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Since the early days of online scams, threat actors repeatedly impersonated PayPal and they are not giving up yet, as a new scam involving the payment platform has been discovered, according to Cyware.
It all starts with a seemingly legitimate email from the threat actor with the subject of starting a live chat about a service alert relating to the target’s PayPal account. The email body is very well designed and looks very similar to the emails received from PayPal. The only flaw and indicator that something is fishy is the email address that obviously has nothing to do with PayPal.
Despite the fact that several links in the email’s body are also found in authentic emails, there is a URL added by the scammer that directs the victim to a false live chat that uses automated scripts. The hacker’s objective is to obtain sensitive information from his victims, such…
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