Paypal phishing warning

Doug dmcgarrett at optonline.net
Thu Jun 9 08:05:33 UTC 2011


On 06/09/2011 03:16 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 09/06/11 16:39, MR ZenWiz wrote:
>> Sorry for the cross-post, and off-topic at that, but:
>>
>> This morning I received a very authentic looking email from
>> info.paypal.com, claiming that Paypal wanted me to update my browser.
>> (Really.)
>>
>> It had my name in it and all the right graphics and colors and 
>> everything.
>>
>> Except that the from site was info.paypal.com (whoever they are: hint
>> - not paypal.com) and the links all had long obfuscated links in them.
>>
>> I verified with paypal that it was not legitimate, so I though you
>> might all be warned as well.
>
> Something which really belongs in Sounder.
>
>
>> You may now return to the appropriate technical discussions....
>
> And the "appropriate" being.......? :-)
>
> BC
>
I don't belong to Sounder.  I appreciate the warning.  --doug

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