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Warning concerning PayPal

05-25-2005, 01:06 AM

I received an E-mail that appeared to be from PayPal. It was very official looking.

In the E-mail the following information was provided...

Your account will be suspended !

We are contacting you to remind you that on 19 March 2005 our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account. In accordance with PayPal's User Agreement and to ensure that your account has not been compromised, access to your

account was limited. Your account access will remain limited until this issue has been resolved.

To secure your account and quickly restore full access, we may require some additional information from you for the following reason:

We have been notified that a card associated with your account has been reported as

lost or stolen, or that there were additional problems with your card.

To securely confirm your PayPal information please go to your PayPal's Update Profile or click on the link bellow:

Click here to activate your account

When I clicked on the link the following appeared...an advertisement banner for NetFirms Hosting as well as...

The website you have requested has been cancelled.

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05-25-2005, 01:07 AM

This kind of shit happens all the time.
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05-25-2005, 01:08 AM

sounds phishy
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05-25-2005, 01:08 AM

its a phishing email I got 3 yday 2 again today, check the code mine was from my-paypal.com

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05-25-2005, 01:09 AM

are you serious?
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05-25-2005, 01:10 AM

There been alot of pretty creepy emails commin out lately.
Here is one I got yesterday, how it broke through the filters I dunno.

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The link went to a Financial site...
THey got the profile right but they didnt get the ad right!

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05-25-2005, 01:11 AM

They almost always look "official".. Some of these guys even put real links to paypal on them... but the link they want you to click is usually an IP address or some other domain, maybe with "paypal" in it to try and trick you.. so you should be able to tell if it's a "real" email from paypal or not by checking that... in either case, never click on those sorts of emails.. go to the site manually..
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05-25-2005, 01:15 AM

Originally posted by dunefield

sounds phishy

no doubt

TKing... that's just a phishing attempt man. They spoof alot of the email headers and stuff, but usually can't spoof the url link (unless you have other vulnerabilities in your system) Pay it no regard.... paypal never asks you to log in and verify shit, and even if you ever thought they did... you could always CALL THEM to confirm they made the request.

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05-25-2005, 01:19 AM

King (and all) http://www.getthunderbird.com use thunderbird. Hover over the links and look at the bottom statusbar (like in a browser) of where the REAL url is going to take you. If it's not what you expect, it's probably a phishing attempt.
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05-25-2005, 01:20 AM

I get those all the time, disreguard
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05-25-2005, 01:21 AM

Just forward the email to [email protected] and they will take care of it, I get ten of those a week.

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05-25-2005, 01:21 AM

Well...in fact before I did click on the link provided in the E-mail...I logged into my account using paypal.com and everything appeared to be in order. It was at that point that I clicked on the link provided in the E-mail.

The tip off for me was this...

We are contacting you to remind you that on 19 March 2005 our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account.

I have not received any prior E-mails.

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05-25-2005, 02:13 AM

Originally posted by theking

Well...in fact before I did click on the link provided in the E-mail...I logged into my account using paypal.com and everything appeared to be in order. It was at that point that I clicked on the link provided in the E-mail.

The tip off for me was this...

I have not received any prior E-mails.

i get these fake-ass emails every day.

you got punk'd!
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05-25-2005, 02:22 AM

Wow, what a shock, Pathfinder is drunk and stupid enough to fall for a forged paypal email.
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05-25-2005, 02:22 AM

Thats it, now i know for sure you arent a webmaster. A real webmaster wouldve known about this for 5 eyars now.
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05-25-2005, 02:25 AM

Originally posted by dunefield

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05-25-2005, 02:32 AM

people are still dumb enough to fall for this?
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05-25-2005, 02:42 AM

Originally posted by Rich

Wow, what a shock, Pathfinder is drunk and stupid enough to fall for a forged paypal email.

Hmm...maybe you could point out how it is that I fell for anything...eh Richy boy?

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05-25-2005, 02:46 AM

Originally posted by Franck

Thats it, now i know for sure you arent a webmaster. A real webmaster wouldve known about this for 5 eyars now.

I have been on line virtually since there has been an internet...and never have I received an E-mail pretending to be from PayPal...but yes I have heard about it at some point in time in the past...but the warning stands for those that have not...thank you very much. Now feel free to punk.

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05-25-2005, 03:03 AM

I fingure that if I want to talk to paypal, I will e-mail them. Other than that just delete anything that you get.

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05-25-2005, 03:17 AM

this sort of scam is far from beeing new...
there are similiar ones for well known banks, ebay, amazon,etc..etc..
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05-25-2005, 03:20 AM

Greetings, I am Nigerian Royalty....

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05-25-2005, 03:23 AM

Congres is working on the problem

New spyware legislation

Im sure this work about as well as the CAN SPAM lawas passed a couple of years ago
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05-25-2005, 03:25 AM

I never click on email links

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05-25-2005, 04:21 AM

get those all the time can't believe you've never seen one of those before lol

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05-25-2005, 04:31 AM

I get 10 of those a day. PayPal, ebay, citibank, and stuff I don't even have an account with. You can usually tell by the sloppy font or by clicking the link and seeing the domain is all funny
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05-25-2005, 04:33 AM

bah i get those all the time, i never trust paypal emails.

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05-25-2005, 04:39 AM

Originally posted by theking

Well...in fact before I did click on the link provided in the E-mail...I logged into my account using paypal.com and everything appeared to be in order. It was at that point that I clicked on the link provided in the E-mail.

The tip off for me was this...

I have not received any prior E-mails.

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05-25-2005, 04:56 AM

If in doubt, dont follow links in email...and just go to paypal and login, see if theres something

Usually these are all scams...

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05-25-2005, 05:11 AM

Originally posted by theking

I received an E-mail that appeared to be from PayPal. It was very official looking.

In the E-mail the following information was provided...

When I clicked on the link the following appeared...an advertisement banner for NetFirms Hosting as well as...

It's only been going on, and all over the news, for at least three years. But, thanks for the head's up - besides...paypal sucks ass...

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05-25-2005, 05:27 AM

I get that shit on a daily basis..

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05-25-2005, 05:29 AM

i get 10 paypal scam emails per day

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05-25-2005, 05:52 AM

Next you'll be complaining of a Wells Fargo e-mail saying you need to login to your account... But oh shits, you don't really have one!

I'd change my paypal password if I were you bub.
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05-25-2005, 06:38 AM

OMG somebody just sent me the receipe for the same exact cookies they sell at Neiman Marcus but it is SUPER top-secret! I may share it with you all later when I think it's safe!

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05-25-2005, 06:40 AM

scroll over the url. usally is an ip.

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05-25-2005, 06:58 AM

I just deleted 10 or more of the same thing. Name a bank in the US and my "account" has been suspended with them. My so called "account" is suspended with Amazon, Paypal, or any other online Financial company you can think of.
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05-25-2005, 07:00 AM

i get a ton of those every day, just tyring to get your user/pass for paypal
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05-25-2005, 07:08 AM

I ignore all eBay and Paypal emails. If there's a problem, I'll just check out my account.

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05-25-2005, 07:10 AM

Originally posted by theking

Well...in fact before I did click on the link provided in the E-mail...I logged into my account using paypal.com and everything appeared to be in order. It was at that point that I clicked on the link provided in the E-mail.

The tip off for me was this...

I have not received any prior E-mails.

Another good tip should be when you put your mouse over the link in the email and see that it goes to some domain other than paypal... or even to an IP address.

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05-25-2005, 07:45 AM

Originally posted by Holly

OMG somebody just sent me the receipe for the same exact cookies they sell at Neiman Marcus but it is SUPER top-secret! I may share it with you all later when I think it's safe!

Please do post it. Those sorry thievin' bastards deserve it

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05-25-2005, 07:49 AM

I get 3-5 Paypal related scam emails a week. Just delete 'em.

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05-25-2005, 07:55 AM

The biggest tell-tale sign that it is a fake is that the real Paypal will always address their email to you personally. They will put "Dear ::yourusername::: at the top of the email.

The fakeass ones always have "Dear paypal user" or something similar.

Never click their bullshit. They'll want you to verify your account information, but all you're doing is telling them how to rip you off if you fall for it.

Anyway, better to ask than to get swindled. Good think you didn't fall for it king.

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