I have not seen this scam before

I am posting this blog to you to warn of a new scam
that I came across today. When I checked my e-mails this
morning there was one supposedly from Paypal confirming
a subscription payment for $39.

I pay for several services, web hosting and site memberships
through Paypal but this was supposedly a payment to some kind
of spyware company in Germany. There was a button below
which you needed to click on if you felt this payment was an error.
When you click on the button another very genuine Paypal type
of page appears and asks you to sign in with your e-mail address
and password.

This was when the alarm bells began to ring and I went back
to my Paypal account and checked if such a payment had in
fact been made. There was no mention of any such payment so this
was obviously another attempt to collect my Paypal password.

I know there are a lot of various spoof e-mails about and I like
To think that I am pretty sharp in spotting them but this one was so
clever it almost got under my guard. Be on the look out for anything
similar in your e-mail and if you get one forward it straight away
to spoof@paypal.co.uk