Well Crafted PayPal Phishing Emails in Circulation

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Well Crafted PayPal Phishing Emails in Circulation

German antivirus vendor Avira has intercepted a new phishing campaign, which generates fake emails posing as security notifications from PayPal.

The rogue emails bear a subject of "Notification Of Limited Account Access RXI034" (the final ID can differ) and purport to originate from a [email protected] address. The contained message is well formulated and instructs recipients to open the attached .html file in order to provide account verification information.

Part of the message, allegedly signed by the PayPal Review Department, reads as following:

"Dear Member,

As part of our efforts to provide a safe and secure environment for the online community, we regularly screen account activity.

Further details here: http://news.softpedi...on-166732.shtml