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PayPal Phishing Scam - "Receipt for Your Payment to Photobox* LTD [ PP-128-731-192-385 ]"

Updated: May 29, 2015 2015-05-29T14:25:44 -
Posted: May 29, 2015 2015-05-29T14:18:31
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The email message below, which claims that the recipients sent a payment to Xbox Live, is a phishing scam. The fake email message was created by cyber-criminals to trick the recipients into clicking on the link with in it. The link will take them to fake PayPal website that will steal their username and password, if they attempt to sign in from it.

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For persons who have already fallen victim to the phishing scam, please change your PayPal password immediately and check your account for any discrepancies.

The Phishing Email Message

Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 13:21:53 -0400
From: webmaster@editoramol.com.br
Subject: Receipt for Your Payment to Photobox* LTD [ PP-128-731-192-385 ]

Dear [email address removed],

You sent a payment of 120.00 EUR to Xbox Live.

Merchant:
Xbox Live *LTD
+44 1857116601

Instructions to merchant:
You haven't entered any instructions.

Purchase Details

Description: Xbox Live Licence Code*

Unit price: 120.00 EUR
Qty: 1

Amount: 120.00 EUR
Subtotal: 120.00 EUR
Total: 120.00 EUR
Payment: 120.00 EUR
From amount: 85.00 GBP
To amount: 120.00 EUR
Exchange rate: 1 GBP = 1.3999 EUR
Invoice ID: PP-128-731-192-385
Date: 29 May 2015 18:21:53

Issues with this transaction?

You have 24 hours from the date of the transaction to open a dispute in the Resolution Centre.

Questions? Go to the Help Centre at www.paypaI.com/uk/help

Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. For help, log in to your PayPaI account and click Help on any PayPaI page.

You can receive HTML emails instead of plain textemails.to change your Notification preferences, log in to your account, go to your Profile and click My account settings.

The links in the fake email message will take potential victims to the following malicious websites:

http://annieburman.76132 .pay-webapp.com/
http://gx0y522ejnw2 .jfeql70.com/

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