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10/31/2005 08:08:59 PM · #1			 | 
		
		Just got this email, which scared me for a moment.
 
 I almost logged into it before I realized it must be a scam. Called Pay Pal, and sure enough, it is. I was instructed to forward it to spoof@paypal.com.
 
 Anybody else gotten one of these?
 
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10/31/2005 08:23:19 PM · #2			 | 
		
		no I have not gotten that one, thanks for the heads up. but I do get some that look like your monthly invoice with a small amount (usually between $4 and $15) saying to click the link to pay it. Funny thing is I get them on email accounts that I dont have linked to ebay or paypal.
 
 NEVER CLICK A LINK in a paypal or ebay email, logon the normal way you do and check your account that way.
 
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10/31/2005 08:27:00 PM · #3			 | 
		
		I get a lot of spoof paypal and ebay 'please log in to check your account' type emails.
 
 Although the one you posted there is very convincing. Thanks for the warning. |  
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10/31/2005 08:27:37 PM · #4			 | 
		
		Yeah that's pretty nasty.
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10/31/2005 09:38:12 PM · #5			 | 
		
		I always like to think if you're stupid enough to fall for something like this, you deserve whatever comes to you :)  But then i'm a dirty great misanthropist anyway so best ignore me
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10/31/2005 09:52:02 PM · #6			 | 
		
		Originally posted by greatandsmall:   Just got this email, which scared me for a moment.
 
 I almost logged into it before I realized it must be a scam. Called Pay Pal, and sure enough, it is. I was instructed to forward it to spoof@paypal.com.
 
 Anybody else gotten one of these?
 
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 Old news. If it doesn't have your name on it, and it doesn't, it is a mass email sent in an atempt to phish. |  
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10/31/2005 10:06:43 PM · #7			 | 
		
		Originally posted by nsbca7:  
 Old news. If it doesn't have your name on it, and it doesn't, it is a mass email sent in an atempt to phish.  |   
 
 It did have my name on it. I left it out in my cut and paste. |  
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10/31/2005 10:09:34 PM · #8			 | 
		
		Originally posted by jab119:  
 NEVER CLICK A LINK in a paypal or ebay email, logon the normal way you do and check your account that way.
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 This is the best advice and the easiest way to make sure you never fall for a scam. |  
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10/31/2005 11:34:49 PM · #9			 | 
		
		| I get 9 or 10 of these a week. |  
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