Shady Lane

• You bet. Nigerian scam letters, too. - DonB 13:26:46 03/16/05 (0)
  In Reply to: Is everyone getting this scam from PayPal asking you to verify your account? posted by Norm on February 28, 2005 at 18:18:36:

  I jerk 'em all around. I fill out the compete "ebay" form using a fake name and address, and numbers I pull out of my @$$.
  
  

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• Re: Is everyone getting this scam from PayPal asking you to verify your account? - videophile 07:54:16 03/07/05 (0)
  In Reply to: Is everyone getting this scam from PayPal asking you to verify your account? posted by Norm on February 28, 2005 at 18:18:36:

  In one of my foggier moments, i.e. early in the morning, I started to reply to one of these. After I entered my name and address and they wanted things like routing numbers and PIN's a dim light finally went on in my head and I stopped. Unfortunately I had already entered in my Paypal password. Luckily, since I use different passwords for my various accounts, and because it was a foggy moment, I actually entered the wrong password, so I hope I am safe.
  
  

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• at least 4 times a week usually at weekends - chris_w 23:34:31 02/28/05 (0)
  In Reply to: Is everyone getting this scam from PayPal asking you to verify your account? posted by Norm on February 28, 2005 at 18:18:36:

  All bogus
  just forward them to spoof@paypal.com and spoof@ebay.com
  
  

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• We've gotten one each of the past two weeks along with a... - Hi-Fi Nut 18:30:50 02/28/05 (0)
  In Reply to: Is everyone getting this scam from PayPal asking you to verify your account? posted by Norm on February 28, 2005 at 18:18:36:

  beautifully done webpage of our bank just wanting us to "please update your information". And some people do.

  However, still listening to music under mostly cloudy (finally!) Seattle skies, Gill
  
  

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• Re: Is everyone getting this scam from PayPal asking you to verify your account? - Ray Kimber 18:34:49 02/28/05 (0)
  In Reply to: Is everyone getting this scam from PayPal asking you to verify your account? posted by Norm on February 28, 2005 at 18:18:36:

  ebay and paypal have a way for you to report such emails

  spoof@ebay.com

  spoof@paypal.com

  just forward the phishing emails to the above addresses. I understand that doing so assists ebay and paypal in combating such mischief.
  
  

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• It's not from PayPal. - sam9 19:54:12 02/28/05 (0)
  In Reply to: Is everyone getting this scam from PayPal asking you to verify your account? posted by Norm on February 28, 2005 at 18:18:36:

  PayPal even has a warning about it on their site. If you look critically at the domain name it is different from what you will see at the true PayPal cite. Just having "paypal" or "amazon" or whatever somewhere in a domain name doesn't mean anything. It must be exact.

  Rule Number One: DO NOT ever respond to ANY e-mail from anyone asking for credit card number, etc. These are ALL bogus. It's called "phishing".

  If YOU initiate the contact by going to a known cite like PayPal, or E-Bay or Amazon, that's another matter.
  
  

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