PayPal phishing email

PayPal and eBay were two of the earliest targets of phishing scams. In the example below, this PayPal phishing scams tries to trick recipients by pretending to be some sort of security alert. Claiming that someone 'from a foreign IP address' attempted to login to your PayPal account, the email urges recipients to confirm their account details via the link provided. As with other phishing scams, the displayed link is bogus - clicking the link actually takes the recipient to the attacker's website.