Brutally efficient phishing scam takes advantage of PayPal’s awfulness

[Guest Chris Mills]

http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/76b38a6865fcfed81453b9a9d448a5d4.pngPhishing scams that use fake login pages to steal account usernames and passwords are nothing new. The trick for hackers is to fool customers into thinking that they're following a legit link from a real company, and a new phishing scam is particularly good at that. A raft of fake PayPal support accounts have popped up on Twitter. The accounts monitor for individuals who tweet support requests to @PayPal, and then reply to those messages with a link to a real-looking login page. Unless you look real close, anyone could fall for it.

 

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