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| Howard |
 Dec 17 2003, 09:43 AM
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Incontin(g)ent Member  Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,785 Joined: 24-July 03 From: Westlake Village, CA Member No.: 943 Region Association: None 
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This was in my mail this morning. 'About to be expired???'
From: "PayPal.com" To : Info CC : Date : Wed, 17 Dec 2003 06:17:40 -0500 Subject : IMPORTANT cyvcusuu -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear PayPal member, We regret to inform you that your account is about to be expired in next five business days. To avoid suspension of your account you have to reactivate it by providing us with your personal information. To update your personal profile and continue using PayPal services you have to run the attached application to this email. Just run it and follow the instructions. IMPORTANT! If you ignore this alert, your account will be suspended in next five business days and you will not be able to use PayPal anymore. Thank you for using PayPal. cyvcusuu www.paypal.com.pif (Binary attachment) |
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| JWest |
Dec 17 2003, 09:49 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,663 Joined: 6-January 03 From: Fort Worth, TX Member No.: 97 Region Association: None 
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That's the scam e-mail.
The grammar (writing style) is quite poor in the text - obviously not a professional document even if you did not know about the scam method. |
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| Gint |
Dec 17 2003, 10:11 AM
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Mike Ginter Group: Admin Posts: 16,096 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Denver CO. Member No.: 20 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
SCAM!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif)
Paypal does not email applications for you to use to update your account. If you can't go their web site and update your info, DON'T! I've received emails from Paypal telling me that my card was about to or had expired, and they always say go to the web site to update. |
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| Malmz |
Dec 17 2003, 11:31 AM
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CSOBOSC founding member Group: Benefactors Posts: 489 Joined: 22-April 03 From: So. Cal Member No.: 602 |
I got that email too. Laughed. I could see how a lot of people fall for it though.
But if you send me your credit card number and expiration date I can ensure they never send it to you again! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) |
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| Howard |
Dec 17 2003, 11:35 AM
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Incontin(g)ent Member Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,785 Joined: 24-July 03 From: Westlake Village, CA Member No.: 943 Region Association: None
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check's in the mail!
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| GWN7 |
Dec 17 2003, 12:49 PM
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King of Road Trips Group: Members Posts: 6,280 Joined: 31-December 02 From: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Member No.: 56 Region Association: Northstar Region |
Forward it to scams@paypal.com you will get a nice autoresponce from them telling you it's a scam.
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| Mountain914 |
Dec 17 2003, 12:59 PM
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Too much time in thin air! Group: Members Posts: 367 Joined: 22-May 03 From: Conifer, CO Member No.: 725 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I thought it was "spoof@paypal.com" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) (you can see this at Paypal's Security Statement)
Not that anyone does anything about these, but I do recommend you forward all these scams/spoofs on to ebay (spoof@ebay.com) and paypal, and make sure you give as much header information as possible (so they can see where it really comes from). Here is what paypal says: QUOTE If you think that you have received a fraudulent email (or fake website), please forward the email (or URL address) to spoof@paypal.com and then delete the email from your mailbox. Never click any links or attachments in a suspicious email. There are more and more of these nowadays - makes you wonder who has been sucked in. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif) darn scammers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/fighting19.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/boid.gif) |
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