Someone has done a similar one for eBay. It is very slick and could
easily be mistaken for the real thing. It even includes a note at the
bottom that eBay doesn't request personal data by email. :=)

While I didn't go to the trouble of confirming this with eBay, I do
know that they have a similar policy to Paypal's. Logging directly on
to eBay didn't trigger a request for any updates to my account
information.


Regards, Bob


On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 15:23:39 -0500, "Rick C." wrote:

>Just a heads up. Anyone using Paypal. There is a spoof email going around that looks EXACTLY like it comes
>from Paypal. This is not like the ones I've been receiving the last few weeks telling me my Paypal account is
>going to expire in 5 days unless I submit new data. This one has links to banks, links to Paypal and Paypal
>emails,  and Paypal logos all over the page. There is one and only one invalid link that will take you to a
>bogus site that will ask for your personal information.
>Paypal confirmed to me it was bogus. The only time they require updated information from you is if you
>actually log into their secure server.
>Rick
>

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