Fake Paypal Emails
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Do you use PayPal services? If so, you need to very careful because there are unethical hackers out there who want to steal your credit card details. How is it possible that people are able to make fake paypal payments? Stolen Accounts? Yes. Nobody is able to obtain your credit card details unless you gave it away yourself.I receive 3 to 5 emails from Paypal asking me to update my details. Some of them are very believable because they look professional with the company's header. The emails also seem to come from trusted sources such as service@paypal.com. I will use a fake paypal email here as an example:--------------------As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system. We recently noticed the following issue on your account:We would like to ensure that your account was not accessed by an unauthorized third party. Your account is our primary concern, we have limited access to sensitive PayPal account features. We understand that this may be an inconvenience but please understand that this temporary limitation is for your protection.Case ID Number: PP-072-838-560 https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-submitFor your protection, we have limited access to your account until additional security measures can be completed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.To review your account and some or all of the information that PayPal usedto make its decision to limit your account access, please visit the Resolution Center https://www.paypal.com/. If, after reviewing your account information, you wish to seek further clarification regarding your account access, please contact PayPal by visiting the Help Center and clicking "Contact Us". We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience.Sincerely,PayPal Account Review DepartmentPayPal Email ID PP648769005--------------------As you can see, the email is written professionally and the links seem to come from paypal. The chances of falling into the fraud is high for unsuspecting readers.How to Detect Fake Emails1. If you move you mouse over the links in the email, you will have a clue of what is going on. For example, the url https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-submit actually points to http://www.google.com/url?sa=p
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