ALERT to PHP-list users: This is a fraud email used to hijack an account on paypal. Do not under any circumstances click the links in this email, and definitely do not sign into your paypal account after doing so!
Most of you know of this internet trick... We are php programmers after all. But I thought it still important to note that this was a bad bad email, so do not follow its instructions. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! +++ ORIGINAL MESSAGE +++ <html> <head> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 4.0"> <meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <title>Dear valued PayPal</title> </head> <body> <table class="applicationcontainer managementview" cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="100%" border="0"> <tr vAlign="top"> <td class="content"> <div id="message"> <a href="http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_home" target="_blank"> <img src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/logo/paypal_logo.gif" border="0" width="200" height="50"></a> <table cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="600" align="center" border="0"> <tr> <td colSpan="3"> <img height="2" src="http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/pp.files/pixel.gif" width="2"></td> </tr> </table> <p><font size="2"><font face="Verdana">Dear valued <strong> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">PayPal<sup>Æ</sup></span> </strong>member</font>: <br> </font><br> </p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">It has come to our attention that your <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><strong> PayPal<sup>Æ</sup></strong></span> account information needs to be <br> updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to <br> reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes <br> out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into <br> any future problems with the online service. <br> </p> <p>However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension. <br> Please update your records on or before <font color="red"><strong>January 10, 2005</strong>.</font> <br> <br> Once you have updated your account records, your <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><strong> PayPal<sup>Æ</sup></strong></span> session will not be <br> interrupted and will continue as normal. </p> <p>To update your <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><strong> PayPal<sup>Æ</sup></strong></span> records click on the following link: <br> <a onmouseover="window.status='https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login -run'; return true;" href="http://salmonfallstraditionalcats.com/cgi_bin/box%253dF000000001%2526a %253d5d45f07976f3dc4c0b178fee9044acc3&curmbox=F000000001&a=5d45f07976f3dc4c0 b178fee9044acc3/PayPal/" target="_blank" > http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Thank You. <br> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><strong> PayPal<sup>Æ </sup>UPDATE TEAM</strong></span> </p> <p>Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><strong> PayPalÆ</strong></span> will <br> periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements. </p> <p>Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions. <br> <a href="http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/ua/policy_privacy-outsi de" target="_blank"> http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/ua/policy_privacy-outside</a> </font></div> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html> +++ END ORIGINAL MESSAGE +++