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I have received this e-mail twice now... it says it is from service@paypal.com But IT IS NOT from PAY PAL !! I reported it to PayPal and they confirmed that it is truly a SCAM and a very good one at that. It looks extremely official UNTIL you go to the link provided.... then, you have to confirm ALL your private data: name, address and CREDIT CARD numbers !!! And, if you think about it, PayPal already HAS all this info on file !! So, if you get one, forward it to the paypal spoof dept. They are trying to block it. But, today I got the 2nd one... so be cautious. I tried like the dickens to copy and paste excerpts from it, but, it is like it is behind a sheet of glass. NOTHING can be copied. So I used the Desktop Copy mode to give you an example of what it looks like. Here is what it looks like.... PayPal SCAM page
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-------------------- John Smith Kings Bay Signs (Retired) Kissimmee, Florida Posts: 816 | From: Central Florida - The Sunshine State | Registered: Jan 2000
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That is one of the things I like about using Mozilla's Thunderbird for my e-mail. After a while, it learns what I consider to be spam or not and seperates them for me.
As it was pointed out before, if you do get one forward it to "spoof@paypal.com" and then delete it.
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I usually get a few from paypal or ebay in a row, then none for weeks. I always forward them to spoof@ebay or paypal. Last time I had fun with it. I clicked on the link in the ebay one and made up a rude user id (Ebay scammers die) and password (F&^% Y*&)
-------------------- Chris Welker Wildfire Signs Indiana, Pa Posts: 4254 | From: Indiana, PA | Registered: Mar 2001
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I've received the same type of e mails on occasion. If I have the time I send them to the FEDS. http://www.ifccfbi.gov/contactus.asp There is a form that takes about 5 minutes to complete, but if it stop even one these phishers, it's worth it.
-------------------- Tom & Sharon Giampia Creative Image Design Port Chester, NY Posts: 285 | From: Port Chester | Registered: Mar 2001
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I had mentioned this a few months ago to the Mayor and First Lady and I was dennounce by someone for putting up a public post about it. I blocked the sender of the PayPal scam
-------------------- Stephen Deveau RavenGraphics Insinx Digital Displays
Letting Your Imagination Run Wild! Posts: 4327 | From: Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada | Registered: Jan 2000
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If the sender is known, why isn't it being reported as spam? I always do that, and I believe it works. My MailBlock sends me a summary every 14 days. Most recently, it reported 7 spams blocked, and I received none. The situation was far, far worse before I knew to resist.
-------------------- Bruce Williams Lexington KY Posts: 945 | From: Lexington, KY, USA | Registered: Mar 1999
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quote:Originally posted by Bruce Williams: If the sender is known, why isn't it being reported as spam? I always do that, and I believe it works. My MailBlock sends me a summary every 14 days. Most recently, it reported 7 spams blocked, and I received none. The situation was far, far worse before I knew to resist.
A lot of these spammers really aren't known. They are able to "spoof" an address to make it appear that the e-mail came from someone else.
I hope I'm describing this correctly, but some of these "phishers" have been successful in creating their own "internet" with their own set of DNS addresses and such. It makes it very difficult to track them down.
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"A lot of these spammers really aren't known. They are able to "spoof" an address to make it appear that the e-mail came from someone else." -------------------- So? You have plenty bullets, so shoot. At least, make noise. That's how Gideon defeated the Midianites. A traceroute almost always finds an address different than than the one purported.
You never know when you might score a lucky hit. Last month, a junk-mailer wouldn't stop sending junk mail. So I grabbed the only official weapon left, which is USPS Form 1500. It concerns pornography, which may be totally irrelevant -- or maybe not. Whatever, USPS issued that scumbag a Prohibitory Order, and if he wants to keep on fighting, maybe he'll be in the next Monty Python film. The analogy isn't exact, of course. It's only an example of what sometimes happens, if one doesn't roll over and play dead.
-------------------- Bruce Williams Lexington KY Posts: 945 | From: Lexington, KY, USA | Registered: Mar 1999
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A tracerroute can still be fooled/defeated if you are using a zombie or any number of ways. That is one of the reasons why I suggested to Kissy not to click on any these e-mails.
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These phishing expeditions are nothing new. PayPal has long advised account holders to first of all look for your name at the beginning of any email they send out. None of the fake ones I've ever received addressed my by name. Legitimate PayPal emails always do.
In addition, they have a pretty good advice page on protecting yourself. Those interested can view it HERE
-------------------- Fred Weiss Allied Computer Graphics, Inc. 4620 Lake Worth Road Lake Worth, FL 33463 561 649-6300 allcompu@allcompu.com Posts: 427 | From: Lake Worth, Florida | Registered: Feb 2003
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