Paypal 1, Spammers 0
3 years, 11 months ago
Well, I found this hilarious. I just got a fradulent spam message trying to get my PayPal password from me (in industry terms this is called a "phish"). The funny thing about it was that in their attempt to accurately copy the PayPal email message format they forgot to remove this one particular block from the email:
Protect Your Account Info
Make sure you never provide your password to fraudulent websites.
To safely and securely access the PayPal website or your account, open up a new web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape) and type in the PayPal URL (http://www.paypal.com/).
PayPal will never ask you to enter your password in an email.
For more information on protecting yourself from fraud, please review our Security Tips at http://www.paypal.com/securitytips
I have to feel sorry, though, for those who make the same mistake as these spammers did and don't read this block.
