hey all...thought i just wanted to call this NEW Pay Pal fraud to your attention. i received this email this morning, sent to my work addy; it looks official, but DEFINETELY NOT from Pay Pal; not to mention, i brought it to the attention of my IT guy and when we clicked on the link (for ****s & giggles, i guess) the virus **** kicker came back positive... watch out for this...make sure you do NOT click on it...not only did i call Pay Pal, but i kinda knew it was fake, considering i DON'T HAVE A PAY PAL ACCOUNT!! PS: you will find the text of the email i received below... -C We recently noticed more attempts to log in to your PayPal account from a foreign IP address and we have reasons to belive that your account was compromised by a third party without your authorization. If you recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual log in attempts may have been initiated by you. However,if you are the account holder please verify that, clicking on the link below,log in fill the form and then submit. In this way we will verify your iden***y. <FRADULENT LINK WAS HERE-- REMOVED FOR YOUR PROTECTION> The log in attempt was made from: IP address: 184.158.158.98 ISP host: 184.158.158.98 If you choose to ignore our request , your account will be suspended until you will verify your iden***y. We ask that you allow at least 72 hours for the case to be investigated and we strongly recommend not to make any changes to your account in that time. If you received this notice and you are not the authorized account holder, please be aware that it is in violation of PayPal policy to represent yourself as another PayPal user. Such action may also be in violation of local, national, and/or international law. PayPal is committed to ***ist law enforcement with any inquires related to attempts to misappropriate personal information with the intent to commit fraud or theft. Information will be provided at the request of law enforcement agencies to ensure that perpetrators are prosecuted to the full extent of the law. *Please do not respond to this e-mail as your reply will not be received. Thanks for your patience as we work together to protect your account. Sincerely, PayPal Account Review Team ---------------------------------------------------------------- PROTECT YOUR P***WORD NEVER give your p***word to anyone and ONLY log in at <FRADULENT LINK WAS HERE-- REMOVED FOR YOUR PROTECTION>. Protect yourself against fraudulent websites by opening a new web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape) and typing in the PayPal URL every time you log in to your account. ---------------------------------------------------------------- PayPal Email ID PP231
I got 3 messages from 3 different senders yesterday on my new, have only given the address to about 6 people, e-mail account. I only had this account 2 weeks and already it's keeping the spam filters busy. It purports to be a winning drawing notification from Microsoft software for users of Microsoft products and says my name was drawn from the list of people who have used Microsoft updates. Says I'm one of several international winners. Most realistic one I've seen yet. Gives Names, phone numbers and addresses of Microsoft people to contact and verify it. I wouldn't doubt it if the numbers were real just to harr*** Microsoft. The give away is that you have to respond by E-Mail to a Microsoft address in the UK. Probably a shadow e-mail box to hide where it's really going. They even got all the spelling right and it looks like it was written by a real corporate person.
I don't know about the rest of you but I am sick and tied of getting 50 letters from some ***hole in Nigera offering me 500K to send in my account numbers. I usally just delet this ****, but I sure wish something could be done about it. Now E Gay and paypal offers, I just can't wait till we get a pure online system to do all my banking, then I can find out I'm broke from my computer. This stuff ****s.
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