I received a form 'thank you we are looking into these' reply when I forwarded
a scam email to PayPal.
Moose
Tris Schuler <tristanjohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>Lately I received one of these scams re eBay with the notice that my
>account (right, as if I had one sitting there with money in it) had been
>debited a certain amount of money, etc. I followed it to a page that
>appeared to be an eBay page but proceeded no further, instead notified eBay
>of this and, typically, to my knowledge received no reply (though eBay
>might have replied at that, but got caught in my Earthlink spam catcher).
>
>Strange daze.
>
>Tris
>
>
>At 11:04 PM 2/26/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>>on 2/26/04 4:42 AM, ClassicVW@xxxxxxx at ClassicVW@xxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > I usually don't get these for some reason, but there was one in my mailbox
>> > this morning. It has got to be the best fake mesaage yet. The style, color,
>> > and
>> > font look like a real Paypal message. It is quite bold, it asks me to
>> verify
>> > who I am by asking me to supply credit card info, social security
>> number (!)
>> > and a PIN number that I use with the credit card when accessing an ATM !!!!
>> >
>> > I forwarded it to PayPal security.
>> > Everyone stay alert out there.
>> >
>> > George s.
>>
>>I get these from PayPal and eBay and invariably they are fake scams. I've
>>been with eBay for five years and PayPal almost that long, and I've -never-
>>gotten an email from them that asks for me to log in for any reason. If the
>>real deal guys send an announcement it always includes a web page that won't
>>require any login. Otherwise, after I get logged in on my own voilition,
>>there is a special announcement page (like when PayPal was pushing their
>>Visa cards...)
>>
>>I always forward these to the special <spoof@xxxxxxxx> email, and they
>>always send back a nice message (automated I'm sure) telling me that the
>>forwarded message was -not- from them and thanking me for sending it. I wish
>>there was a way to 'back-send' a hunter-killer reply and take out the
>>scammers computer... something really toxic, wouldn't that be nice <g>.
>>
>>Bottom line, the real guys -already- *know* our id's and passwords, they
>>don't have to ask. And telling me that "... my account will be deactivated
>>for lack of use..." is some kind of sick joke in my case -- I've got the
>>empty bank account to prove it!
>>--
>>
>>Jim Brokaw
>>OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...
>
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