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	"title": "PayPal alert! Beware the 'Paypai' scam",
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	"plain_text": "PayPal alert! Beware the 'Paypai' scam\r\nBy Written by Bob Sullivan, ContributorContributor July 20, 2000 at 5:00 p.m. PT\r\nArchived: 2026-04-05 20:24:15 UTC\r\nA scam artist last night created an exact replica of PayPal.com and used the fake site to attempt to pilfer\r\nuser names and passwords from customers of the online payment system. The site, deceptively named\r\nPayPai.com, was a convincing duplicate of the real thing - but according to Network Solutions Inc.,\r\nPaypai.com is registered to Birykov Inc. in South Ural, Russia.\r\nHowever, by 10:45 a.m. Pacific Time the copycat site was down. Meanwhile, a spokesperson for PayPal\r\n\"guaranteed\" that \"no PayPal user will lose money as a result of this incident.\"\r\nPayPal, with 2.6 million customers, is easily the largest online payment system designed to support online auction\r\nusers. Customers set up accounts so they can transfer funds back and forth without having to wait for personal\r\nchecks to clear or money orders to be delivered. Most customers currently pay nothing for the service, which\r\nconsiderably speeds up the auction buying process.\r\nBut in this case, a scam artist has apparently discovered a way to dupe PayPal users by dangling a large payment\r\nin front of them. \"X.com (PayPal's parent company) has notified law enforcement of the fake site and efforts to\r\nsteal password information,\" said spokesperson Vince Sollitto. \"We have taken steps to prevent this person from\r\nwithdrawing money from the PayPal system.\"\r\nNot only was \"Paypai.com\" very convincing, but the scam artist goes even one step further. He or she is\r\napparently e-mailing PayPal customers, saying they have a large payment waiting for them in their account. The\r\nmessage then offers up a link, urging the recipient to claim the funds. But the URL that is displayed for the\r\nunwitting victim uses a capital \"i,\" (I), which looks just like a lowercase \"L,\" (l), in many computer fonts.\r\nSo, when the victim clicks on that link, he or she is directed to a copycat login page that's really sitting on a British\r\nWeb hosting service called \"Easypost.\" If the victim does log in, the user name and password are sent to the scam\r\nartist. E-mails to Easypost were not immediately returned.\r\nThursday, on a message board devoted to PayPal, several users confessed they'd been tricked into logging in but\r\ngot suspicious and changed their account information soon after.\r\n\"Well color me stupid. I read half your message (warning of the scam), then went over and checked it out. I logged\r\nin and then came back and read the rest,\" wrote one. \"Can someone say IDIOT!! I immediately went to the real\r\nPayPal and changed my password. Oh well, silly me.\"\r\nNo users reported noticing any PayPal funds had actually been stolen as a result of the scam.\r\nArmed with the user name and password, a scam artist could possibly drain a victim's PayPal account. PayPal did\r\nnot immediately respond to inquiries, but both that company and Easyhost had been notified of the scam by late\r\nWednesday, according to writers on the Internet message board.\r\nhttps://www.zdnet.com/article/paypal-alert-beware-the-paypai-scam-5000109103/\r\nPage 1 of 2\n\nAccording to one user, the enticing e-mail read like this:\r\nMichael Swenson just sent you money with PayPal. Amount: $827.46 Click here to get you new account\r\nbonus! http://www.PayPaI.com/bonus Did you know you can earn money with the PayPal Refer-a-Friend program? Go to http://www.Pay-Pal.com/specialoffers for more details. To view your PayPal\r\nbalance\r\nor other account information, log in at http://www.PayPaI.com/login\r\nEditorial standards\r\nSource: https://www.zdnet.com/article/paypal-alert-beware-the-paypai-scam-5000109103/\r\nhttps://www.zdnet.com/article/paypal-alert-beware-the-paypai-scam-5000109103/\r\nPage 2 of 2",
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