Originally posted by: rahvin
There was a recent report that because ICANN is allowing unicode domain registrations it is possible to have a domain that looks identical to a known domain but is in fact not the same domain because it is using unicode charactersets instead of ANSI. For example, you could register, www.paypal.com using a unicode letter used in another alphabet. This domain would look identical to the ANSI version but the domain would not be the same. This could be the first exploit of that vulnerability.This was reported on slashdot about a month ago.
I tried that but it didn't convert to https://www.paypal.com but http://www.paypal.comOriginally posted by: Paypaldamon
Hi,
This is not a PayPal email. Whenever in doubt, please simply log in at www.paypal.com only. It will convert to https://www.paypal.com.
Originally posted by: tagej
Anyone who reads that email and thinks it's "legit" is nuts. It's obviously written by some 13 year old trying to pull some sort of scam.
>>If it's not a password stealing scam, I'm a monkey's uncle
Agreed!
Originally posted by: Paypaldamon
Hi,
I do have to repeat that the email that the user received IS NOT a valid PayPal email. I also need to warn users that another scam going around is stating that you have received 250.00 and that you need to add an email address to your account.
Typing www.paypal.com (http://www.paypal.com will convert to https://www.paypal.com in your browser window).