Online scammers riding on Lik-Sang’s PayPal refund e-mails

There have been several reports that certain e–mails supposedly from Lik-Sang are being circulated. These emails are suspected to be phishing attempts which are taking advantage of Lik-Sang’s recent and very public announcement that they are going out of business and that they would issue refunds to everyone with outstanding orders with the company.

For those unfamliar with the term, “phishing” is defined as “a criminal activity using social engineering techniques. Phishers attempt to fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy person or business in an electronic communication. Phishing is typically carried out using e-mail or an instant message, although phone contact has been used as well.”

In the case of this fake Lik-Sang e-mail, the e-mail states that the receiver of the message is due to receive an additional US$9.99 refund on top of whatever else they are supposed to receive. The e-mail will then request the user to confirm his or her PayPal account by clicking on a link.

As with any suspicious-looking e-mail, DO NOT CLICK ON THESE LINKS as it leads to a fake PayPal log-in page which uses the domain “LJK-SANG.COM” (note the “J” in the name) instead of “PAYPAL.COM”. This page is likely meant to gather people’s PayPal log in information as well as financial details.

Read the Full Article and view the e-mail message in question after the Jump!

There have been several reports that certain e–mails supposedly from Lik-Sang are being circulated. These emails are suspected to be phishing attempts which are taking advantage of Lik-Sang’s recent and very public announcement that they are going out of business and that they would issue refunds to everyone with outstanding orders with the company.

For those unfamiliar with the term, “phishing” is defined as “a criminal activity using social engineering techniques. Phishers attempt to fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy person or business in an electronic communication. Phishing is typically carried out using e-mail or an instant message, although phone contact has been used as well.”

In the case of this fake Lik-Sang e-mail, the e-mail states that the receiver of the message is due to receive an additional US$9.99 refund on top of whatever else they are supposed to receive. The e-mail will then request the user to confirm his or her PayPal account by clicking on a link.

As with any suspicious-looking e-mail, DO NOT CLICK ON THESE LINKS as it leads to a fake PayPal log-in page which uses the domain “LJK-SANG.COM” (note the “J” in the name) instead of “PAYPAL.COM”. This page is likely meant to gather people’s PayPal log in information as well as financial details.

Take it from someone who uses the online service – you should always remember the following things about PayPal e-mails:

• The message will always address you by the name that you entered when you created the account. You will never be referred to as “Dear Valued Customer” or something generic like that
• Always make sure you are on the real PayPal page by checking the address bar of your browser
• Always make sure the page you are viewing is secure. This is usually denoted by a “Padlock” symbol at the bottom of your window
• Just to be sure, never click on the links inside the message. Just open a new window and point your browser to the PayPal site and log in from there. If what is stated in the e-mail is true then the same details should be viewable in your PayPal account. Better safe than sorry.

The suspicious e-mail, in its entirety, is as follows:

Dear valued customer,

Your Login/Email is: [email address removed… — ed.]

Your password is: ********

As of today, Lik-Sang.com will not be in the position to accept any new orders and will cancel and refund all existing orders that have already been placed. Furthermore, Lik-Sang is working closely with banks and PayPal to refund any store credits held by the company, and the customer support department is taking care of any open transactions such as pending RMAs or repairs and shipping related matters. The staff of Lik-Sang will make sure that nobody will get hurt in the crossfire of this ordeal. To read the full article please visit: http://www.lik-sang.com/news.php?artc=3901

Our records indicates you can retrieve an additional $ 9,99 USD refund in your PayPal account. In order to successfully retrieve the refund please confirm your existing PayPal account on this page. Please notice that the confirmation of your PayPal account is needed to have this refund send into your PayPal account.

If your PayPal account is no longer active on this [email address removed… — ed.] address you will have to create a free PayPal account at: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_registration-run to retrieve this refund. Once your account is created and activated please confirm your account information at the above page.

We feel very sorry for any inconvenience and trying to make all refunds to take place as soon as possible.

Team Lik-Sang