WARNING ebay and paypal spoof emails

soolin

Timbrin66 wrote: »

Thanks

I didnt know the return email could be faked, you learn something new every day.

Are you sure if thats the case why do they bother using similar email addreses if they can just fake it.

A non techie like me can fake an address (and I'm really non techie) but a techie person can easily tell when it has been done.

Timbrin66

Thanks guys
I googled it apparently its easy to fake a return address.
You change some code in the return-path of the email.

I didnt realise it was possible, you get so many pishing emails from obviously fake email addresses, I presume the guys who do this are not experts as they could easily put a convincing return address.

Why use [EMAIL="RoyalBankofUganda@hotmail.com"]RoyalBankofUganda@hotmail.com[/EMAIL] when they could use [EMAIL="Admin@RoyalBankofUganda.com"]Admin@RoyalBankofUganda.com[/EMAIL]

Kite2010

Timbrin66 wrote: »

Thanks guys
I googled it apparently its easy to fake a return address.
You change some code in the return-path of the email.

I didnt realise it was possible, you get so many pishing emails from obviously fake email addresses, I presume the guys who do this are not experts as they could easily put a convincing return address.

Why use [EMAIL="RoyalBankofUganda@hotmail.com"]RoyalBankofUganda@hotmail.com[/EMAIL] when they could use [EMAIL="Admin@RoyalBankofUganda.com"]Admin@RoyalBankofUganda.com[/EMAIL]

Because they are idiots

soolin

Kite2010 wrote: »

Because they are idiots

well said!

Februarycat

goodgirl80 wrote: »

Hi - I wonder if anyone has had their paypal account 'limited'. When I logged in they asked for my full card number, then I had to change my password. Then they wanted to ring me at my home address.
Is it because I tried to purchase from a different computer?

Thanks

I have just had this e mail today. When I logged into paypal they want me to give my cc number and account numbers again, I have not done so, as Im not sure its genuine.

soolin

The 'view your unpaid item message' scam mail is doing the rounds at the moment, I've had it on 3 email accounts in the last hour.

basically it states "
[FONT=Arial, Verdana]eBay New Unpaid Item Message from twizzle.1756 : #130606944889-- response required"[/FONT]


It is an obvious phish but thought it worth placing here .

ch1ppert

Hi all.. im selling my car on ebay atm and recieving emails asking if the car is still forsale and how much i would accept... i reply and say that "yes the car is still avalible" then i get a reply back saying...




Thanks for the mail, i am buying this for my son as his birthday gift because i would not be around to celebrate with him i am a petroleum engineer currently on a rig offshore in UK and due to the nature of my work,phone calls making and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email regarding it. In case if you will want to call me to talk to me on phone you can easily call me on this number +447024041070. I really want this item to be a surprise gift for my son so i wont let him know anything about the item until it gets delivered to him , i am sure he will be more than happy with the item.I insisted on paypal because i don't have access to my bank account online as i don't have internet banking, but i can pay from my PayPal account, as i have my bank a/c attached to it, i will need you to give me your PayPal email address so i can make the payment as soon as possible for the item and pls if you don't have PayPal account yet,it is very easy to set up, go on ww.paypal.com and get it set up ,after you have set it up i will only need the e-mail address you use for registration with PayPal so as to put the money through.I have a pick up agent that will come for the pick up immediately you have receive the payment in full.what is your final price including the paypal charges?.



basicly if it sounds to good to be true.. then it is, makes me mad :mad: so im making you guys aware

jonty03

I have had quite a few spoof emails over the years, but this one had me wondering as it had my full name and also asked me not to reply to it but to go to the help pages on the Paypal site. I was still suspicious as it asked me to click on the link, so I phoned Paypal.

I checked with Paypal and everything was fine with my account, no-one had tried to access it. They said it was a fraudulant email as, although it had my full name in it, they would NEVER put links in their emails. They asked me to forward it to the spoof dept at Paypal

Please keep a look out, as these scammers emails are becoming more realistic.

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
Dear They had my full name,

As a security measure, we regularly screen PayPal activity. Recently, we noticed a problem with your account.

We determined that someone may have tried to access your PayPal account without your permission. For your protection, we have limited your account access. To lift this limitation, click here:

there was a link inserted here

Reference Number:

We've limited access to your account temporarily .We'll review the limitation once you respond with the information we've requested.

Thank you for helping to resolve this problem.

Yours sincerely,

PayPal Account Review Department

Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and click the Help link in the top right corner of any PayPal page.

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Copyright © 1999-2012 PayPal. All rights reserved.

PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. & Cie, S.C.A.
Soci!t! en Commandite par Actions
Registered Office: 5th Floor 22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg
RCS Luxembourg B 118 349


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JethroUK

I get regular spoofs always from same domain

Ebey.co.uk or Ebey.com

Cant understand why the domain it's self is not just torn down

might as well be

WeRobVulnerableAdultsAndChildren.com

iieee

I got this one today and thought it was worth posting as I did actually think that my account had been hacked until I logged into paypal and saw that the transaction wasn't there. Then I looked back at the email and read it carefully and saw that it wasn't genuine.

SUBJECT: Receipt for Your Payment to E-VIE G LTD
SENDER: [EMAIL="service@E-VIEGLTD.paypal.com"]service@E-VIEGLTD.paypal.com[/EMAIL]

You sent a payment of 9.99 GBP to E-VIE G LTD (topup.orders@googlemail.com)

The transaction will not appear in your account payments history, for the moment.

Merchant
E-VIE G LTD
[EMAIL="topup.orders@googlemail.com"]topup.orders@googlemail.com[/EMAIL]
+44 8454747809

Instructions to merchant
You haven't entered any instructions.

Description Unit price Qty Amount Lebara Mobile Topup Voucher 10
9.99 GBP 1 9.99 GBP Subtotal 9.99 GBP [COLOR=#333333 ! important]Total[/COLOR] 9.99 GBP [COLOR=#333333 ! important]Payment[/COLOR] 9.99 GBP Charge will appear on your credit card statement as 'PAYPAL *CALL CARD'
Payment sent to [EMAIL="topup.orders@googlemail.com"]topup.orders@googlemail.com[/EMAIL]

Sorry the formatting hasn't come up properly but it looked just like a normal paypal receipt except for the comment about it not showing up in my transactions, and there is a grey button at the bottom saying 'cancel transaction'.