check your Junk email

Bob- in -Abq

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Mar 20, 2004, 1:31:45 PM3/20/04

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It's a good thing I occasionally look at what's in my Bulk (junk) Mail
folder. Today I found an email from PayPal.com ~ that's the company I use
a lot when I buy something off the internet.

Well, they had some computer problems and I had to resubmit all my bank and
credit card info to them, or I couldn't use them to buy anything else. That
would have been a BIG inconvenience!

leo

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Mar 20, 2004, 1:51:19 PM3/20/04

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Are you sure that it was not a gimmick by some thief?

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Dennis

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Mar 20, 2004, 2:02:39 PM3/20/04

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I sure hope you are joking....That is one of the biggest scams going...

Shirley (granny)

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Mar 20, 2004, 2:44:46 PM3/20/04

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What the hell did you do that for. Paypal never asks for that info in an
email.You had better get a hold of them right away.

CATALDOROT

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Mar 20, 2004, 3:28:24 PM3/20/04

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hey,,,,hate to burst your bubble,,but there was a post in my Primitive Arts
group that ebay was asking for credit card information among other
information,,,and its someone other than ebay doing this,,,you better call Ebay
and tell them right away,,,this person could go wild with your card
information,,,,,,always call them first and ask if they sent you
anything,,,,its dangerous,,,so call them right away

Bob- in -Abq

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Mar 20, 2004, 3:42:31 PM3/20/04

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Well, at I got your attention. Yeah, I knew it was a fake. But I looked at
the real PayPal site and found out what to do with it.

So, if you get one, forward it to sp...@paypal.com ~
but PayPal said they do email us some times, but they always address
us by our full name, whereas these fakes say "Dear PayPal member" ~
and PayPal will not ask for you to email them info. If they need
it, you'd have to go to their website and look for that 'lock' which means
it's a secure site.

Glad you're all on your toes. ;-)
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Mar 20, 2004, 3:57:04 PM3/20/04

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<abqb...@earthlink.net> (Bob- in -Abq) wrote:

]Today I found an email from PayPal.com

]~ that's the company I use a lot when I
]buy something off the internet.

Banks aren't the only targets of phishing. According to the
Anti-Phishing Working Group, San Jose online auction leader eBay was the
most common single target of phishing in February, followed by Citibank
and PayPal. Financial services was the most targeted industry.

Last month, 104 separate phishing attacks targeted eBay customers, up
from 51 in January, according to the report. Hani Durzy, a spokesman for
eBay, said eBay users can now download a ``tool bar´´ from the eBay
site that flashes red if a user opens a known spoofed site for eBay or
online payment service PayPal. It flashes green on a safe site and gray
on an unknown site.

<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/8235235.htm>