‘Receipt for payment to Skype’ Email Scam

'Receipt for payment to Skype' is an email-based phishing scam that exploits your fear of losing money and your trust of the Paypal brand name, to seduce you into giving away your Paypal account information to a mock-up website. Although SywareRemove.com malware researchers haven't found extremely divergent visual factors between a 'Receipt for payment to Skype' message and a real Paypal receipt, you can always notice a phishing attempt like 'Receipt for payment to Skype' by watching for links to websites that are embedded in the spam message. A real notification from Paypal or another reputable company will avoid providing direct links specifically due to this safety hazard, and will, at most, offer an URL in plain text that can be typed and navigated to without incurring a risk of browser-based attacks. If you've given your personal information away in a 'Receipt for payment to Skype' phishing attack, you should contact Paypal immediately and have your account information changed to increase security.

How 'Receipt for payment to Skype' Gets You to Risk All of Your Money for a Few Pounds

'Receipt for payment to Skype' appears in your email box with the heading 'RECEIPT FOR YOUR PAYMENT TO SKYPE INC.' and contains a full assortment of seemingly-legitimate contact information, although SywareRemove.com malware researchers have found that all phone numbers, return addresses, et cetera are all fake. In its basic format, 'Receipt for payment to Skype' appears to be very similar to an actual Paypal receipt, and contains the following text:

Hello PayPal Customer,

Online Number, 3 month subscription
Item# £18.00 GBP
1
£18.00 GBP

It's vital to understand that 'Receipt for payment to Skype' spam messages are sent out at random and don't correlate to any real charges to your Paypal account. Although 'Receipt for payment to Skype' currently threatens victims with a British currency charge, variants of 'Receipt for payment to Skype' may use other currencies, such as yen or American dollars. The other details of the order, such as the cost and the nature of the transaction, are equally fictitious and can be disregarded as irrelevant.

Unlike a real Paypal message, 'Receipt for payment to Skype' will provide a link that offers to cancel this unwarranted transaction. However, if you click this link, instead of making your finances safer, you'll be placing your computer and your Paypal account in significant peril.

After You Go Down the 'Receipt for payment to Skype' Rabbit Hole

If you've inadvertently managed to place your trust in a 'Receipt for payment to Skype' phishing scam, SywareRemove.com malware researchers advise you to be watchful for the following risks, some of which may attack your PC as soon as you click the 'Cancel Payment' link:

• Exposure to phishing websites that are promoted by 'Receipt for payment to Skype' may result in contact with drive-by-download scripts that install Trojans, keyloggers, browser hijackers or other PC threats. Spyware programs (such as Trojan-PWS.Win32.Bjlog, PWSteal.Sacanph.A, PWSteal.Verweli.A or PWS-OnlineGames.kc) that specialize in stealing passwords from Paypal and other financial websites, are particularly likely to be hosted at phishing sites.
• Being a recipient of phishing attempts may indicate a compromise of your email account or the email account of a social contact. Whenever practical, the safest course of action is to switch to a new account and avoid giving out your contact information to insecure contacts or websites.
• If you've actually given this 'Receipt for payment to Skype' website your Paypal information, all the money in your Paypal account and any account-linked information (including your phone number, home address and Social Security number) are at risk. Speak with Paypal about appropriate safety measures to avoid any account misuses in the future.

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