PayPal Fraud

I had a really long day, and without even thinking about it got scammed. I realized it about 2 seconds later and changed all my information, but i can't cancel my credit card until morning.

The email i got was:
Dear valued PayPal® member:

It has come to our attention that your PayPal® account information needs to be updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into any future problems with the online service.

However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension.
Please update your records on or before August 15 2005.

Once you have updated your account records, your PayPal® session will not be
interrupted and will continue as normal.

To update your PayPal® records click on the following link:
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/restrictedaccounts.asp

Thank You.
PayPal® UPDATE TEAM

Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, PayPal® will
periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements.

Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions.
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/ua/policy_privacy-outside

However the address it actually took me to was http://61.197.172.123/. /restricteaccounts/paypal.com/

Every link on the page goes back to PayPal EXCEPT the Log In. And you can put in any email address/password combination you want - it'll go on to ask you for your info.

I was so tired I didn't even think about it until after it was over, so I called Paypal, sent them the e-mail, changed my password and log in questions and i called the bank to report the card stolen, but they don't process debit cards, so i have to call them in the morning to cancel my debit. What a pain in the ass.

I ran the IP and Hostname and found:
IP address 61.197.172.123
Hostname venus.stws.co.jp
ISP Japan Network Information Center
Country Japan

inetnum: 61.192.0.0 - 61.199.255.255
netname: JPNIC-NET-JP
descr: Japan Network Information Center
country: JP
admin-c: JNIC1-AP
tech-c: JNIC1-AP
remarks: JPNIC Allocation Block
remarks: Authorative information regarding assignments and
remarks: allocations made from within this block can also be
remarks: queried at whois.nic.ad.jp. To obtain an English
remarks: output query whois -h whois.nic.ad.jp x.x.x.x/e
mnt-by: MAINT-JPNIC
mnt-lower: MAINT-JPNIC
changed: hm-changed@apnic.net 20010531
status: ALLOCATED PORTABLE
changed: hm-changed@apnic.net 20050617
source: APNIC

role: Japan Network Information Center
address: Kokusai-Kougyou-Kanda Bldg 6F, 2-3-4 Uchi-Kanda
address: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0047, Japan
country: JP
phone: +81-3-5297-2311
fax-no: +81-3-5297-2312
e-mail: hostmaster@nic.ad.jp
admin-c: SS13-AP
tech-c: SY7-AP
nic-hdl: JNIC1-AP
mnt-by: MAINT-JPNIC
changed: hm-changed@apnic.net 20041222
changed: hm-changed@apnic.net 20050324
source: APNIC

inetnum: 61.197.172.120 - 61.197.172.127
netname: STARWISH
descr: Starwish Co.,Ltd.
country: JP
admin-c: YI5396JP
tech-c: YI5396JP
remarks: This information has been partially mirrored by APNIC from
remarks: JPNIC. To obtain more specific information, please use the
remarks: JPNIC WHOIS Gateway at
remarks: http://www.nic.ad.jp/en/db/whois/en-gateway.html or
remarks: whois.nic.ad.jp for WHOIS client. (The WHOIS client
remarks: defaults to Japanese output, use the /e switch for for
remarks: English output)
changed: apnic-ftp@nic.ad.jp 20031208
source: JPNIC

Just freaking pisses me off. I had a long day, im insanely busy and I don't freaking need this BS.

 

I mean, I should have known better, and I DID right AFTER i was finished something occured to me and I went back to check. It was obvious after that, and i was so distraught.

Ever been so tired you just can't think straight? I mean, on a normal day under normal circumstances, I would have laughed at an idiot like me... but I wass literally so exhausted I was almost high.

was... am... I need to finish this crap and go to bed. *sigh* Now I cant even use my account for 2 weeks until they send my replacement card and Pin number.

 

Yes, I do know how it is to be so tired you really don't think about what your doing. Your thoughts and actions are almost robot like, then you do something and have that 'Oh No' second, then franticly try to undo what you just did.

You'll get it straighten out, get some rest, you can't do much till the morning anyway.

 

Good luck getting this straighted out.

Everytime I see an E-mail from PayPal, the hairs on the back of my neck go up ! Most are actually from them warning me of other scams and phishing but I still get the occasional one wanting me to verify something.

I ignore most (probally shouldn't) but figure that way worst case will be my account getting closed and my wife won't be able to buy anthing off Ebay for awhile