Email Fraud Alert received from: Miss
I recently received an email with this subject line: Please update your Account Information Costumer and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please.
The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear below:
Costumer Please read the updates to the PayPal User Agreement View Online
PayPal
Notice of changes to the PayPal User Agreement
Hello Costumer,
We’re constantly working to make PayPal safer, simpler and more convenient for our customers.
This means that from time to time we have to make changes to the terms of our User Agreement.
To make sure you are always informed we have posted recent updates on our website.
What do I need to do?
Click here or type paypal.com/Support/Update-My-Account/ into a new browser window, go to Legal Agreements at the bottom of the page and then click Policy Update.
Please read the Policy Update carefully. It contains important legal information about when and how the changes to our User Agreement will become effective.
If you agree to the changes, you dont need to do anything as any updates will automatically come into effect. If you do not wish to accept the changes, weve also provided you with the steps you can take on the Policy Update page.
Please note that the current User Agreement will apply until these changes take effect.
Yours sincerely,
PayPal
The above email was sent by “PayPal” from this email address: paypal@service.fr
I, Miss, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “PayPal”:
Who the Farg is COSTUMER? If you are going to send a phishing email please ensure that you do a spellcheck. “I have a spill chekker for sail, very cheep”