Phishing attempt against Paypal users. Phishers send a phishing email that appears to be from Paypal and ask to confirm transaction information. You sent a payment of [] to Skype. If you haven't authorized this charge you can visit Paypal help center to get a full refund. However, the anchor text of the given URL is misleading. It looks like a legitimate URL but takes you to a fake spoof website which looks pretty much the same as the legitimate one. Basically, this is a very common attempt to steal personal information and to gain access to your Paypal account.
Legitimate website: https://www.paypal.com/uk/helpscenter/claim_refunds
Phishing website: http://www.qingshan-edu.com/p/info/index.html
Return email address: paypalferdiloun@narvitam.com
Here's a screen shot of the phishing email:
And here's the phishing website:
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
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