WOW Paypal scammer

[anhvo12345]

WOW I TEH NOOB :< I gave away my password to strateticgames. I wasnt think about saw this email > subject "Please Update Your Paypal Account Information." So I click the link and login, type username and pw. Then it asking me for credit card information about bank account info. i was like bah i will do it tomorrow. Then i got pmed from Xaotic because i wanted to buy his laptop harddrive. So i login my non CC paypal and no bank verified. I have 85 dollars but cant send because it need credit credit, i like come on i got 85 dollars in there. So i go browering the opition and help, still no good, but i spotted Protect Yourself from Fraudulent Emails. I dont know why i recheck the email i just got. And it turned out to be a fake.

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/7156/untitled9is1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

note the status bar link to strateticgames.de/paypal/
and note the from and to.

I cant believe i fell for this noob 5hits.

it was a pain to look for my banking account info so i can change pw.


WARNING DO NOT PUT IN REAL ACCOUNT name and password
if you go to there site www.strateticgames.de/paypal
look just like paypal :O

[SemperFiGuy]

One of those instances where you wish there was a little more common courtesy in the world.... People caught partaking in this sort of act should be stripped of everything they're worth. That site is almost identical to the actual Paypal site... such a shame that people can sink this low.



--> Semi on-topic: Want to know what would solve road rage?? If everyone's license plate # was changed to match their cell phone #...

[d94]

so did you loose $85?

[Fr3@k3r]

wow i love how these noobs make such perfect copies :)

[ghettocomp]

they are not really copies, they used the pages from paypal and change a few links to work for them..

[anhvo12345]

no i didnt lose anyything , i changed my password after i found my bank account number

[UnseenMenace]

All you need to do to know its fake is look at the email address that it was sent from :- yaqvfpny@kataweb.it does not exactly look like a legitimate paypal address now does it ?
This is without mentioning that the document has been sent to people other than yourself, according to the information in on the page you display..

Have you reported the URL to paypal ?
Forward the website URL information along with the email to spoof@paypal.com

[ghettocomp]

Reported to their service provider, and another ;) hopefully they will go out with a lot of crying and wimpering... (cuffs and chains):D

[SunRedRX7]

Probably the easiest way to avoid getting caught by phishing scams is to NEVER click the links in the email.

If your that worried it might be legitamate, open up your favorite web browser, then physically type the name of the company in question into the address bar, then login. I would think that if something was wrong with your account, when you logged into your account something would pop up and tell you.

So remember, NEVER CLICK LINKS IN EMAILS, even if you think its real you should avoid doing this.

[brickout]

^^^DEFINITELY the right way to handle email notifications.

I'm so paranoid, after receiving notices and logging in to whomever the email spoofs, I double check the security certificate.

[Krusty]

"Dear Paypal Member" = scammer

ALL official paypal emails will contain your first and last name.

[Bender]

Sometimes I feed the spoofers bogus login and usernames. I need to make a script that floods them with bogus information.

Using your web browser is the best idea. Make sure you dont have any spyware because your browser can easily direct you to a site that looks identical to paypal.

[petteyg359]

Give them a bank account number similar to yours, so it's more likely that it's a real account, and a bogus password, so then if they try to log into the bank account, they'll have not only PayPal but also the bank after them.

[Nathan0490]

Also the page u goto will ALWAYS have the Secured SSL Site Lock in the bottom right of the browser. As well as in this case the URL was totally different from www.paypal.com so you have to watch that too.

[Soichiro]

OMG I hate scammers like that. It's fun to put in bogus info for them though. I just went to that site and put in stuff like:
Name: Yuwanna Butts Eckslater (lol)
SSN: 123-32-1337 (cuz team 32 is 1337 :D )
B-day: 12/31/2150 (yar, I be from t3h future!)

Muahahaha... :p

And yeah, always hover over the link and make sure it starts with https://www.paypal.com/, and make sure they include your REAL name in the e-mail.

[Quailane]

All you need to do to know its fake is look at the email address that it was sent from :- yaqvfpny@kataweb.it does not exactly look like a legitimate paypal address now does it ?
This is without mentioning that the document has been sent to people other than yourself, according to the information in on the page you display.

These guys must have been extra stupid and not used an email spoofer.

[anhvo12345]

yeah, i noticed yaqvfpny@kataweb.it when i recheck my emails agian.
I wasnt thinking :bang head

[ghettocomp]

Don't forget, they can log your IP :eek:
Some of those scammers are not so dumb, but they can be easily
fooled into doing really stupid things. Just be safe about it, be anonymous.

[Albaholic]

Also if you notice the email was sent to multiple people as well. Trying to see if someone will bite. I wonder what the sucessful prosecution rate is for things like this.

[ghettocomp]

As for prosecution, I don't know. There are some people that make it a "hobby" of theirs to persecute them until they cave in...


Edit: I noticed that they seem to have been brought down :D knowing the right people is great!