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New PayPal Phishing E-mail

I received the following e-mail from some joker today:


"You have added laptopseller@yahoo.com as a new email address for your
PayPal account.

If you did not authorize this change or if you need assistance with
your account, please contact PayPal customer service at:

https://www.paypal.com/row/wf/f=ap_email

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 header of any page.

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PROTECT YOUR PASSWORD

NEVER give your password to anyone and ONLY log in at
https://www.paypal.com/. Protect yourself against fraudulent websites
by opening a new web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape) and typing
in the PayPal URL every time you log in to your account.

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PayPal Email ID PP007"

Now, while the link looks legitimate, if you look at the source (in the original e-mail) for where the link in the letter actually directs you, it takes you to a web page with the address:

new-mainepage.info

And if you check the domain registry, you get the following information for who owns the domain:

Domain ID:D7812314-LRMS
Domain Name:NEW-MAINEPAGE.INFO
Created On:24-Oct-2004 22:13:40 UTC
Last Updated On:25-Oct-2004 15:10:11 UTC
Expiration Date:24-Oct-2006 22:13:40 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:R171-LRMS
Status:ACTIVE
Status:OK
Registrant ID:C7167803-LRMS
Registrant Name:GILBERTO GRANADOS
Registrant Street1:26381 WHITMAN ST APT. 27
Registrant City:HAYWARD
Registrant State/Province:California
Registrant Postal Code:94544
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.5108251572
Registrant Email:jennifershofestall33@yahoo.com
Admin ID:C7167808-LRMS
Admin Name:GILBERTO GRANADOS
Admin Street1:26381 WHITMAN ST APT. 27
Admin City:HAYWARD
Admin State/Province:California
Admin Postal Code:94544
Admin Country:US
Admin Phone:+1.5108251572
Admin Email:jennifershofestall33@yahoo.com
Billing ID:C7167810-LRMS
Billing Name:GILBERTO GRANADOS
Billing Street1:26381 WHITMAN ST APT. 27
Billing City:HAYWARD
Billing State/Province:California
Billing Postal Code:94544
Billing Country:US
Billing Phone:+1.5108251572
Billing Email:jennifershofestall33@yahoo.com
Tech ID:C7167806-LRMS
Tech Name:GILBERTO GRANADOS
Tech Street1:26381 WHITMAN ST APT. 27
Tech City:HAYWARD
Tech State/Province:California
Tech Postal Code:94544
Tech Country:US
Tech Phone:+1.5108251572
Tech Email:jennifershofestall33@yahoo.com
Name Server:WSC1.JOMAX.NET
Name Server:WSC2.JOMAX.NET

Gee, I hope some of you guys who live in the 510 area code don't make some prank phone calls to Gilberto. vbg

Messages In This Thread

New PayPal Phishing E-mail
Just got the same one - sent it to paypal
Me three!
Thanks, Mark - I've received a few of those
Bummer....phone # is NOT in service sad
Mark... Question
Re: Mark... Question
Thanks Mark!
Email no good either

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