Here's a new style of Phishing email - I had to look twice to convince myself here that it was the email that was phishing and not someone really breaking into my account. Indications that it's phishing:
1 - 'Dear PayPal user' - should give my name
2 - sent to 'undisclosed recipients' - would have been sent to my registered email address.
3 - the destination of the link is http://210.187.79.36/~anna/.bin/ - an IP address to mask the fake website name, it would be www.paypal.co.uk / www.paypal.com if it was real.
If in doubt, open a ne browser window and type in www.paypal.com to sign into your account. Never use the links in emails, even on genuine emails. It leads you into a flase sense of security.
Here's the email content:
Dear PayPal user,
You've added an additional email address to your account.Us for details
To make sure you can use your PayPal account the next time you make a purchase, all you need to do is confirm or not your email address.
To Login, fast in your paypal account :
https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run&dispatch=5d80a13c0db1f1ff80d5423b5265b6559fc2aae010bfb00cf3c64
If your email program has problems with hypertext links, you may also confirm your email address by logging in to your account.
>>> Apply online
Please do not reply to this email.This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response.
PayPal Email ID PP025197.
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