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Scam emails using peoples personal details from PayPal

Here is a new type of phishing scam that relies on your name and email address details that your Paypal account uses. So
paypal has been compromised. It may pay to change your Paypal password.

http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=942434
There are 5 other sites informing of this scam.

People are wondering if Paypal may have been compromised, due to suspicious emails they've recieved with what seems to
be Paypal-specific info inside. So, beware bogus Adobe and Skype emails, and hopefully there'll be more info about the
possible Paypal issue, or some other explanation, soon.

Cheers Don...

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On 4/3/2011 5:24 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
Scam emails using peoples personal details from PayPal

Here is a new type of phishing scam that relies on your name and email
address details that your Paypal account uses. So paypal has been
compromised. It may pay to change your Paypal password.

http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=942434
There are 5 other sites informing of this scam.

People are wondering if Paypal may have been compromised, due to
suspicious emails they've recieved with what seems to be Paypal-specific
info inside. So, beware bogus Adobe and Skype emails, and hopefully
there'll be more info about the possible Paypal issue, or some other
explanation, soon.

Cheers Don...

======================



Anyone who you do business with using your PayPal account has your full
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name and address provided by PayPal - so they can send the goods to you,
of course. What they do with that data after then is up to them.

PayPal itself does not need to be 'hacked' to get that data, and I dont
see how changing your password is going to help.

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Regards,

Adrian Jansen adrianjansen at internode dot on dot net
Note reply address is invalid, convert address above to machine form.
 
On 04-Mar-11 9:44 AM, Dr Who wrote:
Adrian Jansen wrote:

Anyone who you do business with using your PayPal account has your
full name and address provided by PayPal - so they can send the goods
to you, of course. What they do with that data after then is up to
them.

PayPal itself does not need to be 'hacked' to get that data, and I
dont see how changing your password is going to help.

Who's to say the details even came from PayPal?

Anyone buying from Ebay gets the sellers name and address regardless of
how they pay.
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An individual seller isn't going to be able to generate a massive data base to have all these bodgy websites and sales
machines put in place. Think about it.

Have a look at the websites and domains involved.
First example I got to:
http://skype-instant-upgrades.com/

And yes it could well be an ebay security leak, and not paypal.

check some of these out:
adobe-pdf-upgrades.com
skype-instant-download.com
skype-instant-update.com
2011-skype-center.com
2011-skype-center.net
2011-skype-center.org
acrobat-reader-downloads.org
adobe-acrobat-2011-upgrade.com
adobe-acrobat-upgrades.org
adobe-new-updates.com
adobe-new-upgrades.com
adobe-pdf-2011-upgrade.com
adobe-reader-upgrades.info
microsoft-licensing-center.com
official-skype-updates.com
skype-2011-downloads.com
skype-2011-downloads.net
skype-2011-downloads.org
skype-instant-upgrade.com
skype-instant-upgrades.com
adobe-new-downloads.com

- Also new 1st March 2011
http://www.official-adobe-software.org

an individual seller?

Cheers Don...

====================

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Don McKenzie

Site Map: http://www.dontronics.com/sitemap
E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.dontronics.com/email
Web Camera Page: http://www.dontronics.com/webcam
No More Damn Spam: http://www.dontronics.com/spam

These products will reduce in price by 5% every month:
http://www.dontronics-shop.com/minus-5-every-month.html
http://www.dontronics-shop.com/ics.html

Bare Proto PCB for PIC or AVR projects?
"I'd buy that for a Dollar!".
 
That is strange, I get PayPal emails and I have NEVER dealt with PayPal nor
ebay in my life.

Regards
 
Adrian Jansen wrote:

On 4/3/2011 5:24 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
Scam emails using peoples personal details from PayPal

Here is a new type of phishing scam that relies on your name and
email address details that your Paypal account uses. So paypal has
been compromised. It may pay to change your Paypal password.

http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=942434
There are 5 other sites informing of this scam.

People are wondering if Paypal may have been compromised, due to
suspicious emails they've recieved with what seems to be
Paypal-specific info inside. So, beware bogus Adobe and Skype
emails, and hopefully there'll be more info about the possible
Paypal issue, or some other explanation, soon.

Cheers Don...

======================



Anyone who you do business with using your PayPal account has your
full name and address provided by PayPal - so they can send the goods
to you, of course. What they do with that data after then is up to
them.

PayPal itself does not need to be 'hacked' to get that data, and I
dont see how changing your password is going to help.
Click to expand...
Who's to say the details even came from PayPal?

Anyone buying from Ebay gets the sellers name and address regardless of
how they pay.

--
 
Dr Who wrote
Don McKenzie wrote
Dr Who wrote
Adrian Jansen wrote

Anyone who you do business with using your PayPal account has your
full name and address provided by PayPal - so they can send the
goods to you, of course. What they do with that data after then
is up to them.

PayPal itself does not need to be 'hacked' to get that data,
and I dont see how changing your password is going to help.

Who's to say the details even came from PayPal?

Anyone buying from Ebay gets the sellers name and address
regardless of how they pay.

An individual seller isn't going to be able to generate a massive
data base to have all these bodgy websites and sales machines put in
place. Think about it.

Have a look at the websites and domains involved.
First example I got to:
http://skype-instant-upgrades.com/

And yes it could well be an ebay security leak, and not paypal.

check some of these out:
adobe-pdf-upgrades.com
skype-instant-download.com
skype-instant-update.com
2011-skype-center.com
2011-skype-center.net
2011-skype-center.org
acrobat-reader-downloads.org
adobe-acrobat-2011-upgrade.com
adobe-acrobat-upgrades.org
adobe-new-updates.com
adobe-new-upgrades.com
adobe-pdf-2011-upgrade.com
adobe-reader-upgrades.info
microsoft-licensing-center.com
official-skype-updates.com
skype-2011-downloads.com
skype-2011-downloads.net
skype-2011-downloads.org
skype-instant-upgrade.com
skype-instant-upgrades.com
adobe-new-downloads.com

- Also new 1st March 2011
http://www.official-adobe-software.org

an individual seller?

OK good point.

This sort of goes along the lines of the infected PC phone scam where
the culprits have similar access to personal details.

With so many data bases, and so much data floating around these days,
it's no wonder it's readily available to the crims.

Look at the Wikileaks saga, one bloke just creams off the USA military
database. If he hadn't spilled the beans no one would have been any
the wiser as to who did it.

Same thing in India, Phillipines, etc, who's to say how good the data
security measures are, and how well they audit access.
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In fact with wikileaks, the US deliberately made that stuff available to a
huge range of military personel post 9/11 in a completely stupid attempt
to try to stop another 9/11 etc happening again.

That was absolutely guaranteed to see some stupid kid spill the beans sometime.
 
Don McKenzie wrote:

On 04-Mar-11 9:44 AM, Dr Who wrote:
Adrian Jansen wrote:

Anyone who you do business with using your PayPal account has your
full name and address provided by PayPal - so they can send the
goods to you, of course. What they do with that data after then
is up to them.

PayPal itself does not need to be 'hacked' to get that data, and I
dont see how changing your password is going to help.

Who's to say the details even came from PayPal?

Anyone buying from Ebay gets the sellers name and address
regardless of how they pay.

An individual seller isn't going to be able to generate a massive
data base to have all these bodgy websites and sales machines put in
place. Think about it.

Have a look at the websites and domains involved.
First example I got to:
http://skype-instant-upgrades.com/

And yes it could well be an ebay security leak, and not paypal.

check some of these out:
adobe-pdf-upgrades.com
skype-instant-download.com
skype-instant-update.com
2011-skype-center.com
2011-skype-center.net
2011-skype-center.org
acrobat-reader-downloads.org
adobe-acrobat-2011-upgrade.com
adobe-acrobat-upgrades.org
adobe-new-updates.com
adobe-new-upgrades.com
adobe-pdf-2011-upgrade.com
adobe-reader-upgrades.info
microsoft-licensing-center.com
official-skype-updates.com
skype-2011-downloads.com
skype-2011-downloads.net
skype-2011-downloads.org
skype-instant-upgrade.com
skype-instant-upgrades.com
adobe-new-downloads.com

- Also new 1st March 2011
http://www.official-adobe-software.org

an individual seller?

Cheers Don...

====================
Click to expand...
OK good point.

This sort of goes along the lines of the infected PC phone scam where
the culprits have similar access to personal details.

With so many data bases, and so much data floating around these days,
it's no wonder it's readily available to the crims.

Look at the Wikileaks saga, one bloke just creams off the USA military
database. If he hadn't spilled the beans no one would have been any
the wiser as to who did it.

Same thing in India, Phillipines, etc, who's to say how good the data
security measures are, and how well they audit access.



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On 4/03/2011 9:07 AM, jones wrote:
That is strange, I get PayPal emails and I have NEVER dealt with PayPal nor
ebay in my life.

Regards
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Skype?
 
On 04-Mar-11 6:24 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
Scam emails using peoples personal details from PayPal
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Anyone who doesn't believe it is a paypal leak, start reading today's postings from the last to the first:
http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=942434&page=6

Cheers Don...

===========================


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Don McKenzie

Site Map: http://www.dontronics.com/sitemap
E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.dontronics.com/email
Web Camera Page: http://www.dontronics.com/webcam
No More Damn Spam: http://www.dontronics.com/spam

These products will reduce in price by 5% every month:
http://www.dontronics-shop.com/minus-5-every-month.html
http://www.dontronics-shop.com/ics.html

Bare Proto PCB for PIC or AVR projects?
"I'd buy that for a Dollar!".
 
Nope, don't use Skype either. It freezes my computer :)




That is strange, I get PayPal emails and I have NEVER dealt with PayPal
nor
ebay in my life.

Regards



Skype?
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On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 06:24:59 +1100, Don McKenzie <5V@2.5A> wrote:

:Scam emails using peoples personal details from PayPal
:
:Here is a new type of phishing scam that relies on your name and email address
details that your Paypal account uses. So
:paypal has been compromised. It may pay to change your Paypal password.
:
:http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=942434
:There are 5 other sites informing of this scam.
:
:people are wondering if Paypal may have been compromised, due to suspicious
emails they've recieved with what seems to
:be Paypal-specific info inside. So, beware bogus Adobe and Skype emails, and
hopefully there'll be more info about the
:possible Paypal issue, or some other explanation, soon.
:
:Cheers Don...
:
:======================


When you get these phishing emails forward them to spoof@paypal.com and they
will endeavour to have them closed down.
 
On 04-Mar-11 6:24 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
Scam emails using peoples personal details from PayPal

Here is a new type of phishing scam that relies on your name and email address details that your Paypal account uses. So
paypal has been compromised. It may pay to change your Paypal password.

http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=942434
There are 5 other sites informing of this scam.

People are wondering if Paypal may have been compromised, due to suspicious emails they've recieved with what seems to
be Paypal-specific info inside. So, beware bogus Adobe and Skype emails, and hopefully there'll be more info about the
possible Paypal issue, or some other explanation, soon.

Cheers Don...

======================
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Just got my first one to my paypal email address, which was changed on 1st-Jan, this year.
so I sent it onto spoof@paypal.com

we will see if they do anything about it, as it is without doubt a security breach at PP.

Cheers Don...

=====================



--
Don McKenzie

Site Map: http://www.dontronics.com/sitemap
E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.dontronics.com/email
Web Camera Page: http://www.dontronics.com/webcam
No More Damn Spam: http://www.dontronics.com/spam

These products will reduce in price by 5% every month:
http://www.dontronics-shop.com/minus-5-every-month.html
http://www.dontronics-shop.com/ics.html

Bare Proto PCB for PIC or AVR projects?
"I'd buy that for a Dollar!".
 
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