i just checked an e-mail account i hardly ever use

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BriGy86

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1st of all i have never signed up for paypal and the link they give in the e mail is a fake
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Dear valued PayPal® member:

It has come to our attention that your PayPal® account information needs to be
updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to
reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes
out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into
any future problems with the online service.


However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension.
Please update your records on or before November 20, 2005.

Once you have updated your account records, your PayPal® session will not be
interrupted and will continue as normal.

To update your PayPal® records click on the following link:
(URL in question) http://210.21.119.161/cmd_login/

WARNING! when i clicked it, there was a message box that mentioned it may be a malicious site!



Thank You.
PayPal® UPDATE TEAM

Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, PayPal® will
periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements.

Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions.
******/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/ua/policy_privacy-outside
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ill add the others to this post
 
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darkswordsman17

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Originally posted by: mzkhadir
it is fishy. Paypal will never send you an email.
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Actually they send quite a bit. They'll never send an e-mail requesting you to update your information or asking for username/password, though.
 
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BriGy86

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here is another, and there was one more e mail that was exactly the same but it was from "tom summers"
i have no idea what all this crap is about
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Sir/Madam,

Your portfolio has been discussed to the main peoples, and upon vigilant contemplation, we are able to suggest to you the following opening offer.

Based upon vigilant contemplation you qualify to attain a abundant gain on your original property investment.

By completing the following attached form in a timely manner we will be able to tie up our appraisal, and we feel firm you will attain not only a reduced rate of interest, but also a cash return that will perform all your holiday needs and more!

Please go here to tie up this step of the deal.

With warmest regards,

Bette Costa




Should you prefer not to enjoy participation of this holiday opening offer you can go here.
 
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BriGy86

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Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Originally posted by: BriGy86
1st of all i have never signed up for paypal and the link they give in the e mail is a fake
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Good eye. You should be a detective.
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<oman music>i am the MASTER of the obious, bow to me!</oman music>
 
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BriGy86

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Sep 10, 2004
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Originally posted by: darkswordsman17
Originally posted by: Sphexi
Welcome to the Internet.
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No kidding. Have you never gotten spam or phishing e-mails before?
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the thing is i haven't given this e mail out to a damn person

and on my other e mails i get junk but no scams suprisingly enough
 
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BriGy86

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here is another from what looks like the rhode island department of transpertation... i live in MN :D
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Brian,
We are required to file a year end evaluation report. There is a set format. We have a consultant who is drafting the report and he needs the information detailed below to comply with the feds format. Can you please help us attain this info?

It is a total of 15 numbers - 5 annual totals (one for each year, 2000-2004) for each of the following:
1.) Total number of licensed drivers in RI; and
2.) Total number of licensed drivers in RI who were 15-20 years of age; and
3.) Total number of licensed drivers in RI who were 65 or more years of age.
Thank you for your assistance.

Janis
 
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JLGatsby

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Sep 6, 2005
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Originally posted by: BriGy86
Originally posted by: darkswordsman17
Originally posted by: Sphexi
Welcome to the Internet.
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No kidding. Have you never gotten spam or phishing e-mails before?
Click to expand...

the thing is i haven't given this e mail out to a damn person

and on my other e mails i get junk but no scams suprisingly enough
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Again, you should be a detective.

You really think the junk mail people are honest businesspeople? They sell the lists to the phishers. They're all scum and in it together. Some of the junk mailers are perhaps phishers too.
 
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BriGy86

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Sep 10, 2004
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Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Again, you should be a detective.

You really think the junk mail people are honest businesspeople? They sell the lists to the phishers. They're all scum and in it together. Some of the junk mailers are perhaps phishers too.
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how are they supposed to sell a list that has my e mail on it, if i haven't given it to anyone to begin with?

or do they just send e mails out to anything that could be an e mail address?
 
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JLGatsby

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Originally posted by: BriGy86
Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Again, you should be a detective.

You really think the junk mail people are honest businesspeople? They sell the lists to the phishers. They're all scum and in it together. Some of the junk mailers are perhaps phishers too.
Click to expand...

how are they supposed to sell a list that has my e mail on it, if i haven't given it to anyone to begin with?

or do they just send e mails out to anything that could be an e mail address?
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The JUNK MAIL people sell the list to the PHISHERS.

You said you get junk mail, right? Do you get any sort of spam?
 
AnonymouseUser

AnonymouseUser

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May 14, 2003
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Originally posted by: BriGy86
Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Originally posted by: BriGy86
1st of all i have never signed up for paypal and the link they give in the e mail is a fake
Click to expand...

Good eye. You should be a detective.
Click to expand...

<oman music>i am the MASTER of the obious, bow to me!</oman music>
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Obiously!

Edit >> Ooops, I forgot... /me bows
 
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BriGy86

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Sep 10, 2004
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Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Originally posted by: BriGy86
Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Again, you should be a detective.

You really think the junk mail people are honest businesspeople? They sell the lists to the phishers. They're all scum and in it together. Some of the junk mailers are perhaps phishers too.
Click to expand...

how are they supposed to sell a list that has my e mail on it, if i haven't given it to anyone to begin with?

or do they just send e mails out to anything that could be an e mail address?
Click to expand...

The JUNK MAIL people sell the list to the PHISHERS.

You said you get junk mail, right? Do you get any sort of spam?
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no i get junk mail in my OTHER e mail accounts and no scams, this pertcular account that i got these e mails in, i haven't given out to anyone
 
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tk149

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Originally posted by: darkswordsman17
Originally posted by: mzkhadir
it is fishy. Paypal will never send you an email.
Click to expand...

Actually they send quite a bit. They'll never send an e-mail requesting you to update your information or asking for username/password, though.
Click to expand...

Actually, PayPal sent me a legit email the other day asking me to update my info. I had recently changed my eBay user ID, and PayPal asked me to update my account with them.

I logged into Paypal (and physically typed the URL in myself), and found that it was legit.

What gets me is that Paypal included a link in their email to Paypal's website. Isn't this how the scammers fool the naive?
 
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BriGy86

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Sep 10, 2004
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Originally posted by: tk149
Originally posted by: darkswordsman17
Originally posted by: mzkhadir
it is fishy. Paypal will never send you an email.
Click to expand...

Actually they send quite a bit. They'll never send an e-mail requesting you to update your information or asking for username/password, though.
Click to expand...

Actually, PayPal sent me a legit email the other day asking me to update my info. I had recently changed my eBay user ID, and PayPal asked me to update my account with them.

I logged into Paypal (and physically typed the URL in myself), and found that it was legit.

What gets me is that Paypal included a link in their email to Paypal's website. Isn't this how the scammers fool the naive?
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yes, the text looks legit but the actual URL isn't
 
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tami

Lifer
Nov 14, 2004
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Originally posted by: BriGy86
Originally posted by: darkswordsman17
Originally posted by: Sphexi
Welcome to the Internet.
Click to expand...

No kidding. Have you never gotten spam or phishing e-mails before?
Click to expand...

the thing is i haven't given this e mail out to a damn person

and on my other e mails i get junk but no scams suprisingly enough
Click to expand...

again, welcome to the internet. please enjoy your stay.
 
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