Phishing Attempt PayPal / Avangate BV
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We identified via our Support center that some people were asking about an unknown “charge” in their Paypal from Avangate. It seems they received a deceitful email trying to trick them into giving away their PayPal information.
The email came from a yahoo.com address acting as the “Fraud Department” of PayPal and contained a false notification that Avangate BV charged their accounts and a link “Click HERE TO REFUND“, leading them to a forged to look like PayPal website.
Phishing Attempt PayPal / Avangate BV
The fake website has already been banned (reported for web forgery).
When you receive PayPal phishing attempt you can report it to spoof@paypal.com and also delete it from your inbox.
To make sure you are never the victim of a phishing attack, always check the URL and the security elements like HTTPS before entering login information to any website.
If you want to further prepare for coping with phishing emails, we recommend reading on the PayPal website about ways to recognize fake emails.
Please comment below if you need more details or advice on this issue.
January 19th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
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January 21st, 2010 at 11:02 pm
I received that same phishing email this morning, it was the same except the amount was $497.99. It really freaked me out because I wasn’t able to see the senders email from my iPhone. I immediately got on my computer and logged into my paypal account. Then I googled Avangate BV and found this. Please remind everyone not to click the link in the email but to go directly to paypal.com if they want to check their account. This goes for any email you receive regarding your paypal account!!!
January 26th, 2010 at 3:50 am
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February 8th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
The same thing happened to me but I havent read an email. Instead, whoever did this ran my account up to 300+ dollars! I am furious! How can this get fixed so everyone can sleep at night?
February 8th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
@Travis Jones first of all, change the password of your email address, just in case, even if you didn’t click on a fake link in an email. Then, to get your money back, contact your bank (or PayPal) and tell them what happened.
Unfortunately, phishing attempts will probably always happen, that is why it’s important to learn how to prevent becoming a victim of one. Do try browsing through the generous documentation PayPal offers on this matter: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/Marketing/securitycenter/general/Index-outside and chose the best way to stay protected.
Basically, the bigger part of the fix is in your hands, if you follow a few simple guidelines, chances of future unauthorized access to your account go really down:
- never ever share your account private details with anybody;
- before entering information about your Paypal / bank account on the web, double check the URL, make sure it is a https one, not a simple http;
- double check the security certificate of the page asking for your account details.