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TienaRhyker
Joined: 07 Aug 2004 Posts: 130 Location: there... soon to be here.
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 6:14 pm Post subject: PayPayl fraud warning! |
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I wanted to ask if anyone has recieved odd email from PayPal and also alert everyone to a fraudulent email that is going around. The link in the email wants to send me to some sort of magicfootworld.com. Other then that the email from appears to be service@paypal.com.
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PayPal Fraud Mediation Request
You have recieved this email because you or someone had used your account to make fake bids at PayPal. For security purposes, we are required to open an investigation into this matter.
THE FRAUD ALERT ID CODE CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE WILL BE ATTACHED IN OUR FRAUD MEDIATION REQUEST FORM, IN ORDER TO VERIFY YOUR EBAY ACCOUNT REGISTRATION INFORMATIONS.
Fraud Alert ID CODE: *number excluded for post*
(Please save this Fraud Alert ID Code for your reference.)
To help speed up this process, please access the following form to complete the verification of your PayPal account registration informations:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run (as appears but actually link appears to send you to somewhere else completely.)
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Please Note:
If we do not receive the appropriate PayPal account verification within 48 hours, then we will assume this PayPal account is fraudulent and will be suspended.
The purpose of this verification is to ensure that your PayPal account has not been fraudulently used and to combat the fraud from our community.
We appreciate your support and understanding, as we work together to keep PayPal a safe place to buy.
Thank you for your patience in this matter.
Regards, Safeharbor Department (Trust and Safety Department)
PayPal Inc.
Please do not reply to this e-mail as this is only a notification. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.
Copyright © 2004 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. PayPal and the PayPal logo are trademarks of PayPal Inc. PayPal is located at 2145 Hamilton Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125
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Tylen Alpha Antifemale
Joined: 29 Jul 2003 Posts: 1192 Location: Not Colorado
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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Those types of emails aren't really from who they say they are. It's just an attempt to steal your Paypal account information. _________________ ** The phrase "break a leg" just wasn't ambitious enough for Mellie Knight. [8:31 pm]
** Mellie Knight was soundly defeated by Aesal Anari-Idia in the Zgedhi Gkenrzeg Rav! [8:31 pm] |
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soundless EIGHT YEARS OLD!!!
Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 5970 Location: Spaceship
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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lookout if it's a nigerian millionare, too!
i'm sure you mean well with the warning and all, but i have no clue how this is a new thing at all. _________________ A bright-eyed Thekko Ku Kalla dressed in a dapper sailor suit takes to flight and careers through the air toward the Modan Kucho and slams into him!
With a high-pitched cry, The Modan Kucho collapses in death. |
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ragonda A fearful red dragon
Joined: 08 Sep 2003 Posts: 614
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 3:13 am Post subject: |
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maybe tienna wasnt giving the warning because it was new but because some people still may not know about it and its a headups for those ignorant ones out there |
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Morgana
Joined: 02 Aug 2003 Posts: 264 Location: Right here...
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 9:05 am Post subject: |
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It's always good to be reminded, and see the latest attempts. No need to be condescending. _________________ ~* TruSt iN YouRseLf *~ |
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Kit Cybertech Extraordinaire~
Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 3071 Location: Currently cyberwiring your mind
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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soundless wrote: |
lookout if it's a nigerian millionare, too!
i'm sure you mean well with the warning and all, but i have no clue how this is a new thing at all. |
I've never seen it before. So thanks for the heads up! _________________ "I reject your reality and substitute my own!" -- Adam Savage
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HR-Mickey Cloverfield Monster
Joined: 24 Nov 2002 Posts: 1844 Location: I've Got No 'billy
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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I keep getting similar ones for some bank I don't hold an account with. I just forward them on to the actual bank to track, and suggest you do the same with the fraud Paypal ones. _________________ Mickey Brunner
To make a long story short, don't tell it.
I may be going nowhere, but I'm going nowhere fast.
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Kaelin Rae says, "You mean they have a COKE machine that dispenses beer."
Kaelin Rae nods to you.
Kaelin Rae says, "Greaser."
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HR-Trevor Boss Type Guy
Joined: 04 Oct 2002 Posts: 6683 Location: Louisville, KY
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Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 11:09 am Post subject: |
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When you receive these emails, the link you see in the mail is not where that link really leads. For instance, I recently got an email supposedly from PayPal that said the link went to https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run however, it actually goes to http://www.co-op.or.kr/.paypal-account/ which is a link on a korean webserver that will be dressed up as PayPal and will make you think you're updating info, when you're really giving your info to a stranger.
Simply put, PayPal has never asked members to log in an update their info, they never threaten to close accounts if info isn't updated by X date, and if they did need you to visit for some reason, they'd advise you to visit by means others than clicking a link within an email as this forgery is a well known tactic used by phishers. _________________ "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." -- Plato
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TienaRhyker
Joined: 07 Aug 2004 Posts: 130 Location: there... soon to be here.
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 9:17 am Post subject: |
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With Paypal and I am sure it applies to any business.. Go to the site directly eg: www.paypal.com and do your business there.
I made the post here because of how many of us use paypal. I was almost fooled because it appeared very real. I wanted to be sure that people new and old were aware BEFORE they were misled. I won't assume that the whole word is wise to every trick in the con book.
On another note.. I had set up a yahoo email for my father so I was checking the mails maintaining it for the first bit. He started getting emails from Capital one about his bank account. Now I worked for him so I knew he did not have one. But I could envision him (or anyone new to "the ways of the net") getting that from a bank that they have an account with and being taken advantage of.
People do not have to be stupid fools in order to be conned. Some people are very good at being dishonest. People who fall for it are not automatically dumb idiots and should not be treated as such. _________________ Tiena Rhyker |
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