PayPal Fighting Back

PayPal are fighting back against the phishers and have a whole area of their site dedicated to this: Read More Here.

But, as far as I know, they have not yet taken the simple step of removing links from their emails. Although they recommend you never click a link in an email, their 'X has just sent you money' email still includes links (unless it has been removed since I last received money). This leads people into thinking clicking on email links is safe, which it isn't, as shown by the Fiona Parrot emails a few weeks back. Here, recipients received a fake PayPal money received notification that linked to a phishing site.

PayPal's security area is well worth a visit and try out their online quiz. Although I'm not convinced all of their answers are correct - one is that phishers are trying to steal your identity. I would say not - just enough to steal your money. Stealing your identity goes a lot further than just emptying your bank account.

But that's splitting hairs...