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Summary: Paypal phish are as common as the cold. Here, the newest one claims that there have been foreign attempts to log into your Paypal account, and explains that if it wasn't you (which, of course, it wasn't) you should click on the link to verifiy your identity. Where does the link really go? Not to Paypal, that's for sure. In fact, it really goes to http://i-195-137-106-138.freedom2surf.net/login, which is a very convincing Paypal phishing site.

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Paypal phish are as common as the cold. Here, the newest one claims that there have been foreign attempts to log into your Paypal account, and explains that if it wasn’t you (which, of course, it wasn’t) you should click on the link to verifiy your identity. Where does the link really go? Not to Paypal, that’s for sure. In fact, it really goes to http://i-195-137-106-138.freedom2surf.net/login, which is a very convincing Paypal phishing site.

Here’s the full text of the email:

“We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your paypal account
from a foreign IP address.

If you recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual log in
attempts may have been initiated by you. However, if you did not initiate
the log ins, please visit paypal as soon as possible to verify your
identity:

https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr? cmd=_login-run

Verify your identity is a security measure that will ensure that you are
the only person with access to the account.

Thanks for your patience as we work together to protect your account.

Sincerely,
Paypal Security Team

Paypal Email ID PJ321″

Want to see what the phony Paypal phishing site really looks like? Here is a screenshot that we just took of it:

Pretty convincing, eh?

And this is why we always say, if you get email from Paypal asking you to log in to your Paypal account - for any reason - don’t do it. Go directly to the Paypal site instead by typing “http://www.paypal.com” into your browser, and logging in through the website. If Paypal really needs you to do something, there will be a message waiting for you there.

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