|
Scam
Email Alert
|
A
public service from the |
| Law
Offices of Thomas Gross |
|
419 Fraud, Lottery Fraud, Phishing &
Other Scams
|
Exposing
Internet Fraud & Scams |
Phishing Scam E-mails
During the past
year, I
received many e-mail
solicitations that
appear to be phishing e-mails. Phishing e-mails are e-mails from scam
artists who use "official" looking webpages designed to trick you into
believing they are from a website such as EBay, Paypal, America Online, banks,
financial institutions. They generally imply that your account will be
suspended or deactivated unless you click the link to the webpage that is linked
from the e-mail. Sometimes they say that someone is trying to use your
account or this is done for "security" purposes. Once you are at
the site, they will ask for personal information. You may be asked to
provide or verify personal information such as bank account information, credit
card information, social security information and password information. If
you get such an e-mail, you should delete it and do not provide any of the
requested information. However, if you are still not convinced that you have a
fraudulent e-mail, please contact the company directly and explain the e-mail
you received.
PayPal
(15)
Dear Sir,
PayPal is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community of
buyers and sellers. To protect the security of your account, PayPal employs
some of the most advanced security systems in the world and our anti-fraud
teams regularly screen the PayPal system for unusual activity.
Recently, our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your
account. In accordance with PayPal's User Agreement and to ensure that your
account has not been compromised, access to your account was limited. Your
account access will remain limited until this issue has been resolved. This
is a fraud prevention measure meant to ensure that your account is not
compromised.
In order to secure your account and quickly restore full access, we may
require some specific information from you for the following reason:
We would like to ensure that your account was not accessed by an
unauthorized third party. Because protecting the security of your account
is our primary concern, we have limited access to sensitive PayPal account
features. We understand that this may be an inconvenience but please
understand that this temporary limitation is for your protection.
Case ID Number: PP-046-631-789
We encourage you to log in and restore full access as soon as possible.
Should access to your account remain limited for an extended period of
time, it may result in further limitations on the use of your account or
may result in eventual account closure.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that
this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account. We
apologize for any inconvenience.
To keep your account active, click here:
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/accounts-outside
Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department
PayPal Email ID PP576
Arizona
Association of Realtors
Alaska USA
Federal Credit Union
Amazon
(1,2)
American
Airlines Credit Union
American
National Bank of Texas
Armed
Forces Bank
Bank of
America (1, 2,
3, 4)
Barclays Bank
(1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6,
7)
Capital One
Chase Bank (1,
2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10,
11)
CIBC
Citibank
Colonial
Bank
Co-op
Network
Corporate America
Family Credit Union
Credit Union Nat'l
Association (1,2)
Desjardins
E-Bay
(1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6,
7, 8, 9)
egold
(1, 2)
ePassaporte
First
National Bank of PA
Flagstar Bank
Halifax
Online Banking (1,2)
Heartland
Bank
HSBC (1,2,
3)
Internal Revenue
Service
Key
Bank
Lloyds (1,
2)
MidAmerica
Bank
National
Association of Federal Credit Unions
National Credit
Union Administration (1, 2,
3)
NatWest
Bank
Ohio
Savings Bank
PayPal
(1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6,
7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15,
16)
PC Financial
PowerSellers
St.
Francis Bank
Texas
Dow Employees Credit Union (1, 2)
Visa (1,2)
Washington Mutual
Wells Fargo
Bank
World
Savings
419
Fraud | Lottery Fraud | Phishing
| Other Fraud | Fraud
Links
The
information provided on this website is provided for informational purposes only
and should not be considered legal advice.
2002-2005
Law Offices of Thomas Gross. San Jose, California.
All Rights Reserved. Copyright Notice.
Website: Silicon Valley
Lawyer
VC Firms
| Legal
Directory | Stock
Transfer Opinions |
Fraud Emails |
Small Business Lawyer