Paypal Users Targeted in Account Profile

[Verdinut]

PayPal users targeted in account profile scam

A highly sophisticated email scam is targeting PayPal users with the subject line of "Set up your account profile."

www.malwarebytes.com

More than ever, we have to watch out for scam emails.

 

[mtrycrafts]

And there is no end to this kind of emails and most likely gets worse with sender evolution in spamming and phishing.

 

[lovinthehd]

What would be sophisticated about such an obvious scam email?

 

[Verdinut]

What would be sophisticated about such an obvious scam email?

Of course, if the profile was already setup, why would it need to be setup again?

 

[lovinthehd]

Of course, if the profile was already setup, why would it need to be setup again?

Even if the setup wasn't "complete" (let alone saved), why would you do so just because of an email?

 

[mtrycrafts]

What would be sophisticated about such an obvious scam email?

It is not obvious to many out there.
You, we, are in a better category but still not immune.