Zazzie
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posted on March 19, 2001 09:42:41 AM
My husband got an email that looked very official with Paypal logos and clickable links all over it saying that his Log-in to Paypal failed---telling him to try again by clicking their link.
But on a closer look the email address this came from has a '.pl' ending.
The email orginated from Poland.
And hubby does not have an account with Paypal
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femme
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posted on March 19, 2001 09:57:37 AM
And hubby does not have an account with Paypal
And, harvesting emails, too, then. From where?
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Zazzie
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posted on March 19, 2001 10:01:52 AM
he has a website that mentions Paypal
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Empires
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posted on March 19, 2001 10:39:33 AM
Zazzie- I got that one this morning first thing! Thanks for confirming my notions too!
I just deleted it -but, Pay Pal Damon should be alerted if he hasn't been by now.
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Zazzie
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posted on March 19, 2001 10:58:22 AM
I posted over in the Paypal forum incase Damon doesn't read it here.
What really surprise me with the letter is that they worked so hard to make it look so real--the clickable links were all Paypal logos-----but the email was a giveaway.
But then again-- many people might think 'pl' stands for paypal and not Poland
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Zazzie
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posted on March 19, 2001 10:58:38 AM
[ edited by Zazzie on Mar 19, 2001 10:59 AM ]
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paypaldamon
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posted on March 19, 2001 05:26:08 PM
Hi,
I am out of the office checking on items remotely today. Can you please send this item to [email protected]? (I don't have office email access).
Thank you all for the heads-up and for using caution.
Regards,
Damon
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taz8057
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posted on March 19, 2001 11:53:48 PM
was the address paypal.pl?
-Trey
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Zazzie
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posted on March 20, 2001 12:20:16 AM
the sender's email address was
[email protected]
the full header's can be seen over in the Paypal forum
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Puddy
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posted on March 20, 2001 12:51:03 AM
Knowing Polish, poczta is "mail'.
Not knowing, or trusting, Paypal, this year's winner of LIAR OF THE YEAR award ("we will always be free" , it wouldn't surprise me if they set up an eastern European branch to do what they do best.
Draw your own conclusions.
Damon? Or did I mispell your name?
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Puddy
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posted on March 20, 2001 01:22:22 AM
PRIVATE JOKE;
Index finger to nose.
Nice touch, whoever you are.
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Empires
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posted on March 20, 2001 08:43:42 AM
Zazzie, That's the same email addy I had as well. So, To The Top!!!
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lotzamags
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posted on March 20, 2001 09:57:13 AM
Dzien Dobry, Puddy!
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mallary
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posted on March 20, 2001 11:45:23 AM
How is this for luck...bad luck. Someone who is a bidder on eBay where I sell (but have not sold to this person) changed my password with Paypal and transferred $900 to his account. Hopefully I caught it in time, but to know this can be done is scarey! I have his name and two email addresses. In the process of getting the rest of his info. He must've just guessed my password because I have never given it out to anyone. Hope this never happens to any of you.
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Freddy57
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posted on March 20, 2001 12:45:57 PM
If you want to protect yourself and keep someone from guessing your password on Paypal and other sites, use a $ in the middle of your password. Another method is to use a combination of numbers and letters that don't form a word. These methods make it hard for a person running a cracking program from guessing correctly.
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upriver
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posted on March 20, 2001 05:07:02 PM
From what I've read here on AW about PP over the last year, I would think this is Reason #2,017 why you should not use PayPal.
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paypaldamon
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posted on March 20, 2001 05:11:48 PM
Hi,
Users can protect their passwords several ways:
1. Do not make it intuitive (such as a name or email address).
2. Do not access any site that is not www.paypal.com (report to us immediately)
3. Do not give any other site your email address/password combination (report to us immediately).
4. Do not use the same email address/password combination that you use at another site.
These are the simple ways that users can prevent themselves from being the victim of a fraudster.
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