[Watford] Puzzling Phishing Email

[Alan Secker]

On 10/07/14 17:01, Jim Ford wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I had an email today, purportedly from PayPal, that appears to me to be
> clearly phishing.
>
<SNIP>
</SNIP>

>
> https://www.google.com/search?q=paypal.co.uk
>
> I'm baffled!
>
> Jim
>

I had one like this and had almost completed a fake form but
it asked for a password! I then looked at the URL. No https.

At the time I was having trouble getting into my Paypal
Account. Just a coincidence. Because I thought my Paypal urls
had been compromised, I checked in at the Paypal Forum and
took their advice before proceeding.

I reported it to Paypal at spoof at paypal.com.

My problem? I was advised to switch from Firefox to Chromium.
Sure enough, the blockage cleared. After a reset (which I had
not known was available), Firefox cleared too.

Alan

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