I received another Paypal Phishing email. This time, I have been informed that I need to update my records. I’ve received this kind of email from scammers before and I have blogged about it in the post entitled “Online fraud.” Click on the link if you want to more about what Phishing is. For those of you who have not seen what this Paypal Phishing email looks like, I am posting it here hoping that you might not be stupid enough to fall for this scam. Take note that Paypal, ebay and online banks never ask for personal information such as Credit and debit card numbers, Bank account numbers, Driver's License numbers, Email addresses, Passwords or Your full name. So never send any of that personal information to anybody online. With this information in hand, I hope you never fall for a Paypal Phishing email scam or an phishing scam. If you do fall for this scam get a Mechanix gloves and box the scammer in the face ! hehehehee … [Read more...]
Online Fraud
I’ve been alarmed over the emails that I received for the past two weeks; it seems that online scam artists are doubling their efforts. I used to get only about 2 or 3 emails a month from scam artists and they are usually from somebody who wants you to help them “hide” their money from a terrorist government or somebody who wants to entrust you with huge amount of fortune they received. I've also received emails selling black market medicines. However recently I have received two emails that made me raise my eyebrows. These are not ordinary scam emails where you might be somewhat forewarned that they are scams. This type of online fraud is sure to get an uninformed user hook line and sinker. What I am talking about is what security experts aptly name as “phishing.” According to Wikipedia, phishing is defined as “an attempt to criminally and fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity … [Read more...]