posted on February 17, 2006 05:18:10 AM
Don't know if anyone has seen this, but I'm posting just in case. This is pretty believable. We received this alert from our ISP:
E-Mail Scam - PayPal Class Action Lawsuit E-mail Scam
The Internet Crime Complaint Center, which is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National White Collar Crime Center, recently warned the public of bogus e-mail messages that request recipients to update their PayPal credit card information. The message says that recipients are eligible to receive funds from a recent settlement of a PayPal class action lawsuit. Below is the partial text from a fraudulent PayPal e-mail message.
The above is a PHISHING SCAM. The message appears legitimate, doesn't it? The sender shows as coming from PayPal. A secure website is listed. A litigation case number is provided claiming to be from a United States District Court in California. However, the "PayPal" link takes the recipient to a scammer's web page, which looks to be one associated with PayPal. The fraudulent page requests the recipient's username and password, and thus provides the scammers with access to the recipient's PayPal account. Upon completing the form on the bogus web page and then clicking SUBMIT, the recipient is redirected to a legitimate PayPal web page.
The Internet Crime Complaint Center asks Internet users to be cautious of e-mail messages that request private information for the purposes of participating in or settlement of a class action lawsuit. These e-mail messages may be phishing scams attempting to gather personal and financial information.
