PayPal request *warning*

[Uberwonder]

I got an email the other day...

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It has come to our attention that your PayPal Billing Information records are out of date. That requires you to update the Billing Information If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your billing records, you will not run into any future problems with PayPal's online service. However, failure to update your records will result in account termination. Please update your records in maximum 24 hours.
Once you have updated your account records, your PayPal session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Failure to update will result in cancellation of service, Terms of Service (TOS) violations or future billing problems.

Please click here to update your billing records.

Thank you for your time!
Marry Kimmel,
PayPal Billing Department team.
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I noticed the odd spelling of her first name. I clicked the link and got a very "PayPal" looking site. It asked for EVERYTHING. CC#'s, checking account #'s, PIN #'s, mother's maiden name, passwords, I mean every bit of info one could possibly ever have.
I went to PayPal security and showed them the letter.
They said,



Thank you for contacting PayPal.

Thank you for taking the time to pass this information along. We will continue to investigate this situation. This email is not from PayPal.

If you logged into this site you should log onto your PayPal account and change your password as soon as possible.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us
again.

Sincerely,
David
PayPal Customer Service

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I would hope that none of you would have responded but as there is such a wide range of people with a corresponding wide range of IQ levels, I thought I would give you all a headsup.

[Billyman]

Thank you very much for the heads up. I'll definitly keep an eye peeled and will do the same if something should turn up (alert security).

[Billyman]

After doing a little quick research (as quick as dial-up would allow), the number one thing to look for in bogus PayPal emails is the URL. 99% of the time, if you click the link given, you'll see that you are NOT in fact on the actual PayPal site. Thanks again Wonder.

[Uberwonder]

Here is the url of the bogus site. Like you pointed out it is not very ligit looking.

http://210.82.193.106/secure/PayPalSecurity=UsingSSL=0pUserId=ru=http3A2F2Fcgi1.PayPal.com2Faw-cgi2FeBayISAPI.dll3FMyPayPalLogin26pass3D7B_pass7D26userid3Dpp=check/check.html?MyeBayPreference&userid=62165&pass=b6/pwNtvmyYXtAWtLL5Hn10&first=N&sellerSort=3&bidderSort=3&watchSort=3&bidderSort=3&watchSort=3&dayssince=2&p1=0&p2=0&p3=0&p4=0&p5=00&p5=0&siteid=344"

[MrsKol]

Apparently, they have been caught. I tried the link a couple of times and could get thru.