juststuff4u
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posted on July 26, 2002 05:14:58 AM new
Anyone else get this note today? What throws me off is the due to a problem in out secutiry system we want you to log in elsewhere bit haven't we been here before?
Subj: Important Information Regarding Your Account
Date: 7/25/2002 9:41:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: [email protected]
Sent from the Internet (Details)
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Dear Paypal Member,
At PayPal, we value the trust you have placed in us by using our service to conduct your transactions online. Because our relationship with you is financial in nature, the protection of your privacy is particularly important to us.
We are sending this privacy notice to provide you with information about how PayPal safeguards your privacy, as well as to comply with federal privacy guidelines that apply to financial institutions such as PayPal. Please review the information contained in this email and in our Privacy Policy, which is posted on the PayPal website and which you are welcome to review at any time.
It is PayPal's policy to maintain confidentiality over your information. We will NOT sell or rent your information.
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Contents of this Notice:
Due to a problem in our system, it is very important for you to log into your account through the following link.
We thank you and apologize for this inconvenient.
- If you are a registred member: click here
- if your account is not verified yet, please click: verify now
This is the address they want me to long into.
http://163.27.51.4/.../www.paypal.com/login/webscr_track/login-run/gen_login_login_submit/rtof344nrut53nau45346ireolks346secure_login/service_login/index.html
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ROADDOG84
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posted on July 26, 2002 05:22:46 AM new
hello,
no i didn't get that letter from paypal. and i just tried logging on and i had no problem 's .i got on the regular way
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profe51
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posted on July 26, 2002 06:02:40 AM new
that IP address belongs to:
Ministry of Education Computer Center (NETBLK-TANET-B) TANET-B
163.13.0.0 - 163.32.255.255
Chiayi-Yunlin Education Network (NETBLK-TANET-B-CHIAYI-YUNLIN) TANET-B-CHIAYI-YUNLIN
163.27.0.0 - 163.27.255.255
must be PayPal's Taiwan office!!! If you want to you can send an abuse report to
Wen-Sung Chen , [email protected]
be sure to copy the full email including headers to him/her.
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mlecher
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posted on July 26, 2002 06:06:33 AM new
Will somebody please tell his...IT IS A SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hasn't anyone learned ANYTHING yet?!?
Notice at the beginning "http://" not "https"
You can, if you want, login if only you want to be amazed how quickly your money disappears.
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Reality is a serious condition brought on by a lack of alcohol in the system
[ edited by mlecher on Jul 26, 2002 06:07 AM ]
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mrfoxy76
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posted on July 26, 2002 06:24:57 AM new
yet another scam and paypal have not closed it down yet either
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Coonr
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posted on July 26, 2002 08:19:04 AM new
mrfoxy76, Paypal can only contact the ISP and request it be shut down. Other than that, it is beyond their control.
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sanmar
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posted on July 26, 2002 08:50:35 AM new
Did you notify PayPal? Damon had a notice about a month ago regarding this or a similar scam. Always remember https NOT http when you are going into PayPal.
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mlecher
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posted on July 26, 2002 09:50:36 AM new
Coonr
Here, on this planet, representing yourself as someone you are not for the purpose of criminal activity, is illegal. PayPal does have the the responsibility to report it to the proper authorities and have it shut down since they are the ONLY ones who truly know it is not them. The rest of us can only GUESS it is not the true PayPal.
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Reality is a serious condition brought on by a lack of alcohol in the system
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tomyou
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posted on July 26, 2002 10:14:30 AM new
It is easy to see it is not paypal without Guessing. and Coonr did say they can request to have it taken down and report it. They can't phyiscally take the site down. No different from any other cc scam against any other company. Of course I still can't fathom why he wastes his time responding to any of clubman's posse. Just do like everyone else has on the paypal board Utilize the ignore button on them. It is a lot more productive that way.
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mrfoxy76
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posted on July 26, 2002 10:15:21 AM new
EXACTLY this should be shut down ASAP paypal make alot of money from this kind of situation as they freeze up people accounts etc so its not really in their best interests to do so.
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tomyou
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posted on July 26, 2002 10:32:18 AM new
I have no idea what you said foxy but I am sure it was brilliant and has something to do with this being paypals fault. yes thats right people I am a phsycic. I can guess the subject of a post even with the user being on my ignore list. But then again I could be wrong, I guess I'll never know. 
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mrfoxy76
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posted on July 26, 2002 10:35:50 AM new
the wise man speaks he who knows it all......
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juststuff4u
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posted on July 26, 2002 12:21:36 PM new
Did you notify PayPal? Damon had a notice about a month ago regarding this or a similar scam. >>
No I didn't bother. I am smart enough not to go to the address. I did log on to paypal to try to find a phone number and let them know but I couldn't find one. Just an e-mail address where they said they will get back to me within 48-72 hours. I just withdrew all the money from my account for now just in case Paypal's security is lacking. I figure that they will pick up on it here. I am sure others got the same E-mail. I was away all day and I am surprised that I haven't see any messages here from Paypal yet about it but hey it their rep on the line.
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mrfoxy76
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posted on July 26, 2002 01:10:50 PM new
perhaps paypal should look at having some sort of notice about these "mirror" sites making as many people aware of them as possible......
feel bad for the people who get duped into entering their information...
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mrfoxy76
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posted on July 26, 2002 01:11:15 PM new
perhaps paypal should look at having some sort of notice about these "mirror" sites making as many people aware of them as possible......
feel bad for the people who get duped into entering their information...
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mrfoxy76
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posted on July 26, 2002 01:11:36 PM new
perhaps paypal should look at having some sort of notice about these "mirror" sites making as many people aware of them as possible......
feel bad for the people who get duped into entering their information...
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uaru
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posted on July 26, 2002 04:27:09 PM new
mrfoxy76 perhaps paypal should look at having some sort of notice about these "mirror" sites making as many people aware of them as possible......
I think you'll find that "mirror" sites is a term for legitmate sites that share files for speedy downloads.
As to the waring of "Spoof" sites PayPal does warn. I lost count how many times I've received this notice on bottom of emails from PayPal.
Note: When you log in to your PayPal account, be sure that the website's URL always begins with "https://www.paypal.com/". The "s" in "https" at the beginning of the URL means you are logging into a secure page. If the URL does not begin with https, you are not on a PayPal page.
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PROTECT YOUR PASSWORD
NEVER give your password to anyone and ONLY log in at https://www.paypal.com/. Protect yourself against fraudulent websites by checking the URL/Address bar every time you log in.
Have you noticed that PayPal has a link called "protect your password" where ever there is a box to enter your password. Have you ever clicked on that link?
[ edited by uaru on Jul 26, 2002 04:28 PM ]
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paypaldamon
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posted on July 26, 2002 04:53:31 PM new
Hi ROADDOG84,
Please log in on your account immediately to change your password. Please report any suspicous transactions immediately to our team.
Going to www.paypal.com will bring you to the https://www.paypal.com. Please do not log in at any site that is not www.paypal.com.
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litlux
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posted on July 26, 2002 08:25:39 PM new
I noticed the fraudulent notice had a number of mistakes in their spelling and grammar.
For those who are observant of such things, it has been the tipoff to the last several attempts at misleading people.
It pays to keep your proofreading skills sharp.
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Coonr
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posted on July 27, 2002 04:45:54 AM new
mlecher,
From the posts I have read, Paypal does report such sites to the authorities and work to stop them. They cannot however stop them. That is up to the authorities to enforce. I do not uderstand how anyone can blame another for the mere existance of a spoof site.
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mrfoxy76
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posted on July 27, 2002 05:54:42 AM new
the site is still up and running strong !
wonder how long it can go on for
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juststuff4u
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posted on July 27, 2002 07:20:52 AM new
perhaps if Paypal were more customer friendly someone could forward them the e-mails. Lord (and I don't use that in vain) that I have tried. Can't find an e-mail address and the papypal online form only alows for 1,000 letters. Instead of wasting time trying to explain it and then having them ask me to forward the letter I tried to do that period. Paypal is not usefriendly in that way and I will be darn if I am going to get hung up going back and forth with them when a simple forward of the e-mail would tell them all the need to know.
I didn't log in and I did change my paypal password because I am assuming that paypaldamon was refering to me not to roaddog when he said to change the password. I also withdraw everything out of my paypal account just in case and the bank account attach to that.
posted on July 27, 2002 05:54:42 AM
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the site is still up and running strong !
wonder how long it can go on for>>>
Until someone stops them and it doesn't seem like paypal is going to do anything so I am assuming it will go on for a least a few more days. Until the y drain enough funds and get worry about getting caught and go on else where.
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mrfoxy76
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posted on July 27, 2002 10:50:02 AM new
paypaldamon
may i ask does paypal do anything about closing these kind of sites down?
thx
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mrfoxy76
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posted on July 29, 2002 05:49:35 AM new
GOING STRONG............
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paypaldamon
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posted on July 29, 2002 11:43:44 AM new
Hi mrfoxy76,
Yes, we do try to get the sites closed down. It does depend on contacting hosts,providers,etc., so it is not always going to happen as quickly as we would like.
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mrfoxy76
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posted on July 29, 2002 11:51:57 AM new
 feel bad for the suckers who enter their information and get duped a whole lot of mess on the horizon.
[ edited by mrfoxy76 on Jul 29, 2002 11:52 AM ]
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