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Trailrider1951

Trailrider1951's Journal
Trailrider1951's Journal
November 25, 2020

I just got a phishing e-mail from "paypal"

Here it is:

Your account has been suspended (Ref - 20282152943)
Nov 25 at 10:33 AM
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𝖯𝖺𝗒𝖯𝖺𝖨
To: Trailrider1951

𝖸𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖯𝖺𝗒𝖯𝖺𝖨 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝖾𝗆𝗉𝗈𝗋𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖼𝗍𝖾𝖽

𝖸𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖯𝖺𝗒𝖯𝖺𝖨 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗅𝗂𝗆𝗂𝗍𝖾𝖽.pw9nKqy 𝖶𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗎𝗌𝗉𝗂𝖼𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗈𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗌𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇.
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𝖲𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗅𝗒,

𝖯𝖺𝗒𝖯𝖺𝖨 𝖲𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍

It looks legit, except for the sending e-mail address. Of course, I did not click on the short cut button. Instead, I opened a new tab and logged in from there. My account is just fine, thank you very much. I've already forwarded the e-mail to spoof@paypal.com.
Please be aware of this scam!

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