Bogus Paypal emails today BEWARE!

Plumcuda1

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Here is the email.... I notified paypal ... thought I would give a heads up here (btw paypal confirmed it is bogus)


Attention:

We are currently performing regular maintenance of our Security Measures. Your account has been randomly selected for this maintenance, and you will now be taken through a series of identity verification pages.

Protecting the security of your Paypal account is our primary concern, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Please confirm your account ownership by entering the information in one of the sections below and take a moment to confirm your account by clicking on a topic below, or log in to your PayPal account.

Please update your current files such as creditcard, atm pin, bank account and etc. on our system to avoid any service interruption we require that you confirm and update your account as soon as possible.

Please Visit:



<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin...scr?cmd=_login-run"><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run ">[S=https://www.paypal.co.........cmd=_login-run[/url]</a></a>]https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run



Thanks for making PayPal the world's #1 online payment service.



Thank you,
The Paypal Staff



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Aug 26, 2004
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good god...i see at least one thread a day here about one of these...when will the scammers just die...

EDIT: btw thx for the heads up
 

hjo3

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OMG... I totally fell for that. Oh well, it shouldn't be too big of a problem. I just made a deal with this guy from Nigeria that will net me around a million bucks.
 
Aug 26, 2004
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Originally posted by: hjo3
OMG... I totally fell for that. Oh well, it shouldn't be too big of a problem. I just made a deal with this guy from Nigeria that will net me around a million bucks.

lmao :D

EDIT: one of my friends actually was starting to fall for that crap...not computer savvy at all...matter of fact not really bright either, but he has good intentions, lol
 

jpeyton

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I get a these and fake eBay emails daily. I don't think we need a thread everytime one pops up.
 

hevnsnt

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Originally posted by: hevnsnt
Nice.. thanks!

lol.. that porno site got straight up r000000ted!

I have contacted hosting company, and they will remove this site
 

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Lifer
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I've never gotten one of these fake PayPal e-mails. I can't believe people would fall for that.