Internet fraudsters are again sending fake emails in the name of PayPal. Even if, as in this case, they are in English, it does not prevent users from following this request. The fatal thing is that so many PayPal accounts change hands with this scam.
This is what the email looks like:
Subject: [PayPal] Update Your Account Information!
✔ 08/28/2015 03:34:37 Confirm your information for our new system[IMPORTANT] IF THIS LETTER SENT AS JUNK OR SPAM ITS JUST AN ERROR BY OUR NEW SYSTEM , PLEASE CLICK AT NOT SPAM OR NOT JUNK.
We added a new system email address to your PayPal account, but you're not finished yet. Please take a minute to confirm this email address is yours.
Once you confirm it, you can use this email address to receive payments from friends and family. Plus, you can make it your primary address for all your PayPal business.
Confirm My Email Address
Here's another way to confirm your email address:
1. Log in to your PayPal.
2. Enter the required information .
3. Then Congratulations You've successfully accounted.
You will be redirected to the main interface of the site
If a user follows the instructions and clicks on the link, they will be redirected to this page:
Internet fraudsters have recreated a PayPal login page and use it to request the E-MAIL ADDRESS and PASSWORD. Once the user has entered this, it immediately ends up in the hands of the fraudsters.
But not enough yet
After you “log in” you get down to business. Private data such as name, date of birth, etc. are also requested here.
AS WELL AS CREDIT CARD INFORMATION
If the user has also entered this data, they will receive a “thank you” and the information that they will now be redirected to the homepage in a few seconds. Which is ultimately true. The fraudsters have now installed an automatic redirection to the REAL PAYPAL website. This gives the user the impression that everything happened correctly, which is NOT the case.
Redirection to the REAL PAYPAL WEBSITE, at the end of the scam:
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