{"id":2556,"date":"2019-04-06T19:34:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2556"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"PayPal-\"Cancel-Payment\";-Phishing-Scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2556","title":{"rendered":"PayPal &#8220;Cancel Payment&#8221;; Phishing Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Image:  \u00a9doroshin\/depositphotos.com<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Outline:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nEmail purporting to be from PayPal claims that the recipient has sent a payment to a specified merchant and offers instructions for cancelling the payment if required.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Brief Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe email is a phishing scam designed to trick recipients into divulging their PayPal account login details and a large amount of personal and financial information. All of the information supplied will be sent to online criminals and used to commit financial fraud and identity theft. The merchant or seller specified in the messages may vary in different incarnations of the scam. If you receive one of these bogus emails, do not click on any links or open any attachments that it contains.<\/p>\n<div class=\"example\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Example:<\/b><\/span><br \/>\nReceipt No: 4230-2939-1080-2029<br \/>\nYou sent a payment of $56.00 AUD to Big W Photos Online.<br \/>\nIt may take a few moments for this transaction to appear in the Recent Activity list in your Account Overview.<br \/>\nMerchant<br \/>\nBig W Photos Online.<br \/>\n+61 21300614359 Instructions to merchant<br \/>\nYou haven&#8217;t entered any instructions.<br \/>\nDescription Unit price Qty Amount<br \/>\n$56.00 AUD 1 $56.00 AUD<br \/>\nSubtotal $56.00 AUD<br \/>\nTotal $56.00 AUD<br \/>\nPayment $56.00 AUD<br \/>\nPayment sent to Big W Photos Online<br \/>\nReceipt No: 4230-2939-1080-2029Issues with this transaction?<br \/>\nIf you belive this is an error please follow the link below to login to your paypal account.<br \/>\nOn the next page, please complete the required details, then press the &#8216;Cancel Payment&#8217; button to confirm. Your payment will be cancelled and the funds returned to your PayPal account.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/paypal-cancel-payment-phishing-2014-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5542\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/paypal-cancel-payment-phishing-scam\/paypal-cancel-payment-phishing-2014-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/paypal-cancel-payment-phishing-2014-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"590,619\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/paypal-cancel-payment-phishing-2014-1.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/paypal-cancel-payment-phishing-2014-1-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/paypal-cancel-payment-phishing-2014-1-500x525.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/paypal-cancel-payment-phishing-2014-1-191x200.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"example\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Example:<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/paypal-cancel-payment-phishing-2014-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5546\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/paypal-cancel-payment-phishing-scam\/paypal-cancel-payment-phishing-2014-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/paypal-cancel-payment-phishing-2014-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"590,869\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"paypal-cancel-payment-phishing-2014-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/paypal-cancel-payment-phishing-2014-2-204x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/paypal-cancel-payment-phishing-2014-2.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5546\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/paypal-cancel-payment-phishing-2014-2.jpg\" alt=\"PayPal Cancel Payment Phishing Scam \" width=\"590\" height=\"869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/paypal-cancel-payment-phishing-2014-2.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/paypal-cancel-payment-phishing-2014-2-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/paypal-cancel-payment-phishing-2014-2-500x736.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/paypal-cancel-payment-phishing-2014-2-136x200.jpg 136w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HSNet Article Center --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"5727909035\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Detailed Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nAccording to this email, which claims to be from online payment company PayPal, the recipient has sent a payment to a specified merchant or seller.<\/p>\n<p>The email is professionally presented and includes the PayPal logo and seemingly official formatting and links. The message provides details of the supposed transaction and instructs recipients to click a &#8220;cancel payment&#8221; or &#8220;resolve it now&#8221;  \u00a0link should they believe that the payment was sent in error.<\/p>\n<p>But, although it closely resembles a genuine PayPal payment notification, the email is fraudulent. PayPal did not send the message and the listed transaction details are invalid.<\/p>\n<p>The criminals responsible for this <a class=\"norm\" title=\"Phishing Scams - Anti-Phishing Information\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/phisher-scams.html\">phishing expedition<\/a> hope that at least a few recipients, believing that a fraudulent transaction has been made via their accounts, will be panicked into clicking the link.<\/p>\n<p>Those who do click will be taken to a bogus website and asked to supply their PayPal email address and password on a fake login box. After logging in, they will be presented with a web form, which asks for a large amount of personal and financial information.<\/p>\n<p>All of the information supplied can be harvested by criminals and used to hijack the compromised PayPal account, commit credit card fraud, and steal the identities of victims.<\/p>\n<p>The merchant or seller specified in the scam emails may vary. Some may name a well-known merchant or company as the receiver of the sent funds. Others may use the names of what appear to be individual PayPal sellers.<\/p>\n<p>Criminals have regularly used such tactics to steal information from PayPal customers. In another version, the scam emails falsely claim that a <a class=\"norm\" title=\"Skype TopUp Payment PayPal Phishing Scam\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/skype-top-up-paypal-phishing-scam.shtml\">Skype Top-Up payment<\/a> has been sent via the user&#8217;s PayPal account. And, very similar &#8220;You sent a payment&#8221; emails have been used to <a class=\"norm\" title=\"Paypal 'You Sent a Payment' Malware Emails\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/paypal-sent-payment-malware.shtml\">trick people into downloading malware<\/a>. \u00a0A quick rule of thumb. PayPal emails will ALWAYS address you by your first and last names or business name. They will never use generic greetings such as &#8216;Dear customer&#8217;. Nor will they omit the greeting.<\/p>\n<p>It is always safest to login to your PayPal account by entering the account address into your browser&#8217;s address bar rather than by clicking a link in an email.<\/p>\n<p>You can report PayPal phishing scam emails that you receive via the <a class=\"norm\" title=\"PayPal - Report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/au\/webapps\/mpp\/security\/antiphishing-ppphishingreport\">reporting email address<\/a> listed on the company&#8217;s website. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Third Content Ad Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1909104632\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"ref\">\n<\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/paypal-cancel-payment-phishing-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/paypal-cancel-payment-phishing-scam\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: \u00a9doroshin\/depositphotos.com Outline: Email purporting to be from PayPal claims that the recipient has sent a payment to a specified merchant and offers instructions for cancelling the payment if required. Brief Analysis: The email is a phishing scam designed to trick recipients into divulging their PayPal account login details and a large amount of personal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2556"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}