PayPal | Please Restore Your Account Access

As I said earlier, PayPal and Ebay seem to be popular targets for phishing attacks today.

Here's one that I though at first was going to be like the one a couple of days ago, but is significantly different. It does show the PayPal logo at the top, but apart from that it's just a text email.

The email claims that PayPal has detected 'unusual charges' on a credit card linked to the account - how would PayPal know what you are doing with your credit card.

Very clever the way the email does suggest opening a new browser window and typing in the URL yourself, knowing that most will still just click the link and not read the text. Very clever - and definitely good advice.

Here's the details:

From: service@paypal.com
To: [private email address, but not the one the email was received at]
Subject: Please Restore Your Account Access
Actual URL: http://yourlocalhost.co.za/.PayPal.Com(T)/Billing/Edit/web/.Login/index.php
Stated URL: https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run

Dear PayPal Member,

As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal
system. We recently contacted you after noticing an issue on your account.We
requested information from you for the following reason:

Our system detected unusual charges to a credit card linked to your PayPal
account.

Case ID Number: PP-337-105-495



This is a third and final reminder to log in to PayPal as soon as possible.

Be sure to log in securely by opening a new browser window and typing the PayPal
URL. Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to restore your account
access. We appreciate your understanding as we work to ensure account safety.

In accordance with PayPal's User Agreement, your account access will remain
limited until the issue has been resolved. Unfortunately, if access to your
account remains limited for an extended period of time, it may result in further
limitations or eventual account closure. We encourage you to log in to your
PayPal account as soon as possible to help avoid this.

To review your account and some or all of the information that PayPal used to
make its decision to limit your account access, please visit the Resolution
Center. If, after reviewing your account information, you seek further
clarification regarding your account access, please contact PayPal by visiting
the Help Center and clicking "Contact Us".

We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that
this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We
apologize for any inconvenience.

Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department

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PayPal Email ID PP638


https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run