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Warning another paypal scam...

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wetcat007

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http://219.5.44.89:31337/Verify.htm port has 1337 in it to make it obviously a scam...

Reminder: Confirm Your Information

Dear Customer,

This is a reminder that we need you to confirm your information. This is a recent measure to protect our customers.

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How To Confirm Your Information


PayPal always keep in touch with it's customers. Please use instructions below.

Step 1: Follow this link located at PayPal site to fill needed information.

Step 2: Log in to your PayPal account. Click on the "Profile" link in the "My Account" menu and check information that you submitted.



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Why Confirm Your Information?


It increases security
Keeping your information up to date with PayPal helps to avoid unauthorized charges of your credit card thus improving your account value. This process increases the safety of the entire PayPal payments network.

Verify your PayPal account
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This is a very official looking email actually, and thought it was authentic email from them til i read what it wanted, and looked at the link.
 
Actually port is eleet 😛

hope nobody is stupid enough to go through with this, you may want to remove some of the link so people dont try to use it.
 
Wow!!!! What a shock!!! Someone is sending out fake paypal emails?!?!?! Wow!!! Thanks SOOOO much for the tip!!!!!
 
Originally posted by: ClimberRich
Good thing you posted this! I'm sure that the members of this forum would never have figured this out! lol
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I didn't 🙁

How do I get my information back or stop these scam people from getting my infromation? I gave them me social security, credit card, bank account, secret lottery numbers and my girlfriend's phone number help me please!
 
Originally posted by: SonicTron
Originally posted by: ClimberRich
Good thing you posted this! I'm sure that the members of this forum would never have figured this out! lol
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I didn't 🙁

How do I get my information back or stop these scam people from getting my infromation? I gave them me social security, credit card, bank account, secret lottery numbers and my girlfriend's phone number help me please!
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:Q
 

Don't worry....

They already have your girlfriend's phone number....

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Look idiots, these types of scams have been posted here before and been welcomed. Yes, most of us would not fall for this but there are some that would and they BENEFIT from this type of post. Scammers like this only count on 1 or 2 per thousand to bite. That makes it more than worth it for them. If you don't think that one out of a thousand would fall for this then you are mistaken. It happens.
In other words, don't trash a thread that just might help someone. I'm sure you have better things to do; don't you? Well, maybe not.......! :disgust:
 
these types of scams have been posted here before and been welcomed

These Paypal warning threads are posted at least once a week. I'm not sure they add a whole lot of value here...

 
Originally posted by: Lanyap
these types of scams have been posted here before and been welcomed

These Paypal warning threads are posted at least once a week. I'm not sure they add a whole lot of value here...
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Not everyone checks every thread on every AT forum every 15 minutes 24hours a day every day. I'm lucky to troll a forum or 2, a few threads that catch my eye, read SOME of the posts, EVERY FEW DAYS or so, certainly not everyday. Some people have lives. Scammers and spammers make sure they succeed by attacking anyone and every possible as much as possible. Certainly you don't think it will only take one message of warning to fight back?

Shame on you all you who haggle someone trying to help, shame on you for indirectly helping scammers/spammers...
 
How come these are always posted in hot deals. What idiot doesnt see if PayPal is the link i goes too?? if they do they get what they get.
 
Originally posted by: Buz2b
Look idiots, these types of scams have been posted here before and been welcomed. Yes, most of us would not fall for this but there are some that would and they BENEFIT from this type of post. Scammers like this only count on 1 or 2 per thousand to bite. That makes it more than worth it for them. If you don't think that one out of a thousand would fall for this then you are mistaken. It happens. In other words, don't trash a thread that just might help someone. I'm sure you have better things to do; don't you? Well, maybe not.......! :disgust:
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Exactly.

People don't go into a thread about a printer and say "don't post this crap, I don't need a printer".

If you'll notice, not once ever has a thread like this been locked. Apparently the moderators think it's OK to be reminded once in a while, and since they have the authority here - it seems that you elitist bastards should just STFU about it and keep on moving along.
 
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