What is the problem?
Increasing numbers of fraudulent emails are circulating which pretend to be from the online payment company PayPal.
These emails commonly look very similar to PayPal official emails and even include images from the website.
These emails are part of a phishing scam.
The emails may include links to websites that attempt to trick you into supplying personal details, such as your name, date of birth and credit card details.
Providing the information requested is likely to mean that your personal and/or business information may be accessed for fraudulent or illegal purposes.
The subject lines of the email messages may include, but are not limited to:
- “Attention! Your PayPal account has been limited!”
- “You have changed your PayPal email address”
- “Your PayPal Account Has Been Limited Case ID: PP-115-674-9347”
- The content of these emails can vary, but usually these emails claim that your PayPal account is about to be disabled or put on hold.
The from lines of the email can include, but are not limited to:
- “PayPal” <noreply@netlogmail.com>
- “PayPal”<notice@security.org>
- “PayPal” <notice-939nicbc@ppal.com>
- “PayPal”<service@pavpal.com>
- “PayPal”<noreply@netlogmail.com>
- “PayPal”<notice@security.org>
An example is below:
========== Start Sample Email ==========
========== End Sample Email ==========
The emails typically then ask that you update your PayPal account details, kindly providing a link. This link will not send you to the PayPal website, but to a very similar looking web page run by the criminal.
In some samples of these emails the web page is sent as an attachment to the email. This web page asks for personal information and account credentials, which it sends to the criminals’ website.
An example is below:
========== Start Sample Fraudulent Website ==========
========== End Sample Fraudulent Website ==========
Upon entering all your details and pressing ‘Save’ your details will be captured by criminals.
What we recommend you do
If you receive an email similar to this delete the message immediately. Do not click on any of the links, reply to the email or forward it to any of your contacts.
If you have concerns about the state of your PayPal account we recommend that you contact PayPal directly.