PayPal Account Security Measures

[Tony Arnold]

No! These e-mails are NEVER authentic. Paypal and other banking
institutions never ever send out e-mails like this one. The URL will
take you to a fake WEB site that looks like the real thing, but it is
just there to capture your account details for no other purpose to steal
your money!

Regards,
Tony.

On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 02:57 -0500, nocturn wrote:
> PayPal Wrote: 
> > Dear PayPal Member,
> > 
> > Your account has been randomly flagged in our system as a part of our
> > routine security measures.  This is a must to ensure that only you have
> > access and use of your PayPal account and to ensure a safe PayPal
> > experience. We require all flagged accounts to verify their information
> > on file with us. To verify your Information at this time, please visit
> > our secure server webform by clicking the hyperlink below 
> > 
> > 	 		 			Click here to verify your Information   		 	     
> > 
> > 
> > Thank you for using PayPal!
> > The PayPal Team             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.    	       	
> > PayPal Email ID PP478
> > 
> > 	 	 	 	 		 		 		Protect Your Account Info 		 		 		   Make sure
> > you never provide your password to fraudulent websites.
> > 
> > To safely and securely access the PayPal website or your account, open
> > up a new web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape) and type in
> > the PayPal URL (http://www.paypal.com/).
> > 
> > PayPal will never ask you to enter your password in an email.
> > 
> > For more information on protecting yourself from fraud, please review
> > our Security Tips at http://www.paypal.com/securitytips
> 
> I'm not sure it is authentic.
> 
> A good tip though, set your mail preferences always to plain text
> instead of HTML.
> This adds some protection against URL spoofing.
> 
> 
> -- 
> nocturn
> 
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Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester,
Manchester Computing, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL.
T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039
E: tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk, H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold