All good things do come to an end. This is also the case with Paypal’s Merchant Referral Bonus Program which the payment processor recently announced will be discontinued effective August 15, 2012.
Paypal’s announcement about the end of the bonus scheme is as follows:
We constantly post Paypal scam or phishing emails supposedly sent by trusted online brands (such as Paypal) in the hopes of warning people not to fall victims into these schemes. Here’s another one we received today.
This one is very similar to authentic Paypal messages on Account Review. Paypal usually sends such emails to Paypal users whose accounts are being reviewed due to certain transactions.
As opposed to the real Paypal message, though, the one below asks the recipient to download an attached file (check.html) and follow the steps there. The email message goes:
