June-12th-2006, 09:54 AM
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The Bluegrass
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: no country for old men
Posts: 30,835
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Bogus Paypal Email Warnings
What's up with this? Nothing for years and now I've had six of bogus email warnings from a bogus "paypal" telling me about nonexistent account problems. "Click here..."
Don't.
The real Paypal has an address to forward suspicious email to: spoof at paypal dot com.
Last edited by Gary Sisco; June-12th-2006 at 09:54 AM.
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June-12th-2006, 10:33 AM
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Registered Useless
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: northern canada
Posts: 1,821
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I've been getting those emails at least once a week, sometimes several per day, for about 3 years.
Those and ones from banks asking me to log in and update my password. This week was the first one that actually came from my own bank; most are from banks in the US that I've never even heard of.
Do people actually fall for this crap?
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June-12th-2006, 10:36 AM
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Middle Man
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: New England
Posts: 6,302
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The practice is called "phishing." Loads of people do fall for it.
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June-12th-2006, 10:48 AM
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De harder dey come...
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 6,336
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I've received several recently posed as inquiries from an E-bay member interested in purchasing an item listed on E-bay that closed without selling. All of the links in the note go to a bogus E-bay login page.
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June-12th-2006, 11:00 AM
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Reevaluating @ 500k
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Here
Posts: 31,322
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Originally Posted by Root Doctor
The practice is called "phishing." Loads of people do fall for it.
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If people fall for the Nigerian scams they certainly must fall for these in greater percentages.
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June-12th-2006, 11:29 AM
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Columnated ruins domino
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Melrose, MA
Posts: 9,999
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I get more phishing emails purporting to be from PayPal and eBay than any other service. It's a huge pain in the ass.
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June-12th-2006, 01:31 PM
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Enjoy it - You only get 1
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 1,232
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I always follow the link and fill in bogus login info like Username: EAT%$#ANDDIE Password: YOUSUCK.
Funny thing is, no matter what I type, I get logged in. Who would have thought that PayPal had a user named that? 
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June-12th-2006, 01:38 PM
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De harder dey come...
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 6,336
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Originally Posted by Kevin Bresnahan
I always follow the link and fill in bogus login info like Username: EAT%$#ANDDIE Password: YOUSUCK.
Funny thing is, no matter what I type, I get logged in. Who would have thought that PayPal had a user named that? |
Funny, I do exactly the same thing. If Windows is storing your info, it will log you in anyway, but that info is not being transferred to the scammer.
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June-12th-2006, 01:39 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 5,904
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If anyone is still being bothered by these bogus e-mails, just send me your bank account info and i'll make sure you're taken off the mailing list. 
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June-12th-2006, 08:16 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 2,412
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Originally Posted by Borat Pri Hagafen
If anyone is still being bothered by these bogus e-mails, just send me your bank account info and i'll make sure you're taken off the mailing list. |
Ali G,
You took my line!
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June-12th-2006, 08:27 PM
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Guest
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Sounds like an anti-Nigerian thread to me.
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June-13th-2006, 07:29 AM
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The Bluegrass
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: no country for old men
Posts: 30,835
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With the amount of spyware I root out, I'd not follow the link even to fuck with them.
I just go to paypal and check my account and so forth. This last one was warning that someone else had been using my account. Wrong.
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June-13th-2006, 08:53 AM
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Enjoy it - You only get 1
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 1,232
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Originally Posted by Gary Sisco
With the amount of spyware I root out, I'd not follow the link even to fuck with them.
I just go to paypal and check my account and so forth. This last one was warning that someone else had been using my account. Wrong.
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I've been using the Firefox browser so I haven't gotten any spyware installed by a website in years.
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