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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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