Paypal and phishing mails
PayPal tells its users to expect official PayPal emails to contain their names in the body of the email. Phishing emails that include a person’s correct name that corresponds to their email address could fool the recipients into believing the email is actually from PayPal. Phishing emails are sent to trick people into revealing financial information and/or account passwords. AuctionBytes began reporting on hoax emails targeting PayPal in June of 2002 (http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y02/m06/i27/s03). Since then, phishing attacks have become a serious problem for PayPal and eBay members as the emails get more sophisticated and attackers prey on unsuspecting users.
