OT: Paypal Fraud Alert

1/13/07, 6:39 PM #1

Tom MacGregor
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OT: Paypal Fraud Alert

Tom MacGregor

>The fraudsters are getting better all the time. I just got an email addressed to me by name, not "Dear Paypal Member" that was a fake telling me there was a problem with my account access. It was complete with www.paypal.com links including a "securitytips" link and warnings not to give my password to anyone. It was by far the best fake I've seen to date and it actually took a few minutes before I got suspicious. If you get a paypal message that you want to verify DO NOT sign in through the link in the email! Sign on through your browser in the regular way to make sure you're at the real site.

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1/13/07, 7:30 PM #2

Ken Oakley-Sunny St. Cloud, Fla.
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Ken Oakley-Sunny St. Cloud, Fla.

>When I get one I just forward it to [email protected] and they will reply in a short while if it is legit or not. I don't remember any of them being legit.

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1/13/07, 7:34 PM #3

Thomas Williams - Columbus
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Thomas Williams - Columbus

>Isn't it amazing the effort someone will go to so they can steal from you? Anyway, forward the email to [email protected]

I am told that they do follow up on these attempts.

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1/14/07, 3:22 AM #4

Roger LeBas
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Roger LeBas

>I had questioned ebay about an item for sale that just seemed toooooooo good to be true. You know what that means. Well, within a few seconds after sending the email, they responded to it and told me it was a scam and they had pulled it. So, yes they do respond.

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1/14/07, 8:28 PM #5

Charles Self
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Charles Self

>Response has been good for me. I reported a guy selling a CD with Brown's "The DaVinci Code" on it, in PDF download. I queried him on whether or not he had permission to sell it in that manner ($0.79 I didn't think so). He handed me a line about it being electronic, so it was OK to copy and sell, so I reported it to eBay. He was down 10 minutes later when I checked.

OT: Paypal Fraud Alert

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