HELP
STOP
IDENTITY
FRAUD
Be on Guard and Protected!
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How To Stop Online Identity Theft & Fraud
Example pf PHISHING email
(the criminal email and IP addresses have been altered for protection)
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Original Message -----
From: PayPal
Sent: Saturday, December ##,
#### #:## AM
Subject: Dispute transaction
Dear PayPal
Member,
This email confirms that you have sent an eBay payment of
$##.## USD to
xxxxxx@yahoo.com for an eBay item.
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Payment
Details
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Amount: $##.##
USD
Transaction ID: #LC######J######Y
Subject: Digimax
###
Note:
If you haven't authorized this charge ,click the link
below to dispute
transaction
and get full refund
Dispute
transaction (Encrypted Link )
*SSL connection:
PayPal automatically
encrypts your confidential information
in transit from your computer to
ours using the Secure
Sockets Layer protocol (SSL) with an encryption
key length
of ###-bits (the highest level commercially
available)
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Item
Information
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eBay User ID:
scratchandgnaw#
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Edward
Harrell's UNCONFIRMED
Address
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Edward
Harrell
### David St.
Springtown, TX #####
United
States
Important Note: Edward Harrell has provided an Unconfirmed
Address. If
you are planning on shipping items to Edward Harrell,
please check the
Transaction Details page of this payment to find out
whether you will
be covered by the PayPal Seller Protection Policy.
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This
payment was sent using your bank account.
By using your bank account
to send money, you just:
- Paid easily and securely
- Sent money
faster than writing and mailing paper checks
- Paid instantly -- your
purchase won't show up on bills at the end of
the month.
Thanks
for using your bank
account!
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Thank
you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team
PayPal Email ID
PP###
The very prompt reply from PayPal is as follows:
Thanks for taking an active role by
reporting suspicious-looking emails.
The email you forwarded to us is a
phishing email, and our security team
is working to disable
it.
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What is a phishing
email?
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Phishing emails attempt to steal
your identity and will often ask you to
reveal your password or other
personal or financial information. PayPal
will never ask for your
password over the phone or in an email and will
always address you by
your first and last name.
Take our Fight Phishing Challenge at
https://www.paypal.com/fightphishing to learn 5
things you should know
about phishing. You'll also see what we're
doing to help fight fraud
every
day.
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You've made a
difference.
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Every email counts. By
forwarding a suspicious-looking email to
spoof@paypal.com, you've helped keep yourself and
others safe from
identity theft.
Thanks,
The PayPal
Team
_______________________________________________________________________
This
email is sent to you by the contracting entity to your User
Agreement,
either PayPal Inc, PayPal Pte. Ltd or PayPal (Europe) S.à
r.l. &
Cie, S.C.A. Société en Commandite par Actions, Registered Office:
5th
Floor 22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg RCS Luxembourg B 118
349.
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