"A new Web site spoofs the PayPal online payment site and attempts to trick PayPal customers into divulging sensitive account and billing information. The fake Web site is the latest example in what security experts say is a rising trend of "brand spoofing" scams."
As with similar spoofs, PayPal customers receive an email sending them to a fake PayPal site where they are instructed to give out their sensitive information. VeriSign's NetSol has also had problems with this, fake emails sending users to a spoof site where they're encouraged to 'renew' their domain registration when in fact they're being asked to move it to a new provider.
If you need to do any account maintenance, don't click through from an email. Go direct to the site through your browser.
Posted by Diana at July 10, 2003 07:51 AM