I received another phishing email and upon clicking the embedded URL, it redirected me to a site called r-paypal.com. This is a common technique of cousin domain name which is to make people believe that r-paypal.com is a sub-domain of paypal.com. On further querying DNS name records, the cousin domain names a-paypal.com, b-paypal.com up to z-paypal.com have been registered. This group of people spend about US260 to register the cousin domain names for 1-year use and then they can send out phishing email.
I think domain name registration bodies should pay attention to the registration of cousin domain names and notify the name owners of paypal.com to investigate if these cousin domain names will disrupt the businesses of paypal.com.
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