Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Paypal transaction confimed please verify details - scam phishing attempt

Clear cut case of a phishing attempt to hack your account.

Dear customer,

This email confirms that you have paid orders@dell.com $699.99 USD using PayPal.

This credit card transaction will appear on your bill as "PAYPAL *DELL INC".


Payment Details


Purchased From:Dell.Inc

Item # Item Title Quantity
250016390196 New Dell 6400 e1505 Intel Core Duo 1.66GHz 1GB Laptop 1 $669.95 USD $669.95 USD

Shipping & Handling via USPS First Class Mail to 154XX
(includes any seller handling fees)
$19.16 USD
Shipping Insurance (optional): --
Sales Tax (6.000% inPA) : $10.88 USD
Total: $699.99 USD
Note:Thank you!



Shipping Information


Shipping Info: Patrick D Walsh
241 cambridge dr
Ramsey, NJ 07446
United States
Address Status: Confirmed


If you have questions about the shipping and tracking of your purchased item or service, please contact the seller orders@dell.com.


Do you confirm this transaction?

If this transaction was not made by you please immediately take the following steps:

  • Login to your account by clicking on the link below
  • Provide requested information to ensure you are the owner of the account

CANCEL TRANSACTION!

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team

Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose the Help link located in the top right corner of any PayPal page.
PayPal Email ID PP843



Actual destination of this email: http://rrcs-97-77-34-14.sw.biz.rr.com:84/
Doesn't look like paypal does it?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I received the same one today. It made me worry that there's a real Patrick Walsh getting victimized in NJ. Hope not.

Anonymous said...

I looked up the phone # for that address and it has been disconnected. There is a Walsh listed for that address