deleyt 0 Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 (edited) Here's another fine example of a Paypal-scam I received today: Dear PayPal member #xxxxxxxx! It has come to our attention that your account may used by third party in a fraudulent activity with PayPal. As a result, your access to your account on PayPal has been restricted. According to our site policy you will have to confirm that you are the real owner of the PayPal account by entering your credit / debit card information. Please click on the link below to get to the PayPal secure page and complete the form that will appears. Thank you. http://paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_U...dateInformation Read our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions. Copyright 1999-2003 PayPal. All rights reserved. You can identify those fake messages by roling over the link and looking at where it's taking you. In this case it hooks up with http://paypal.comindexloginhtmladsfasdhjkq...54/1/index.html which is clearly NOT a PayPal site. There are a couple of other variations roaming around aswell, so be carefull not to fall for them. DON'T EVER ENTER YOUR BANKACCOUNT- OR CARDINFORMATION THROUGH EMAILS. ALWAYS GO TO THE ORIGINAL WEBSITE AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR BUSINESS THERE. IF YOU'RE NOT SURE IF THE MESSAGE IS LEGIT, REPORT IT AT THE SUPPORT-TEAM OF THE COMPANY. Edited December 1, 2003 by |rsi|™deleyt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Parabellum 12 Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 Thanks for the heads-up! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firefly2442 0 Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 Yeah, I got a ton of those. Don't open the attachments! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mamon 0 Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 Usually you can tell simply by the poor grammar that it's a fake.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bob The Nailer 0 Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 i get those all the time too. i always respond by giving my dads info. he goes apecrap when he gets his bills and there's about 1,000 in charges on there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest SI-Prozac Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 email em back and say their an idiot .... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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