal.com URL.  The 'user verification page' had the identical look of an authentic paypal page, except for the URL.  It was obviously a spoof, trying to get my user account name and password.  Paypal has an email address, spoof@paypal.com for forwarding such emails.  I forwarded the email to them, and they replied in short order, and confirmed that the email was a 'spoof', trying to rip me off.

Just wanted to post this as a wake up call, in case you get such a ' spoof'.

73, Karl  KD3CN

[KF1Z]

Yeah Karl,

Those are all too common...
There's been threads about them here, and on most other boards.

I've recieved some real winners....

Even one who sent a real looking end of auction page, claiming I had won an ebay
auction for $4000. worth of gold bars!

He demanded payment and threatened to report me to ebay, and the federal authorities if I didn't pay!


the worst thing about that one was, on that day, the gold index was up, so what he claimed I had agreed to purchase, would have been worth $10k.



anyhow, as you stated, the easiest thing to do is to mouse-over these urls to see where it would take you......
then delete the bugger......


bruce

[kd5cpl]

Yup----familiar here too!
Have had 'em say someone else is using my account, suspicious account activity, phoney complaint that someone bought from me and I hadn't shipped the goods, even one that I was being investigated for fraud! Several others I cant remember the details on.

The one thing common to all is that their links lead to a non-paypal site. I just forward them to spoof@paypal.com then delete them. I've gotten a couple of official looking ones from Ebay too. Some of these get caught by spam filters, some don't.

Identity theft is getting so common that I figure that insurance companies will begin offering to insure one's identity and financial info---for a "small" fee!

73, Gary KD5CPL

[Rob K2CU]

I saw an ad for identity theft insurance just the other day...from one of the national insurance companies. Can't remember which one.