Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:09:15 -0600
Reply-To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: PayPal Scam phising/spoofs (NVC)
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Yeah, they did. If you just got to do business with Paypal, got thought
the E-bay site to do it. Provides a little better security. But I won't
use them at all.
John Rodgers
88 GL Driver
Mark Tuovinen wrote:
>Didn't eBay purchase Paypal??
>
>Mark in AK
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Jeff Gellman User <jeffg@MIKOEXOTICWEAR.COM>
>Date: Friday, February 17, 2006 10:45 am
>Subject: Re: PayPal Scam phising/spoofs (NVC)
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>
>
>>One of our companies is an adult company, and we have a ebay
>>division, we
>>were kicked off of paypal because of the content of our ebay
>>auctions....ebay did not have a problem with our auctions, but
>>paypal did,
>>sort of like trying to buy a xrated video and your credit card
>>company won't
>>let you because they do not approve of the content.
>>
>>jeff
>>
>>
>>On 2/17/06 2:16 PM, "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote:
>>
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>>
>>>Chris,
>>>
>>>I'm being bombarded with "phishing" e-mails of Paypal Content. I get
>>>several everytime I download my e-mail. What is really
>>>
>>>
>>interesting is I
>>
>>
>>>don't have an active Paypal account. I don't use Paypal for a
>>>
>>>
>>number> of reasons. For one, they want way too much financial
>>information about
>>
>>
>>>me, and two, they are notorious for blocking your account and thus
>>>access to your payments by virtue of claiming they are looking
>>>
>>>
>>into a
>>
>>
>>>fraud claim. They will sit on your money until they are good and
>>>
>>>
>>ready> to pay. In the meantime, your money is earning them lots of
>>interest> bucks while it sits in their accounts. When you consider
>>that Paypal is
>>
>>
>>>a world-wide operation, that kind of activity nets them some huge
>>>profits. I refuse to help them.
>>>
>>>John Rodgers
>>>88 GL Driver
>>>
>>>JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>i just recieved another email from "paypal".. these scam
>>>>
>>>>
>>emails are
>>
>>
>>>>realistic, this particular one actually used my full name...
>>>>
>>>>
>>i forwarded it
>>
>>
>>>>to
>>>>spoof@paypal.com, they do nothing about it...just send a form
>>>>
>>>>
>>automated>> letter
>>
>>
>>>>reply..saying its a spoof...who know is anyone actually there
>>>>
>>>>
>>looked at it or
>>
>>
>>>>not. the tricky thing is that it looks so real, there is no
>>>>
>>>>
>>way to tell if
>>
>>
>>>>its real or fake..copy and pasting the link provided sent me to
>>>>
>>>>
>>a official
>>
>>
>>>>looking "paypal" page with official looking paypal
>>>>
>>>>
>>graphics..where they were
>>
>>
>>>>requesting my password, etc... even the links on the page
>>>>
>>>>
>>took you to
>>
>>
>>>>actual
>>>>paypal links.. it was so well done that its hard to
>>>>
>>>>
>>distinguish real from
>>
>>
>>>>fake..
>>>>this is another reason i dont use paypal..
>>>>
>>>>chris
>>>>_____________fwd:_________________
>>>>
>>>>Subj: Final Notice to Accept Policy Update to Prevent Account
>>>>
>>>>
>>Limitation>> Date: 2/17/06 2:59:24 AM Eastern Standard Time
>>
>>
>>>>From: service@paypal.com
>>>>To: XXXXXXXXX@XXXXX.com
>>>>Sent from the Internet (Details)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Dear XXXXXXX XXXXXXX,
>>>>
>>>>Recently, we sent an email notice to remind you to accept the
>>>>
>>>>
>>updated PayPal
>>
>>
>>>>User Agreement and Privacy Policy within 30 days to avoid
>>>>
>>>>
>>limited access
>>
>>
>>>>placed on your account.
>>>>
>>>>You now have 7 days to accept the policies. If your account is
>>>>
>>>>
>>limited, you
>>
>>
>>>>will be unable to send or receive money, but will be able to
>>>>
>>>>
>>withdraw any
>>
>>
>>>>remaining balances.
>>>>
>>>>PayPal values you as a customer and does not want you to lose
>>>>
>>>>
>>the valuable
>>
>>
>>>>benefits of your account. To accept the policy now, click or
>>>>
>>>>
>>copy and paste
>>
>>
>>>>the
>>>>link below. Next, log in to your account and click the New
>>>>
>>>>
>>Policy Update
>>
>>
>>>>link on your Account Overview page.
>>>>
>>>>Click the following link to accept the User Agreement and
>>>>
>>>>
>>Privacy Policy now:
>>
>>
>>>>XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>Thank you for using PayPal!
>>>>The PayPal Team
>>>>--------------------------------snip----------------------------
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
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