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Attack Details
Attack Date:
May 11, 2022

PayPal Cryptocurrency Fake Payment Receipt Fake Billing Scam

Initial Email Content

Subject
[Recipient Name]# Bill Id : KJWE9045JKE1536
Body

DHTGKGF-426429


Dear [Recipient Name]

We processed your $691.96 to Zerd-Crypto
(Bill Id@KJWE9045JKE1536)

Transaction ID

KJWE9045JKE1536

Seller

Zerd-Crypto

Doge coin

Transaction Date

May, 11 2022 (Wednesday)

Instruction to seller

#[Recipient Email Address]

Product

Quantity

 Amount

# (Zerd-Crypto)


1

$691.96

Subtotal

.

$691.96

Shipping

.

Free

Total

.

$691.96

Charge will appear on your credit card statement as "PayPal Already passed through your account and may take 24hrs to reflect."

If not you, connect us earliest as possible.

Customer Care No (888 - 370 (1580))

In case of any information regarding the product and charge please reach out to our PayPal Representative.

Regards : Nathan

In case of any trouble or query

This invoice is generated by PayPal

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Attack Description

This text-based fake billing scam impersonates PayPal using a personalized email subject, a cryptocurrency theme, and a fake payment receipt theme.

Analysis Overview

Tactic
Personalized Email Subject
Goal
Impersonated Party
Vector
Text-based
Theme
Cryptocurrency
Fake Payment Receipt
Language