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Payment was made from an foreign ip address, PayPal phishing scam
Here is a phishing scam we have been seeing lately, forwarded message is pasted below. Notice the email payment was allegedly sent to [email protected] and the link given to cancel the transaction is not PayPal (pdidhjknmn.com). This is an email sent to people from a spoofed email ([email protected]). Anyone can disregard it. This payment was not sent to us, and you can log into your billing account to see.
From: <[email protected]>
Date: 2009/9/16
Subject: *Payment initiated*
To: [email protected]
You have initiated a payment for $24.00 USD to [email protected].
*Payment details*
Amount: $24.00 USD
Transaction ID: 5C53687F7327933R
Because the payment was made from an foreign ip address, we put the transaction ID 5C53687F7327933R on hold.
To cancel this payment, please follow the link below:
*Cancel Transaction ID 5C53687F7327933R*. <http://www.pdidhjknmn.com>
Email Id: GS 953 BFQQJROJBKUDWWNPHRMYRDELXQECRRTIWCNBWC
Date: 2009/9/16
Subject: *Payment initiated*
To: [email protected]
You have initiated a payment for $24.00 USD to [email protected].
*Payment details*
Amount: $24.00 USD
Transaction ID: 5C53687F7327933R
Because the payment was made from an foreign ip address, we put the transaction ID 5C53687F7327933R on hold.
To cancel this payment, please follow the link below:
*Cancel Transaction ID 5C53687F7327933R*. <http://www.pdidhjknmn.com>
Email Id: GS 953 BFQQJROJBKUDWWNPHRMYRDELXQECRRTIWCNBWC
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