posted on September 16, 2004 07:35:15 AM new
This is the dumbest spoof I have ever received....I don't even use Paypal and am not registered with them!
Subj: User Notification
Date: 9/16/2004 7:56:41 AM Mountain Daylight Time
From: [email protected]
To:
Sent from the Internet (Details)
Dear PayPal User,
PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY.
You have received this Notice because the records of PayPal, Inc. indicate you are a current or former PayPal account holder who has been deemed eligible to receive a payment from the class action settlement in accordance with PayPal Litigation, Case No. 02 1227 JF PVT, pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose.
In your specific case you have been found to be eligible for a payment of $53.61 USD.
The aforementioned settlement funds may be transferred directly to your bank account providing you have a linked debit card. The funds may not be credited directly to your PayPal account as this would render Paypal to be accumulating interest and thus profiting on litigation settlement funds which contravenes Federal law. Your bank account will be credited within 7 days upon submission of account details.
To credit your bank account please click here.
If you are seeking an alternate method of receiving your funds PayPal will be contacting those who do not submit their details by the 19th of September with instructions to receive a cheque in the mail. However this will incur a 7.5% processing fee deducted from the settlement amount and therefore PayPal only recommends this option to those users who do not currently have a bank account with linked Debit card.
Please Note that under United States federal law credit cards are not a legally approved method of settlement for Class Action suits and cannot be processed for transferal of funds in this case. Cards with Credit Card logos such as Visa or MasterCard are acceptable as long as they are Debit in nature. You can determine this by examining the back of your card. If it has no CVV2 it is Debit in nature and acceptable. The CVV2 is the three-digit number printed in the signature space on the back of credit cards.
This notice is a summary and does not describe all details of the settlement. For full details of the matters discussed in this notice, you may wish to review the Settlement Agreement dated June 11, 2004 and on file with the Court or visit https://www.paypal.com/settlement/. Complete copies of the Settlement Agreement and all other pleadings and papers filed in the lawsuit are also available for inspection and copying during regular business hours, at the Office of the Clerk of the Court, United States District Court for the Northern District of California, 280 South First Street, San Jose, California 95113.
PLEASE DO NOT TELEPHONE THE COURT REGARDING THIS NOTICE.
DATED: September 16, 2004
BY ORDER OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
posted on September 16, 2004 08:18:23 AM new
No, I have never had a Paypal account. Never had any dealings with them at all - except that I sent this message to [email protected] and got an answer almost immediately saying that it is not a legitimate Paypal communication. Sorry Lucy!
Jane
posted on September 16, 2004 08:23:27 AM new
What it DUMB is that PayPal is STILL stupid enough to send an email with a clickable link!!
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posted on September 16, 2004 09:44:27 AM new
so instead of being a dumb spoof, this might actually be a clever one - if it really mimics a real paypal e-mail
