Re: Possible paypal security problem

On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 06:31:02PM -0500, Harry Henry Gebel wrote:
> I tried to log in to paypal about half an hour ago. I manually typed 
> www.paypal.com to login. I got the normal paypal login page, and after 
> entering my password I got the following message:
[...snipped..]
> The email had was pure text with no links or images so I'm fairly sure 
> it's genuine. This makes me even more nervous that there is a 
> man-in-the-middle attack going on. I can't change my password since 
> there is no way for me to finish logging in (it just keeps saying 
> retry). Can anyone figure out what is going on here, and what I should 
> do to fix it? It is also occurring to me that maybe paypal thinks that 
> my IP address (68.205.xxx.xxx, Brighthouse Cable in Orange County, 
> Florida) is foreign for some reason and that that misconception is 
> causing all of these problems. If anyone can help or at least explain to 
> me what's going on I would appreciate it.
>
> -Harry

greetings,

one thing I noticed is that the emails referred to you by name-- the usual
phishing scam is blasted out to a few gazillion people and does not
generally make reference to your real name.

I recommend you phone paypal and get an explanation. if you need a phone
number let me know.

regards,
J
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