Fake Paypal Email

This is what a fake paypal email looks like.

From PayPal: recent changes in your personal information

Subject You have 24 hours to confirm your Paypal personal information

Quote :

Dear PayPal member,

This e-mail was sent to you because we have detected an error in your billing information during our regular schedule account maintenance and verification. This might be due to either following reasons:

A recent change in your personal information (i.e. change of address).
Submitting invalid information during the initial sign up process.
An inability to accurately verify your selected option of payment due an internal error with our processors.
You have 24 hours to click the link below and confirm your PayPal personal information, otherwise your ATM Debit / Credit Card access will become restricted:

Click Here

© 2008 PayPal.

You can forward this type of email to spoof@paypal.com to report it to paypal.

Paypal will reply back to you in a very short amount of time to let you know that it is a fake and what to do about it.

Here is the reply you get back from the real paypal after you forward the fake email to them.

From spoof@paypal.com
Subject RE: - Your recent report to Paypal (KMM1090982734978V298H)

Quote :

Hello ApplianceJunk.com,

Thanks for forwarding that suspicious-looking email. You're right - it
was a phishing attempt, and we're working on stopping the fraud. By
reporting the problem, you've made a difference!

Identity thieves try to trick you into revealing your password or other
personal information through phishing emails and fake websites. To learn
more about online safety, click "Security Center" on any PayPal webpage.


Every email counts. When you forward suspicious-looking emails to
spoof@paypal.com, you help keep yourself and others safe from identity
theft.

Your account security is very important to us, so we appreciate your
extra effort.

Thanks,

PayPal