Mass phising email to Indian paypal users about new RBI rule....

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I guess many of you have got this particular email like below:

Dear Tamas Das,

In compliance with Indian regulations, if you are selling products and services to customers globally, please review the following important information:

â€¢ Any proceeds or earnings received into your PayPal account from the export of goods and services should be withdrawn to your bank account within 30 days.

â€¢ While making the withdrawal please make sure you select the purpose code that best fits your business.

â€¢ Any proceeds or earnings received into your PayPal account from the export of goods and services may only be withdrawn to your bank account in India. This received amount cannot be reused for making purchases.

â€¢ If you would like to make purchases on any website that accepts PayPal, you can continue to use any credit card issued by a bank in India.

For any questions, please reach out to our customer support teams by following the steps below:

1. Log into your PayPal account

2. Click â€œContact Usâ€ at the bottom of the page

3. Click on â€œSend Usâ€ an email or â€œCall Usâ€ to reach us by phone

We cannot thank you enough for your continued attention and patience.

Thank you,

PayPal

Copyright Â© 2010 PayPal Inc. All rights reserved.
Consumer Tip: PayPal Pte Ltd Department of PayPalâ„¢ stored value tool holder without the approval by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Advised consumers (users) read the terms and conditions.
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This becomes more interesting, I sent an email to paypal as belows:

Original Message Follows:
------------------------
Form Message
customer subject: Confused about the new RBI rule in india
customer message: Additional Information: 'I received an email about the
new regulation in india. I receive all money from affiliate network and
none from the export of goods or services. So can I keep and use this
money from my paypal account for more than 30 days? What happens to my
balance next if I don't withdraw it in the next 30 days?
Let me get a detailed response from you and not a copy pasted answer
from your help center.
Thanks,
Tamas'
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In retun I get an email saying that they haven't sent such emails. See the reply below:

Dear Tamas Das,

Thank you for contacting PayPal.

While we are currently in the process of reviewing the legitimacy of the
email you received, please go ahead and forward the email to
.

Here are some tips to help you verify that emails are really from
PayPal:
* Check the greeting. We always address you by your first and last
name, or the business name on your PayPal account.
* Before clicking a link in an email, put your cursor over the link
and look at the web address. If it doesn't start with
https://www.paypal.com, don't click it.
* See if the email asks for personal information. A PayPal email
will never ask you for any of the following:
o Bank account numbers
o Debit and credit card numbers
o Driver's license number
o Email addresses
o Your full name
Check for attachments. We will never send an attachment or software
updates to install on your computer.
Preventing spoof and phishing:
Spoof and phishing are illegal methods to collect personal and financial
information by using fake emails, websites, and phone calls. With stolen
information, criminals could commit credit card fraud and engage in
other illegal activities.
Phishing emails attempt to steal your identity by tricking you into
revealing your password or other personal or financial information.
These emails often link to websites that try to get you to enter credit
card numbers, Social Security numbers, or account passwords.

I'll be glad to hear from you if you need clarification and we will do
our best to give you immediate answers. Thank you for choosing PayPal
for your online payments needs. We appreciate your business.

Sincerely,
Aimee
PayPal, an eBay Company

Copyright Â© 1999-2010 PayPal. All rights reserved.
Consumer advisory - PayPal Pte. Ltd., the holder of PayPal's stored
value facility, does not require the approval of the Monetary Authority
of Singapore. Users are advised to read the terms and conditions
carefully.

Got more questions? You'll find answers at our improved help center.
Click "Help" on the top right corner of any PayPal page to get started
or you can visit www.PayPal.com/101.
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so I sent the previous email to

And now here goes the breaking news. In reply to the email that I sent to , I received the following response:
Hello Tamas das,

Thanks for forwarding that suspicious-looking email. You're right - it
was a phishing attempt, and we're working on stopping the fraud. By
reporting the problem, you've made a difference!

Identity thieves try to trick you into revealing your password or other
personal information through phishing emails and fake websites. To learn
more about online safety, click "Security Center" on any PayPal webpage.

Every email counts. When you forward suspicious-looking emails to
, you help keep yourself and others safe from identity
theft.

Your account security is very important to us, so we appreciate your
extra effort.

Thanks,

PayPal

This email is sent to you by the contracting entity to your User
Agreement, either PayPal Ince, PayPal Pte. Ltd or PayPal (Europe) S.Ã
r.l. & Cie, S.C.A. SociÃ©tÃ© en Commandite par Actions, Registered Office:
5th Floor 22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg RCS Luxembourg B 118
349.
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So I guess it was a prank by some idiots or a phishing attack by some genius hacker!!!
Now I will be more careful while reading emails from paypal !!!

true_promote, Apr 9, 2010 IP

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Oh, that's strange. How can someone send emails with personal name?

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Oh, that's strange. How can someone send emails with personal name?
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I don't know about that. But I suggest that you too forward that email to and you will get the results within a few minutes only...

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#4

Holy shit. Thank god it was just a phishing mail.

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Hahaha...No wonder I did not receive any such mail.

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I also did not receive such email. My friends received.

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I have 2 paypal account, but i got this email only for one of my account. Seems something suspicous though.

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#8

Indians, those of you who received such an email, plz send them to so that validity can be checked and then post your results for public interest...
It only takes 20 seconds to forward an email, so why are you being so lazy????

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i hope this is true coz if its not we are kind of screwed

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i haven't received the email, but all those who have, please change your password to stay safe... still wondering how can they email with personal name... weird...

@bohra, yep, i hope its true too, never loved a phishing email so much before if the email is real then we sure have to start finding an alternative for paypal that seems like an impossible tast...

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#11

Though you guys should remember that india is handled from singapore and these emails are replied from US.. so there are chances the US support guys dont know about this.. so anything is possible lets pray its fake email

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I agree to what Bohra says above. Could you plz send a support email to paypal clarifying this issue?

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can anybody call paypal and tell them about this issue

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i not got such emails so far so hope those emails are fake

Bohra u got such email dude ? please check the headers and post here

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#15

how the hell did mkt2566.com get my real name,... and that i have a paypal account???

http://whois.bizz.cc/208.85.50.137

whois does tell mkt2566.com , and paypal @ paypal.com is new!!!

now im more confused!

M.

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here

X-Apparently-To:   	 	 removed@yahoo.com via 121.101.150.209; Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:50:03 -0700
Return-Path: 		<v-cmjddj_ddfjkoremoved@bounce.mkt2566.com>
X-YMailISG: 		LqZabk8WLDvMvjQYrHbQav7mc0Fx7ye0qrjyywPtRdimKdE2HsT7m3G61YZrjw8C6c_co8ZwLLsJSsBTncb14pDv7ZP4CWnoo8qzV5RoTY9vdd_uHHVxDjUjDCU_s2g06sa2KoWqejKsGtlRJeBz6YvxiUoG6Q0Ny3BpcBbX5lPaJJA1fhRYx8k7q1klLUOIqzGLSAcJdNDtWrb.n8WDMGRWV2MdC_XwvyDI_Rpi86yqJ6OT0K1HPRSJUICvr1TtFUUjLf8KDuFlsl.TPZrYnHCMQkijrguyry1JB4taJyg8FYTrHg--
X-Originating-IP: 		[208.85.50.137]
Authentication-Results: 		mta1146.mail.mud.yahoo.com from=paypal.com; domainkeys=pass (ok); from=paypal.com; dkim=permerror (mismatched key granularity)
Received: 		from 127.0.0.1 (EHLO mail4070.mkt2566.com) (208.85.50.137) by mta1146.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:50:03 -0700
DKIM-Signature: 		v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; s=spop; d=paypal.com; h=Date:From:Reply-To:To:Message-ID:Subject:MIME-Version:Content-Type:List-Unsubscribe; i=paypal@paypal.com; bh=0A9SAKVSnCcdvhGrmjo1a7S6CY4=; b=trPFL8fx+w+8Hho22Ncr5UOvwrHbzMJP5j0caEmxhh8MX5F0vn+Gj9HeGhQ4lJ4q8dCxc6MFmlQW S4E8vBeN/g==
DomainKey-Signature: 		a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; q=dns; s=spop; d=paypal.com; b=F23voV3X8mBwzjaFGyXZYOXewckv7NIK3PSEzlXq970xjiKSiuXj6vB0E2J99Xthg5CuaYfRmyBc hfjvbIwrvg==;
Received: 		by mail4070.mkt2566.com (PowerMTA(TM) v3.5r13) id hnqatk0iiksn for <removed@yahoo.com>; Thu, 8 Apr 2010 22:42:45 -0400 (envelope-from <v-cmjddj_ddfjkobblremoved@bounce.mkt2566.com>)
Date: 		Thu, 8 Apr 2010 22:42:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: 		This sender is DomainKeys verified
PayPal <paypal@paypal.com>  
Add sender to Contacts
Reply-To: 		paypal@paypal.com
To: 		removed@yahoo.com
Message-ID: 		<27810300.9654771270780964628.JavaMail.app@rbg16.atlis1>
Subject: 		Important Information for Sellers
MIME-Version: 		1.0
Content-Type: 		multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_9170_5800091.1270780956561"
x-mid: 		2921273
x-job: 		2921273
List-Unsubscribe: 		<mailto:v-cmjddj_ddfjkobbl_removed@bounce.mkt2566.com?subject=Unsubscribe>
Content-Length: 		7543

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Bohra, Apr 9, 2010 IP

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the mail sent from paypal @ paypal.com and i have two accounts but only received for one account..seems very confusing but able to pay to others.

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thanks Bohra its a fake mail you can see 208.85.50.137 ip and some hosting mail4070.mkt2566.com in the header

just stupid spammers

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chandan123 said: ↑

thanks Bohra its a fake mail you can see 208.85.50.137 ip and some hosting mail4070.mkt2566.com in the header

just stupid spammers
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i am not sure coz that domain is registered is registered with the same place as paypal domain is and also the place its hosted is suppose to be a email marketing system

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But how do the spammers benefit from this mail? There was no clickable link at all..

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