{"id":409,"date":"2014-03-28T02:21:32","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T02:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ccrepairservices.com\/blog\/?p=409"},"modified":"2014-03-28T02:25:50","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T02:25:50","slug":"paypal-unauthorized-credit-card-payment-phish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ccrepairservices.com\/blog\/computer-news\/paypal-unauthorized-credit-card-payment-phish\/","title":{"rendered":"PayPal \u201cUnauthorized Credit Card Payment\u201d Phish"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fake PayPal email, addressed \u201cDear PayPal\u201d, with an attachment to fill in? What could possibly go wrong?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Fake<\/p>\n

The email reads as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear PayPal user,<\/p>\n

We recently received a report of unauthorized credit card payment\u00a0attempt\u00a0associated with this account. To protect you against any further\u00a0unauthorised\u00a0payment attempts, we\u2019ve limited access to your PayPal account.
\nPlease take\u00a0a minute to review the details below and what steps you need to\u00a0take to\u00a0remove the limits.<\/p>\n

\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013
\nDetails of disputed transaction
\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013
\nCase ID Number: PP-001-546-712-049
\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013
\nWhat to do next
\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013<\/p>\n

Please download the form attached to this email and open it in a\u00a0web browser.
\nOnce opened, you will be provided with steps to restore your\u00a0account access.
\nWe appreciate your understanding as we work to ensure your\u00a0account safety.<\/p>\n

\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013
\nDue dates
\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013
\nPlease get back to us as soon as possible.
\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013
\nOther details
\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013
\nThere are no other details for this transaction at this time.<\/p>\n

Yours sincerely,
\nPayPal<\/blockquote>\n

Just like the spam from mid-February<\/span><\/span>, this one comes with a zipped attachment:<\/p>\n

Case ID Number PP-001-546-712-049<\/p>\n

with a .html file inside called\u2026well, you can probably guess what it\u2019s called:<\/p>\n

Case ID Number PP-001-546-712-049.html<\/p>\n

\"html<\/p>\n

The form asks for:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email address, full name, PayPal password, DOB, billing address \/ town, county, postcode, home phone, credit \/ debit card number, expiry date, security code and sort code.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Of course, you shouldn\u2019t fill this in or hit the \u201cSend\u201d button \u2013 just delete the attachment and send the mail to the spam folder.<\/p>\n

Complete Online Computer news and Repair<\/h1>\n

WWW.CCREPAIRSERVICES.COM<\/a><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A fake PayPal email, addressed \u201cDear PayPal\u201d, with an attachment to fill in? What could possibly go wrong? The email reads as follows: Dear PayPal user, We recently received a report of unauthorized credit card payment\u00a0attempt\u00a0associated with this account. To protect you against any further\u00a0unauthorised\u00a0payment attempts, we\u2019ve limited access to your PayPal account. Please take\u00a0a minute to review the details below and what steps you need to\u00a0take to\u00a0remove the limits. \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013 Details of disputed transaction \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013 Case ID Number: PP-001-546-712-049 \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013 What to do next \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013 Please download the form attached to this email and open it in a\u00a0web browser. Once opened, you will be provided with steps to restore your\u00a0account access. We appreciate your understanding as we work to ensure your\u00a0account safety. \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013 Due dates \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013 Please get back to us as soon as possible. \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013 Other details \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013 There are no other details for this transaction at this time. Yours sincerely, PayPal Just like the spam from mid-February, this one comes with a zipped attachment: Case ID Number PP-001-546-712-049 with a .html file inside called\u2026well, you can probably guess what it\u2019s called: Case ID Number PP-001-546-712-049.html The form asks for: Email address, full name, PayPal password, DOB, billing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[637,103,19,32,486,635,634,632,633,555,636,638,639],"class_list":["post-409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-news","tag-beware-paypal","tag-computer-news-2","tag-computer-repair","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-latest-news","tag-payl-scam","tag-paypal","tag-paypal-fake-email","tag-paypal-news","tag-scam","tag-scammer","tag-scams","tag-web-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ccrepairservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ccrepairservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ccrepairservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccrepairservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccrepairservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccrepairservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":414,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccrepairservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions\/414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ccrepairservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccrepairservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccrepairservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}