Do you have a Paypal Account? I do. I got this email today and the timing was quite interesting. I got an email from them 2 days ago titled "An important message about your PayPal account" and it was legitimately from Paypal. Today, I get an email that refers to the contents of the original email, but something struck me as odd. I clicked on the header to get the full email address information and there it was. Although ALMOST everything looked legitimately like PayPal the email address had that one little extra letter. The 'j' after paypal (service@paypalj.com) If I was in a hurry I might never have caught it. Although I haven't included it in this post the email also contained an attached file. I did not open it, but from the sound of it I'm sure it was going to ask me information that would allow them to hack my account. Just figured I would post a heads up.
The email I received is below.
Begin forwarded message:
 | FEB. 28, 2011 08:19:03 PDT
Receipt No: 49561-8271-2241-61396 |
Hello customer, Your account has been temporarily limited.
We attached to this email a confirmation form to update your details .
Please download and extract it .
Submitting this form you will unlimit and restore your PayPal account .
If you are using Internet Explorer please allow ActiveX for scripts to perform all data transfers securely .
Thank You.
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Thanks for using PayPal – the safer, easier way to pay and get paid online. |
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PayPal.com2011_Account Update_Form.pdf.zip
I made the mistake of glancing over it and not seeing the "j". I did what the email said and I have noticed a few pennies leaving my account over time with no history of it going. I will be contacting Paypal soon to get the problem fixed. Thanks for giving the heads up though.
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