This would be more disturbing if it wasn't so typical. I received this email the other day:
This email confirms that you have paid Amazon Inc. $270.00 USD using PayPal.
This credit card transaction will appear on your bill as "PAYPAL Amazon*".
| PayPal Shopping Cart Contents | | | Item Name: |  | Canon HV10 HV-10 HDV Camcorder w/2-Lens | | Quantity: | | 1 | | | Total: | | $270.00 USD | | | | |
| Cart Subtotal: | | $250.00 USD | | Shipping Charge: | | $20.00 USD | | Cart Total: | | $270.00 USD |  | | |
| Shipping Info: | | william n ouellette
10 ensign lane ,
massapequa , ny 11758
United States
| | Address Status: | | Unconfirmed  |
If you haven't authorized this charge, click the link below to cancel the payment and get a full refund.
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Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team |
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I am not the named person, that's not my details and I never made that purchase so I was, apparently, supposed to click the link in a panic over my account being charged $270, and then, as requested, log in and thus give some arsehole my Paypal account details. Theft would follow.
Oh, but I'm smarter than the average bear, so I simply went direct to Paypal and checked my account. No $270 is pending. Rat smelled. I sent them the message and my suspicions were confirmed.
Nice try, though. The email even had all the Paypal graphics at the top and everything.
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