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quiet 11-27-2004 06:09 AM

i'm thinking this is bullshit...
 
Dear valued_PayPalŪ_member:_



PayPalŪ is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community of
buyers and sellers. To protect the security of your account, PayPal employs
some of the most advanced security systems in the world and our anti-fraud
teams regularly screen the PayPal system for unusual activity.

Recently, 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. This
is a fraud prevention measure meant to ensure that your account is not
compromised.

In order to secure your account and quickly restore full access, we may
require some specific information from you for the following reason:

We would like to ensure that your account was not accessed by an
unauthorized third party. Because protecting the security of your account
is our primary concern, we have limited access to sensitive PayPal account
features. We understand that this may be an inconvenience but please
understand that this temporary limitation is for your protection.

Case ID Number:

We encourage you to log in and restore full access as soon as possible.
Should access to your account remain limited for an extended period of
time, it may result in further limitations on the use of your account._____________________________________


However, failure to restore your records will result in account suspension._
Please update your records_on or before_November 28, 2004._

Once you have updated your account records, your_PayPal session will not be_
interrupted and will continue as normal.


To update your Paypal records click on the following link:_
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run


_


Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that
this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account. We
apologize for any inconvenience.


Sincerely,
PayPalŪ Account Review Department


all looks fine, except for the fact they use a lame ip addy on the link. best scam i've seen yet.

Paul Markham 11-27-2004 06:13 AM

These are easy to test, go to the site and enter in a BS login and password, if the system accepts it you know it's fraud.

What amazes me is the police do not catch these guys more often.

jimmyf 11-27-2004 06:15 AM

report it 2

[email protected]

because it's a scam

Illicit 11-27-2004 06:17 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jimmyf
report it 2

[email protected]

because it's a scam


I report these all the time, but I keep getting more... this sucks already

ytcracker 11-27-2004 06:18 AM

i usually will just visit paypal in that case and see if it says anything on the actual site pertaining to the message that was sent.

xclusive 11-27-2004 06:22 AM

Just go to the main paypal site and if there is anything like this it will pop up after you login and it will ask you to fill it out or you can just go to your account...

quiet 11-27-2004 06:24 AM

i already did. it's bs. but quite well written...

polish_aristocrat 11-27-2004 07:16 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by quiet


To update your Paypal records click on the following link:_
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run


all looks fine, except for the fact they use a lame ip addy on the link. best scam i've seen yet.

Hm..interesting, the link seems to go to PayPal indeed :helpme

Mutt 11-27-2004 07:20 AM

and that is why i don't trust Paypal - that scam has been going on now for at least 2 years - first time I got one it was so good i got all the way to typing in my name to login before i thought to check out the source code of the email - the amazing thing is that the images they use in the html email are pulled from Paypal's site.

Paypal itself knows this shit is going on and I have NEVER received an email from them warning about this frequently used trick.

The email is so good I can see hundreds of thousands of Paypal users falling for it and giving up their information to these criminals.

MonsterCock 11-27-2004 07:24 AM

Yeah thats some bullshit right there

pornstar2pac 11-27-2004 07:25 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by quiet
Dear valued_PayPalŪ_member:_



PayPalŪ is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community of
buyers and sellers. To protect the security of your account, PayPal employs
some of the most advanced security systems in the world and our anti-fraud
teams regularly screen the PayPal system for unusual activity.

Recently, 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. This
is a fraud prevention measure meant to ensure that your account is not
compromised.

In order to secure your account and quickly restore full access, we may
require some specific information from you for the following reason:

We would like to ensure that your account was not accessed by an
unauthorized third party. Because protecting the security of your account
is our primary concern, we have limited access to sensitive PayPal account
features. We understand that this may be an inconvenience but please
understand that this temporary limitation is for your protection.

Case ID Number:

We encourage you to log in and restore full access as soon as possible.
Should access to your account remain limited for an extended period of
time, it may result in further limitations on the use of your account._____________________________________


However, failure to restore your records will result in account suspension._
Please update your records_on or before_November 28, 2004._

Once you have updated your account records, your_PayPal session will not be_
interrupted and will continue as normal.


To update your Paypal records click on the following link:_
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run


_


Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that
this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account. We
apologize for any inconvenience.


Sincerely,
PayPalŪ Account Review Department


all looks fine, except for the fact they use a lame ip addy on the link. best scam i've seen yet.



I'm thinking you have too much time on your hands. go get laid or something. your rich for christ sake's

fris 11-27-2004 07:26 AM

scroll your mouse over the links usally its a numeric ip :)

LadyMischief 11-27-2004 07:28 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by pornstar2pac
I'm thinking you have too much time on your hands. go get laid or something. your rich for christ sake's
I'm thinking you have way too much time on your hands. Go shove your head up your ass or something, and stop pissing up at your betters.

studio 11-27-2004 07:47 AM

If it was from pay pal they always address you by your full name, because they have it. These thiefs don't know your full name. So it's dear Pay Pal user or something like that...

So the first red flag is your name...:2 cents:

Wiggles 11-27-2004 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by studio
If it was from pay pal they always address you by your full name, because they have it. These thiefs don't know your full name. So it's dear Pay Pal user or something like that...

So the first red flag is your name...:2 cents:

I had one scam one that was in my name, only reason i recognized it was because they had a slight typo in name, but everything else was perfect, sent it to paypal, it was aksing me to change my password and stuff.

soulboy 11-27-2004 08:03 AM

I recieve that kind of scam everyday day just ignore them

pornstar2pac 11-27-2004 08:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by LadyMischief
I'm thinking you have way too much time on your hands. Go shove your head up your ass or something, and stop pissing up at your betters.
don't you have a baby to breast feed right now?


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