Dearest, Give Me Your Money!

I CAN’T imagine anyone being so dumb as to fall for this email scam, but just in case I’m posting this email I received today looking to scam me out of some hard earned cash. Read more

Beware: Paypal Scam Doing The Rounds

I RECEIVED the following email in my inbox this morning, which I immediately reported to Paypal and had confirmed by them as a phishing attempt to gain access to my credentials and password/financial information. It’s doing the rounds at the mo apparently.

I sussed it for a phishing attempt more or less immediately, but it was cleverly disguised in fairness, using all the right logos, language… hell if it wasn’t for the dodgy domain in the link address contained within the email I might have fallen for it. Well not really, given that Paypal would never ask for the details this email does, but still I’m sure there are folks out there who may be taken in by this.

Therefore I am reproducing the entire email here, including links, so that as many people as possible can be alerted to this phishing attempt. Please feel free to link to or cut/paste from this article if it will help avoid someone getting caught by the fraudsters behind this.

Original email follows: Read more