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    5|-|1+|-|34|) ober's Avatar
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    Attempt at Paypal Hijack

    So I just got an email from "[email protected]". It says "

    Code:
    Dear PayPal valued member,
    
    Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of your paypal 
    account we have issued this warning message.
    
    It has come to our attention that your account information 
    needs to be updated due to inactive members, frauds and 
    spoof reports. 
    
    Please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and 
    renew your records so you will not run into any future problems 
    with the online services. However, failure to update your 
    records will result in account suspension.
    
    Once you have updated your account records your PayPal 
    account service will not be interrupted and will continue as 
    normal.
    
    Please follow the link below and login to your account
    and renew your account information:
    
    http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run
    
    Sincerely,
    PayPal customer department! 
    
    This notification expires on the 28th of August, 2004. 
    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 footer of any page.
    To receive email notifications in plain text instead of HTML, update 
    your preferences here.
    But I look at the header and see it is from this email address:
    [email protected]

    And what happens when you click on the login link? It sends you here: http://ironald.org/.S/

    FANTASTIC. Anyone have an email bomb handy?
    Last edited by ober; 08-25-2004 at 12:44 PM.

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