{"id":2557,"date":"2019-04-06T19:34:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2557"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"PayPal-\"Suspicious-Activities-Notification\";-Phishing-Scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2557","title":{"rendered":"PayPal &#8220;Suspicious Activities Notification&#8221;; Phishing Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Outline:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nEmail with the subject line &#8220;Notification PayPal : Suspicious Activities&#8221; claims that you have sent a payment of \u00a0$863.98 USD for an iPhone 6 \u00a0to &#8220;alie.xyy&#8221;.  \u00a0It claims that that you should click a &#8220;Resolve it now&#8221; \u00a0link if  \u00a0you did not make the transaction.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\" 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 not from PayPal. The link opens a fraudulent website that tries to trick you into divulging your PayPal login details, your credit card numbers, your name and address, and other sensitive personal information.<\/p>\n<div class=\"example\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Example:<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Subject: Notification PayPal : Suspicious Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00ce\u00a1ay\u00ce\u00a1al<\/p>\n<p>Dear [Email address removed],<\/p>\n<p>We confirm that you have sent to alie.xyy(&#x61;&#108;&#105;e&#x2e;&#x78;&#121;y&#x40;&#x67;&#109;ai&#x6c;&#46;&#99;o&#x6d;) a payment of $ 863.98 USD via PayPal.<\/p>\n<p>This credit card transaction will be shown on your statement as &#8220;PAYPAL * Alie.Xy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This Isn&#8217;t you ?<\/p>\n<p>Resolve It Now<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2733\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/paypal-suspicious-activities-notification-phishing-scam\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,1227\" 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-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-1-196x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-1-668x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2733\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-1.jpg\" alt=\"PayPal reslove It now Phishing Scam Email\" width=\"800\" height=\"1227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-1-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-1-768x1178.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-1-668x1024.jpg 668w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-1-130x200.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/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><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Detailed Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nAccording to this email, which purports to be from PayPal, you have sent a payment of \u00a0$863.98 USD for an iPhone 6 \u00a0to a user named &#8220;alie.xyy&#8221;. The email, which is supposedly  \u00a0a &#8220;suspicious activities&#8221; notification, advises that if the transaction described was not something you did, you can click a link to &#8220;Resolve it now&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>However, the email is not from PayPal and the suspicious activities claim is untrue. The transaction described in the email never took place. Instead, the email is a phishing scam designed to steal your personal and financial information.<\/p>\n<p>The criminals responsible for \u00a0this phishing attack hope that at least a few recipients, panicked into believing that their PayPal account has been used to conduct fraudulent transactions, will click the link in the hope of resolving the issue.<\/p>\n<p>If you do click the link, you will be taken to a bogus website that has been built to closely emulate the genuine PayPal website. \u00a0 \u00a0The page asks you to login with your PayPal email address and password.<\/p>\n<p>If you do &#8220;login&#8221; on the fake \u00a0site, you will be taken to a second page that explains that your PayPal account has been limited and what you must do to restore access:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2734\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/paypal-suspicious-activities-notification-phishing-scam\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,472\" 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-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-2-300x177.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-2.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2734\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-2.jpg\" alt=\"PayPal Account Limited Phishing Notice\" width=\"800\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-2-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-2-768x453.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you click the &#8220;Continue&#8221; button, you will be taken through a series of fake forms that ask for your name, address, and contact details, your credit card numbers, and other identifying information such \u00a0as your driver&#8217;s licence number and your mother&#8217;s maiden name:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-3.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2735\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/paypal-suspicious-activities-notification-phishing-scam\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,731\" 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-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-3-300x274.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-3.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2735\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-3.jpg\" alt=\"PayPal Fake Update Form\" width=\"800\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-3-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-3-768x702.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paypal-resolve-it-now-phishing-scam-3-219x200.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the process, you may  \u00a0see a final notification that claims that your account access has been restored.<\/p>\n<p>But, alas, the criminals can now use the information you submitted on the fake site to hijack your PayPal account and \u00a0use it to conduct fraudulent transactions. They can also use your credit card for further fraudulent transactions. And, they may have enough of your information to allow them to steal your identity.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PayPal \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Verification Required\" Phishing Scam Email\" href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/paypal-verification-required-phishing-scam-email\/\">PayPal phishing scams<\/a> are <a title=\"'We Noticed Some Unusual Activity' PayPal Phishing Scam Email\" href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/we-noticed-some-unusual-activity-paypal-phishing-scam-email\/\">very common<\/a> and <a title=\"PayPal 'Your Account Is Temporarily Limited' Phishing Scam\" href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/paypal-your-account-is-temporarily-limited-phishing-scam\/\">take \u00a0many forms<\/a>. Keep in mind that genuine PayPal emails will ALWAYS address you by name. They will not use generic greeting such as &#8220;dear customer&#8221;. Nor will they use your email address as a greeting. PayPal will NOT send you an email that demands that you click a link to resolve an account problem, deal with a security issue, or update account details.<\/p>\n<p>It is always safest to login to your PayPal account by entering the address into your browser&#8217;s address bar or via a trusted app.<\/p>\n<p>PayPal <a title=\"PayPal - Watch out for hoaxes, phishing and scams\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/au\/webapps\/mpp\/phishing\">includes information about phishing<\/a> and how to report scam messages on its website.<\/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 class=\"date\">Last updated: October 18, 2016<br \/>\nFirst published: October 18, 2016<br \/>\nBy Brett M. Christensen<br \/>\n<a class=\"foot\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/about.shtml\">About Hoax-Slayer<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ref\">References<br \/>\n<a title=\"PayPal \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Verification Required\" Phishing Scam Email\" href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/paypal-verification-required-phishing-scam-email\/\">PayPal \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Verification Required&#8221; Phishing Scam Email<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"'We Noticed Some Unusual Activity' PayPal Phishing Scam Email\" href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/we-noticed-some-unusual-activity-paypal-phishing-scam-email\/\">&#8216;We Noticed Some Unusual Activity&#8217; PayPal Phishing Scam Email<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"PayPal 'Your Account Is Temporarily Limited' Phishing Scam\" href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/paypal-your-account-is-temporarily-limited-phishing-scam\/\">PayPal &#8216;Your Account Is Temporarily Limited&#8217; Phishing Scam<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"PayPal - Watch out for hoaxes, phishing and scams\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/au\/webapps\/mpp\/phishing\">PayPal &#8211; Watch out for hoaxes, phishing and scams<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/paypal-suspicious-activities-notification-phishing-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/paypal-suspicious-activities-notification-phishing-scam\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline: Email with the subject line &#8220;Notification PayPal : Suspicious Activities&#8221; claims that you have sent a payment of \u00a0$863.98 USD for an iPhone 6 \u00a0to &#8220;alie.xyy&#8221;. \u00a0It claims that that you should click a &#8220;Resolve it now&#8221; \u00a0link if \u00a0you did not make the transaction. Brief Analysis: The email is not from PayPal. The [&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-2557","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\/2557"}],"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=2557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557\/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=2557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}