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Paypal scam

We have received notification of an attempt to gain access to confidential data belonging to Paypal's customers. An e-mail like the one shown below is received, and the data introduced on the from is sent to a site completely unrelated to Paypal. Needless to say, such messages have never been sent by Paypal.

Paypal's 'Security Tips' can be found from their site at the following URL:

http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/fraud-prevention-outside

Fraudulent e-mail text follows:

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                                Dear PayPal Customer

 This e-mail is the notification of recent innovations taken by PayPal to detect
 inactive customers and non-functioning mailboxes.

 The inactive customers are subject to restriction and removal in the next 3
 months.

 Please confirm your email address and credit card information by logging in to
 your PayPal account using the form below:

        Email Address:                      [                              ]
        Password:                           [                              ]
        Full Name:                          [                              ]
        Credit Card #:                      [                              ]
        Exp.Date(mm/yyyy):                  [                              ]
        ATM PIN (For Bank Verification) #:  [                              ]

                                   [   Log In   ]

                    This notification expires September 31, 2003

                              Thanks for using PayPal!

 This PayPal notification was sent to your mailbox. Your PayPal account is set
 up to receive the PayPal Periodical newsletter and product updates when you
 create your account. To modify your notification preferences and unsubscribe,
 go to https://www.paypal.com/PREFS-NOTI and log in to your account. Changes to
 your preferences may take several days to be reflected in our mailings. Replies
 to this email will not be processed.

 Copyright� 2002 PayPal Inc. All rights reserved. Designated trademarks and
 brands are the property of their respective owners.

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 [Description: Ero Carrera; F-Secure Corp; July 9th, 2003]