{"id":2560,"date":"2019-04-06T19:34:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2560"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"PayPal-'-Multiple-Unsuccessful-Login-Attempts'-Phishing-Scam-Email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2560","title":{"rendered":"PayPal &#8216; Multiple Unsuccessful Login Attempts&#8217; Phishing Scam Email"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>According to this email, which claims to be from PayPal, access to your account has been limited \u00a0due to multiple unsuccessful login attempts from a foreign IP address. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/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><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;account notification&#8221; message, which includes the PayPal logo, claims that you must click a login button to &#8220;provide some informations&#8221; about your account.<\/p>\n<h2>Email is Not From PayPal &#8212; Phishing Scam<\/h2>\n<p>However, the email is not from PayPal and the claim that your account has been limited is untrue.<\/p>\n<p>If you click the link, you will be taken to a fake PayPal website that first asks you to log in with your PayPal email address and password.<\/p>\n<p>After you&#8217;ve logged in, the scam website asks for your credit card numbers, your name and contact details, and other identifying information.<\/p>\n<p>You may then see a final notice claiming that you have successfully verified your details and lifted the account limitation.<\/p>\n<p>But, now, online criminals can collect the information you provided and use it to hijack your PayPal account, commit credit card fraud, and attempt to steal your identity. \u00a0<\/p>\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<h2>PayPal Customers Continually Targetted<\/h2>\n<p>Scams like this are very common and PayPal customers \u00a0are continually targeted.  \u00a0Be wary of any supposed PayPal email that claims that you must click a link or open an attachment to rectify an account problem, update your details, or avoid an account limitation. PayPal will not send you emails that demand that you click or open an attachment to provide sensitive account information.<\/p>\n<p>And, genuine PayPal emails will ALWAYS address you by name. They will never use generic greetings such as &#8220;Dear customer.<\/p>\n<h3>Reporting PayPal Scams<\/h3>\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\/phishing\">reporting email address<\/a> listed on the company&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<h4>An example of the scam email:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/paypal-multiple-login-attempts-scam-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8066\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/paypal-multiple-unsuccessful-login-attempts-phishing-scam-email\/paypal-multiple-login-attempts-scam-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/paypal-multiple-login-attempts-scam-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"633,508\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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-multiple-login-attempts-scam-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/paypal-multiple-login-attempts-scam-1-300x241.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/paypal-multiple-login-attempts-scam-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8066\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/paypal-multiple-login-attempts-scam-1.jpg\" alt=\"PayPal Multiple Login Attempts Scam\" width=\"633\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/paypal-multiple-login-attempts-scam-1.jpg 633w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/paypal-multiple-login-attempts-scam-1-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/paypal-multiple-login-attempts-scam-1-500x401.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/paypal-multiple-login-attempts-scam-1-585x469.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/a><strong>Transcript of email:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Account Notification<br \/>\nDear customer.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve limited access your account due to multiple unsuccessful login attempts from a foreign ip adress : USA, IP:138.68.242.184.<br \/>\nDuring the next login process, you will be required to provide some informations that only the real owner of this account knows (billing info, phone number, payment info.)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/paypal-multiple-unsuccessful-login-attempts-phishing-scam-email\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/paypal-multiple-unsuccessful-login-attempts-phishing-scam-email\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to this email, which claims to be from PayPal, access to your account has been limited \u00a0due to multiple unsuccessful login attempts from a foreign IP address. \u00a0 \u00a0 The &#8220;account notification&#8221; message, which includes the PayPal logo, claims that you must click a login button to &#8220;provide some informations&#8221; about your account. 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