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Paypal & identity theft warning

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Posted by: robertcyders

In today’s information age there are many benefits such as being able
to make online purchases. If you are like me you might be making those purchases through paypal.com. We as the body of Christ must be wise
to the plans of the enemy to steal our resources right out from under us.

I received this email today. Usually as of late there have been emails
similar to this that have come to me asking for me to log in.
With these emails comes a sense of urgency. "Your account will be
Terminated if you do not repond" or in this case "We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your PayPal account from a foreign IP address."

Please protect yourself. If you need to log in to your account close your
Browser and open it again. Then log into the account yourself. Do not use the links provided in the email if you plan to send information for account login and passwords. I am trying to save you from a heart break here.

You should see on the address line https://paypal.com if the "s" is not there after the "http" your information that you provide can be used against you.

I know of someone who has already lost his whole account balance due to this theft of identity.

So ebay, paypay, your own personal bank account online, all of these we
must be wise to protect our identity.

Blessings, Robert Cyders…

Below is the message that I received….

p.s. even the reply to address is incorrect.
it has an "s" after service**paypal.com
__________________________________________________ __________
From: "PayPal"



Reply-To:
Date: 11 Mar 17:55 (PST)
To:
Subject: PayPal Account Security Measures
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Dear PayPal member,

We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your PayPal account
from a foreign IP address.

If you recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual log in
attempts may have been initiated by you. However, if you did not initiate
the log ins, please visit PayPal as soon as possible to update your
account information:

*https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bine/...?cmd=_login-run

Update your account is a security measure that will ensure that you are
the only person with access to the account.

Thanks for your patience as we work together to protect your account.

Sincerely,
The PayPal Team
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PROTECT YOUR PASSWORD

NEVER give your password to anyone and ONLY log in at
https://www.paypal.com.Protectet yourself against fraudulent websites by
opening a new web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape) and typing
in the PayPal URL every time you log in to your account.

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Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be
answered. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose the
"Help" link in the header of any page.

PayPal Email ID PP321
Do not click these links

*this is the actual URL had you clicked on the bogus link…
http://www.paypal.com%01%01%01%01%0...7/cgi-bin/1.php


Posted by: Shawn

Yeah I have seen those and more reguarding paypal.
The absolute best one that I saw, it's actually criminal, is a fully formatted html email from what looks like paypal.
Even the graphics, when you right click are all from paypal, everything is, that is with the exception of the link you click which is shadowed.

as with anything dealing with finances it's very important to be carefull about answering any email you receive. The best practice is to never use the links in the email, but to always goto the site in question manually, so that you know where you are.


Posted by: robertcyders

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shawn
Yeah I have seen those and more reguarding paypal.
The absolute best one that I saw, it's actually criminal, is a fully formatted html email from what looks like paypal.
Even the graphics, when you right click are all from paypal, everything is, that is with the exception of the link you click which is shadowed.

as with anything dealing with finances it's very important to be carefull about answering any email you receive. The best practice is to never use the links in the email, but to always goto the site in question manually, so that you know where you are.


Shawn, you don't know the rest. I logged in to the bogus site and when I typed in my bogus password "goflyakite" it took me to an official looking
paypal creditcard verification and billing address site. It looks exactly like the real mcoy. (Elijah Mcoy- look him up he invented an advanced oiling mechanism for the steam engine.)

Anyhow thats my further thoughts on this....I have reported it to paypal
and had trouble doing so as there is some hidden German language symbol embedded within the email that the reporting engine will not accept. I am sure they will keep this up as long as they can...

Blessings, Robert Cyders...