[sdiy] OT: Possible Pay Pal Third Party Scam(?)

[Peter Grenader]

This certainly is NOT unappropriate for this list!

thanhks for this info and please keep us informed.



on 9/5/02 8:34 AM, Scott Stites at scottnoanh at peoplepc.com wrote:

> Hello All,
> I know this is OT as heck, but Pay Pal seems to be used
> a lot in the Synth-DIY community, so here goes -
> 
> This morning I received an email at my work email
> address.  It was HTML and the sending email address was
> service at paypal.com.  It raised a serious flag with me
> because my paypal account is through my home email
> address, not my work address.  I suspect that it may be
> a scam for someone to acquire credit card information
> (forgive me if I'm wrong).
> 
> Here is an excerpt of the message:
> 
>> Dear PayPal Customer,
>> 
>> This e-mail is to inform you of a recent update we
> have made 
>> to our systems.
>> To avoid service interruption we require that you
> confirm
>> your account as soon as possible. Please take a
>> moment to confirm your account.
>> "http://www.paypal.com@ussr.to/All/xconfirm">click
>> 
> 
> It then goes on to give me instructions on where to
> click to 'confirm' my paypal account, and tells me that
> if I fail to do so, my account will be "flagged with
> restricted access" (I thought all paypal accounts were
> already "restricted" to the paypal customer).
> 
> I've forwarded this to Pay Pal BTW.
> 
> So...
> 
> A.  Does anybody recognize this email?
> 
> B.  If this is inappropriate to this list, please let
> me know (I just want fellow DIY'ers to proceed with
> caution if they have received this email and it turns
> out to be a scam).
> 
> C.  Don't click on the link - it looks suspicious as
> hell (I haven't clicked on it).
> 
> Thanks and sorry for going so seriously off-topic,
> Scott
> 
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