posted on September 27, 2001 05:37:03 PM
I'm not sure if anyone has posted anything about this, so here goes...
I got a letter today from [email protected] (at least that is what it said...)
Here's the text of the letter
Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by
([email protected]) on Thursday, September 27, 2001 at 15:52:19
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: Dear current verified Paypal Member,
In our database, we have come across an error in your account. You have violated our Policy. It was under Fraud Review code 63561. Please understand that its your responsibility to follow our instruction to avoid Account Termination. Click <a href="http://207.89.30.63/63561">here</a> to Log on to your account. After logging, please read our strict policy. This is a warning letter. Sorry for any misunderstanding.
I assumed it was a fraud, as the return path was not paypal, but decided to call paypal anyway, as I keep a 5 digit balance in paypal, and didn't want to see it get locked.
Paypal said it was someone who had set up a website that looked like paypal to get passwords and accounts. If you get this letter delete it.
posted on September 27, 2001 08:53:40 PM
Yes, there was a little script in the source code, using another free site, and it sent the email addys and passwords to an aol account - something like [email protected]. Very tricky, and not very hard to do ...
