Another sneaky one!!!

[Keith Fellmy]

This was the link that came with the email from Paypal:

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...accounts-outsi


Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department



PayPal Email ID PP576



When I clicked on the link the link above the address came up as: http://210.166.150.131/~upload/.www.....php?cmd=LogIn


My screen came up as page not found, then it went to "Paypal."

Be careful out there. Don't fall for these guys. I did change the link so it wouldn't work.

[smoore]

If it wasn't considered terrorism now I'd suggest that every time this happens we all pingflood the IP in question. I'm not going to prison to "get back" at some phisher though.

Good catch.

[wmspringer]

With modern email programs, you can also just hover the cursor over the link and see where it goes, without clicking :-)

There are some VERY GOOD phishing scams going around; I never click any links that are supposed to go to paypal.