Saturday, August 23, 2008

I Get E-Mail!

Two recent spams with the same subject line. I don't think these are REALLY from PayPal because:
  1. Pay-PaIL.com is where it SAYS it's from.
  2. The Survey link goes to http://www.christiangm.org/Forum/uploads/paypal.com/index.php, not PayPal. The Privacy Policy also links there.
  3. It offers a prize, then it threatens me with deletion. Nice.
What's with the note on the SSL certificate? Woohoo, I'm impressed!


Credit Union: IMPORTANT :PayPal Account Verification
PayPal

Dear Customer,

CONGRATULATIONS !!!

You have been chosen by PayPal online department to take part in our quick and easy reward survey.
In return we will credit 100$ to your account - Just for your time!
Helping us better understand how our customers feel, benefits everyone.
With the information collected we can decide to direct a number of changes to improve and expand our online services.
The information you provide us is all non-sensitive and anonymous - No part of it is handed down to any third party groups.
It will be stored in our secure database for maximum of 3 days while we process the results of this nationwide survey.

We kindly ask you to spare two minutes of your time in taking part with this unique offer!
To continue please click the link below: Customer Satisfaction Survey >>


Copyright © 2008 PayPal, Click on the following link to review or obtain a copy of our
Privacy Policy Statement

If you fail to provide the required information your account will be automatically
deleted from the
PayPal
, Database

Note: We will be upgrading our yearly SSL EncryptedServer to prevent fraudulent
activity.

Reference ID: EEFNQMWJIFGNGWNWPOWONSHFXWZRWGKNLUUT

And the next one. This one links to antiquejewels.org. Can't PayPal afford their own server? Same threat of deletion, but no reward this time.

Credit Union: IMPORTANT :PayPal Account Verification

PayPal


Hello, PayPal, Member August 2008


It has come to our attention that your PayPal account information needs to be updated.
If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your personal records,
To continue please click the link below: Click here


Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team

Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response.
For assistance,log in to your PayPal Account and click thec Help link located in the top right corner

Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, PayPal will periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements.

Copyright © 2008 PayPal, Click on the following link to review or obtain a copy of our
Privacy Policy Statement

If you fail to provide the required information your account will be automatically
deleted from the
PayPal, Database

Note: We will be upgrading our yearly SSL EncryptedServer to prevent fraudulent
activity.

Reference ID: JUPGWXVPIUKZWSFVEINIIWXCBQIWCGTCYSI

1 comment:

Matthew Fedder said...

Hopefully Christine will appreciate me saying this (if she reads this blog): This is why those providing file upload services have to be very careful -- otherwise they end up becoming free hosting services for scammers such as these.