Is this a scam?
02-15-2006, 11:42 PM
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Is this a scam?
Most of the time junk mail stays in its designated folder but this time...
Oh ok, click the link and:
Quite well done to the point where I almost put my password and username in before checking the address bar.
I dont know how widespread that email is but a lot of people would take it as authenic I think.
Oh ok, click the link and:
Quite well done to the point where I almost put my password and username in before checking the address bar.
I dont know how widespread that email is but a lot of people would take it as authenic I think.
02-15-2006, 11:51 PM
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Anything from PayPal will have HTTPS at the head of the address
DEFINATELY report this ****
Always question if you're not sure
at spoof at paypal.com
DEFINATELY report this ****
Always question if you're not sure
at spoof at paypal.com
02-15-2006, 11:54 PM
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Yes...I would email this to Paypal....they will be most interested in this...gives them a bad rap...
02-15-2006, 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by singscountry1967
Yes...I would email this to Paypal....they will be most interested in this...gives them a bad rap...
02-16-2006, 12:08 AM
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browser should also have the SECURE CONNECTION icon shown somewhere
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/we...ySpoof-outside
To help you better identify fake emails, we follow strict rules. We will never ask for the following personal information in emails:
Credit and debit card numbers
Bank account numbers
Driver'* License numbers
Email addresses
Passwords
Your full name
Credit and debit card numbers
Bank account numbers
Driver'* License numbers
Email addresses
Passwords
Your full name
02-16-2006, 11:16 AM
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Never, never, never respond to emails like this. It is one thing if you initiate something with the company but never give out personal info through an email like that or over the phone. You can't be too careful these days.
02-16-2006, 02:16 PM
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An easy way to check is that alot of those emails are images. If you try to highlight the text to read it, it wont highlight because it'* an image of text. Then you know it'* a scam.