These guys are on a phishing expedition and I'm not biting. Their link went to something like paylplop or something, which I did not visit of course. I sent their message to the proper authorities; PayPal's security folks at spoof@paypal.com
If you get a message from a site like PayPal never click on the link in the e-mail, open a new browser window and visit the site as you normally would. DO NOT enter the link that the e-mail would take you to.
Most sites will tell you what to do with fake e-mails. If you want to report the e-mails the site will tell you how to do that. For PayPal you forward the e-mail to spoof@paypal.com then delete the copy in your inbox, if your computer saves outgoing mail I suggest also deleting the one in your outbox as well. Just to be safe. Here is what the phishing mail I got looked like - hyperlink disabled by me.
Subject: New Message
Sender: PayPal
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(Image was blocked by Thunderbird filters)
You have 1 new Security Message Alert!
Please visit the Resolution Center to resolve the problem.
Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007
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