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The underlined phrases were links to some site with a hacked WordPress install.
Red flag #1: There were no graphics in the message - not even a PayPal logo.
Red flags #2-?: Absolutely horrible English. It's crystal clear that whoever wrote this either used a translation website or simply doesn't understand the language very well. I particularly liked the typo on "learn" near the end.
Red flag #?+1: WTF does WBR mean? PayPal is a corporation that's very professional with its communications. Even if I knew what that meant, they wouldn't use an acronym like that any more than they'd use "ROFL" in a communication to a customer.
Red flag #?+2: The address doesn't exist. Not in Washington, and not in California. Granted, you have to actually research that to find it out, but still - if you're a phisher, is it really that hard to look up an address to give some legitimacy to your message? San Jose, WA? Really?!?!
Red flag #?+3: This email was sent to an email account that isn't associated with PayPal.
So many things about this message SCREAM "scam" that it's insane. Who falls for these?! If nobody did, they wouldn't bother sending them, so someone, somewhere is giving up their info.
I've seen very good phishes before, but most are on par with this one - simply terrible, and blatantly obvious that they're fake.
There might be a randomization algorithm manipulating some of the text as a defense against spam filters. Since the target market for phishing is the gullible, facts and precision are optional. If you notice, you weren't in the target market anyway.
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Red flag #?+1: WTF does WBR mean? PayPal is a corporation that's very professional with its communications. Even if I knew what that meant, they wouldn't use an acronym like that any more than they'd use "ROFL" in a communication to a customer.
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Could be = "With Best Regards".
I've seen this typically from the Far East countries
Could be = "With Best Regards".
I've seen this typically from the Far East countries
That would make sense - it's where a lot of fraud originates.
I have over a million Chinese IP addresses blocked at our network edge, because the only traffic I get from those networks is brute force attempts against my FTP, SSH, POP3 and VoIP servers.
You can report those emails by forwarding them to spoof@paypal.com. For EBay it's spoof@ebay.com. When you report them their IT folks can disable/block them.
lol. that's hilarious especially the inverted cut and paste. lol. I actually had a correspondence on some1 who offer his house for sublet coz he is currently in missionary work and he claims to be a priest or something like that. and that he will mail me his keys well i told him wow you are obviously a scammer ive heard that scam trick in news. and he was like no he is legit. i just laugh at him and usually i tell those obvious scammers to get a life and a real job.
actually next time i will tell them im actually an fbi agent and that we are tracing this correspondence right now....
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