[meteorite-list] OT: PayPal spoof warning

From: Greg Redfern <gredfern_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:16:32 2004
Message-ID: <000001c35f58$4c35f070$110110ac_at_DHRYBX21>

Rob, List,

   I would strongly suggest that you send a copy of the original email to
PayPal AND the FBI's Internet Fraud Complaint Center
http://www1.ifccfbi.gov/index.asp. They should be made aware of this.

Best to all,

Greg

Greg Redfern
2003 JPL NASA Solar System Ambassador
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador/index.html
International Meteorite Collectors Association #5781
http://www.meteoritecollectors.org/
Member Meteoritical Society
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-----Original Message-----
From: meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Matson,
Robert
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 1:58 AM
To: 'meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com '
Subject: [meteorite-list] OT: PayPal spoof warning

Hi All,

I probably don't need to warn most of you, but just to cover the
bases I thought I would post a message here since many of you
probably use PayPal. Some "enterprising" individual(s) is/are
attempting to trick PayPal customers into revealing detailed
account information. Usually these "spoofs" are pretty
unsophisticated, but the one I got today looked official enough
that someone might get fooled. It starts off with:

"This e-mail is the notification of recent innovations taken by
PayPal to detect inactive customers and non-functioning mailboxes.

"The inactive customers are subject to restriction and removal in
the next 3 months.

"Please confirm your email address and credit card information by
logging in to your PayPal account using the form below:"

- - - -

A form appears with boxes for email address, password, name,
credit card #, expiration date, and ATM PIN (for bank verification).
It finishes with the somewhat official-looking paragraphs:

"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.

CopyrightC 2003 PayPal Inc. All rights reserved. Designated trademarks
and brands are the property of their respective owners."

- - -

If they hadn't been so stupid to ask for my ATM PIN, I might have
been a little less suspicious. Just wonder if this should this be
reported somewhere that handles fraud cases? --Rob

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Received on Sun 10 Aug 2003 11:58:52 AM PDT