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Re: BE VERY VERY CAREFUL!
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Joined: Dec 2003
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axiomite
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axiomite
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I've gotten so many of these in the last couple of weeks that I don't even bother to send them in to Paypal anymore. I have several secondary email addresses that I use when I don't want to use my personal email address. It's sort of a dead give away when one of these paypal phishs arrives at one of those addresses since no paypal account is associated with any of them.
I have my anti-spam program set to recognize the address from which these emails are emanating. So, for the most part, they are labeled as spam by the time I even see them.
Jack
"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue." - G. K. Chesterton
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Re: BE VERY VERY CAREFUL!
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Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,625
connoisseur
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connoisseur
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I actually got forged Snail Mail from 'paypal' as well - you just can't be too careful. It was an email with a phone number to call to update your account if there wasn't a flashing 'update your account' button when you logged in. Clever trick!
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Re: BE VERY VERY CAREFUL!
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Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 1,235
connoisseur
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connoisseur
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Hey, I got that also. I didn't know it was fake. I guess I lucked out. I didn't do anything about it and eventually deleted it.
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Re: BE VERY VERY CAREFUL!
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Joined: May 2003
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shareholder in the making
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shareholder in the making
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The most sure fire way not to fall for these is this: if you're not sure, go to your web browser and type in the website's address yourself--don't click them links! (ie type in http://www.paypal.com--NOT what they write!) Usually, this will prove the imposters.
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