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bill2468 · Oct 29, 2006, 6:43 PM

Dear Customer:

You have recently Added the below email to your account:
[email protected]
If you did not request this change of email, just click on the link below. You will be asked to Login to your account Confirm your Confidential Information you have with us on record and the added e-mail will be automatically deleted and account security upgraded.

https://www.paypal.com/?customer=CA&profile=7025DDACAB

PayPal Team
Online Customer Service.

Please do not reply to this message
To speak with a representative about your online PayPal service, or if you are unable to log on to Online Account, call 1.800.933.1717

MY EARTHLINK SERVICE HAS A FEATURE TO CHECK WHERE MAIL COMES FROM AND THIS HAD ARUBA IN ITS ADDRESS

BiLL

:shock:

bill2468 · Oct 29, 2006, 6:58 PM

At the end of the form letter from paypal there is this notice.

PayPal and its representatives will NEVER ask you to reveal your
password. There are NO EXCEPTIONS to this policy. If anyone claiming to
work for PayPal asks for your password under any circumstances, by email
or by phone, please refuse and immediately contact us via webform at
https://www.paypal.com/wf/f=sa_pass.

BiLL

:shock:

inneyeseakay · Oct 29, 2006, 7:14 PM

It is definately a scam, the first and easiest way to figure this out is by looking at the FAQ's on Paypal.com. It says that you will NEVER beREQUIRED to click a link before logging in and it tells you NEVER to click a link and type in your login info. Always go to your address bar and manually type: www.paypal.com to go to their site. Secondly, you can always go to your paypal (not by clicking the link) and look at your information and check to see if that email is, in deed, added... I can 99.99% guarentee that it is not.

bill2468 · Oct 29, 2006, 7:32 PM

Yup, thats what I thought too !

I still love the e-mails from Nigerian concerns ( been receiving them from other country scams too).

A few months ago there was a article in Readers Digest about a musician down on his luck and thought this would get him back on his feet. He ended going to Nigeria payng bribes and just falling deeper into his bottomless pit of "the easy solution".

BiLL:|

Just thought I should post it as there may be others that use paypal and may fall for this scam.

bigdawg · Oct 29, 2006, 7:45 PM

I get at least one a week like that Bill! Always a scam!

Dawg

in_the_gym · Oct 30, 2006, 7:00 AM

Bill, I'm on "PayPal's" list too. I keep getting e-mails from them that I haven't paid for something, that I haven't sent an item to someone that has purchased something, that my account may have been used by a 3rd party -- the list goes on and on and on. Oh, but I have won lotteries from Switzerland, the U.K. and the whole country of Europe ! ! ! Now you know that's gotta be real ! LOL

Dawn

bill2468 · Oct 30, 2006, 7:14 AM

I kind of like reading these bogus e-mails. This month I have been getting them from banks that want me to confirm my account information. I have also been getting offers to meet some sleezy Russian ladies too. It's like reading the headlines of the pulp news papers while you are on line at the supermarket.

Life goes on, and on and on!

BiLL

:|

Red Royalty · Oct 30, 2006, 12:25 PM

thats a scam if i ever saw one

TD Cole · Oct 30, 2006, 6:24 PM

Hell ya, it's a scam . I get at least one a month...phishing , if its paypal it will always say your name in the header never dear customer.

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Oct 29, 2006, 6:43 PM	#1
bill2468 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,936	Dear Customer: You have recently Added the below email to your account: [email protected] If you did not request this change of email, just click on the link below. You will be asked to Login to your account Confirm your Confidential Information you have with us on record and the added e-mail will be automatically deleted and account security upgraded. https://www.paypal.com/?customer=CA&profile=7025DDACAB PayPal Team Online Customer Service. Please do not reply to this message To speak with a representative about your online PayPal service, or if you are unable to log on to Online Account, call 1.800.933.1717 MY EARTHLINK SERVICE HAS A FEATURE TO CHECK WHERE MAIL COMES FROM AND THIS HAD ARUBA IN ITS ADDRESS BiLL :shock:

Oct 29, 2006, 6:58 PM	#2
bill2468 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,936	At the end of the form letter from paypal there is this notice. PayPal and its representatives will NEVER ask you to reveal your password. There are NO EXCEPTIONS to this policy. If anyone claiming to work for PayPal asks for your password under any circumstances, by email or by phone, please refuse and immediately contact us via webform at https://www.paypal.com/wf/f=sa_pass. BiLL :shock:

Oct 29, 2006, 7:14 PM	#3
inneyeseakay Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 1,379	It is definately a scam, the first and easiest way to figure this out is by looking at the FAQ's on Paypal.com. It says that you will NEVER beREQUIRED to click a link before logging in and it tells you NEVER to click a link and type in your login info. Always go to your address bar and manually type: www.paypal.com to go to their site. Secondly, you can always go to your paypal (not by clicking the link) and look at your information and check to see if that email is, in deed, added... I can 99.99% guarentee that it is not.

Oct 29, 2006, 7:32 PM	#4
bill2468 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,936	Yup, thats what I thought too ! I still love the e-mails from Nigerian concerns ( been receiving them from other country scams too). A few months ago there was a article in Readers Digest about a musician down on his luck and thought this would get him back on his feet. He ended going to Nigeria payng bribes and just falling deeper into his bottomless pit of "the easy solution". BiLL:\| Just thought I should post it as there may be others that use paypal and may fall for this scam.

Oct 29, 2006, 7:45 PM	#5
bigdawg Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Thach Alabama Posts: 14,981	I get at least one a week like that Bill! Always a scam! Dawg

Oct 30, 2006, 7:00 AM	#6
in_the_gym Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 251	Bill, I'm on "PayPal's" list too. I keep getting e-mails from them that I haven't paid for something, that I haven't sent an item to someone that has purchased something, that my account may have been used by a 3rd party -- the list goes on and on and on. Oh, but I have won lotteries from Switzerland, the U.K. and the whole country of Europe ! ! ! Now you know that's gotta be real ! LOL Dawn

Oct 30, 2006, 7:14 AM	#7
bill2468 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,936	I kind of like reading these bogus e-mails. This month I have been getting them from banks that want me to confirm my account information. I have also been getting offers to meet some sleezy Russian ladies too. It's like reading the headlines of the pulp news papers while you are on line at the supermarket. Life goes on, and on and on! BiLL :\|

Oct 30, 2006, 12:25 PM	#8
Red Royalty Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 451	thats a scam if i ever saw one

Oct 30, 2006, 6:24 PM	#9
TD Cole Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,498	Hell ya, it's a scam . I get at least one a month...phishing , if its paypal it will always say your name in the header never dear customer.