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January 16, 2008

Beware of Fraudulent and phishing Email attacks

Hello visitors, Recently my mail box are getting flooded with Phishing mails to hack through my Paypal account and other online bank accounts.
To prevent getting befooled by these fraudulent attacks
  • Always go to your login page by typing in the address of the website not by clicking on the link that has been mailed to you.
  • Or,you can copy the link given in mail and paste in the address bar of the web browser you are using but I suggest you never prefer to do so and NEVER EVER CLICK ON SUCH LINKS
  • Always believe on your banking service provider or website on which you having your account...they will never send you a mail to give your personal details or what ever!!
  • Always complain for any such suspected attacks to safeguard those who are unaware of all these.
So be aware!! Be Secure!!

Here i am giving the phishing email i got....Check out the link given as http://paypal.com actually takes you to a different website with perfectly copied paypal like page.


PayPal has been receiving complaints from our customers for unauthorised use of the PayPal accounts. As a result we periodically review PayPal Accounts and temporarily restrict access of those accounts which we think are vunerable to the unauthorised use.

This message has been sent to you from PayPal because we have noticed invalid login attempts into your account, due to this we are temporarily limiting and restricting your account access until we confirm your identity.


To confirm your identity and remove your account limitation please following the link below


http://paypal.com.

PayPal is committed to ensure the safeguard of each customer's personal information, making sure only authorised individuals have access to their accounts. It is all about your security.

Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, PayPal will
periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements.

Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions.
http://www.paypal.com/



So ,friends i hope you will be aware of all such attacks in future. I forwarded this email to spoof@paypal.com [caters with such problems] and they have acknowledged that the above given mail is a phishing attempt mail.


Do post in your comments!!

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2 comments:

  1. I'd suggest you to amend the second point so that readers don't copy the given link blindly but log on to the site by typing its address themselves.

    click here for my email address.

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  2. thankss for your comment.I'll mak the requisite changes

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