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posted on May 21, 2003 09:18:35 AM new
So here's the problem I have with the idiots at PayPal.
I received an email, which actually WAS from PayPal, telling me I needed to update my credit card information. And the hydroencephalic moron in charge of such things at PayPal INCLUDED A LINK IN THE EMAIL for me to click on to do the update.
I am technically savvy. I know how to read email headers; hell, I was forging email while most of you were still in Internet diapers. It is fantastically stupid for PayPal to send out such emails, as 99 out of 100 people cannot be expected to distinguish a scam email from a real one.
OK, I feel better now.
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posted on May 21, 2003 10:24:49 AM new
I just received an incredibly authentic looking email asking for PayPal password...complete with the Logo and the account, history tabs and all!!!! I sent it to [email protected] ... is that right for PayPal too??
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posted on May 21, 2003 10:57:19 AM newCalifornia voters: Be a part of the first-ever successful gubernatorial recall! Defy media pundits! $21 million of our money is going down the tubes daily because of our incompetent corrupt governor. Visit http://www.recallgraydavis.com to download your recall petition.
I was forging email while most of you were still in Internet diapers.
