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| Subject - Pay Pal Scam???? | |
| JimmyDee |
I got an e-mail today from "PayPal" stating that someone from two foreign countries had tried to access my Pay Pal account and to click on a link to check it out. Only problem folks is that I don't have a Pay Pal account and never have had one. Me thinks scam. They want you to change your pass word. Don't. If you get one of these forward it to spoof@paypal.com Jim |
| kbsparky | The one thing that sends up the red flag on PayPal scams is they never address you by your real name. They say, "Dear PayPal user" or "Dear PayPal member" Real correspondence from PayPal always salutes you with your real name. Dead giveaway 
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| JimmyDee | Got this reply when forwarding e-mail to PayPal security.quote: Jim |
| David Hyatt | And the funny thing is its true. This maybe how they are doing it. There have been reports of fraud on pay-pal from a foreign country. My sister works at the bank and knows of many claims of just this. They were trying to get you too it seems like Jim. |
| Scott Vickrey | I get three or four of these scam emails a day. It's something that we have to adapt to. Like PayPal says they will never ask you for account info so never give it! To me this scam is such old hat that the emails do not even concern me anymore. The real problem for us users right now are the sorry programs that take over your browsers.  you visit one shady website and bam! They got you. You are doomed to Popups and redirects till you actively do something about it. I have caught browser axes that can only be delt with effectively by a complete HD reformat. I have gotten so efficient with reformating that I can wipe my hard drive clean and stand back up in about an hour with a clean slate. I think this is the ultimate roll with it solution. How else do you know that you have completely removed the offending code? The anti-spyware programs always seem to be impotent. Avoid sites that you might concider jaded. And if you have a kid that plays those "free games" then you don't stand a chance! Just my two cents for all the hunt and peck electricians out there.
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