PayPal Scams

 

Yesterday, I received eight messages purporting to come from PayPal.

I knew all were scams as they didn't come to the special e-mail address that I use for PayPal. I would recommend that everybody do this, as it means nearly all of the scams are instantly recognisable.

One scam recommended that I visit a web site called paypal-account-protection.com. Sounds pretty feasible, but I checked the registration.

Registrant: xiaowne
No.12 chang'an road
100001

Administrative Contact: ca wen xiaowne
No.12 chang'an road
beijing Beijing 100001
China
tel: 86 010 24902994
fax: 86 010 24092409
24@24.com

Technical Contact: ca wen xiaowne
No.12 chang'an road
beijing Beijing 100001
China
tel: 86 010 24902994
fax: 86 010 24092409
24@24.com

Billing Contact: ca wen xiaowne
No.12 chang'an road
beijing Beijing 100001
China
tel: 86 010 24902994
fax: 86 010 24092409
24@24.com

Registration Date: 2007-08-08
Update Date: 2007-09-05
Expiration Date: 2008-08-08

Primary DNS: dns1.curreton.com 200.72.139.67
Secondary DNS: dns2.curreton.com 85.29.132.178

Next time you want to buy those cheap goods made in China, think again!