While reading Ken's infromation about the Africa scam..I got this in the mail. Thought I would pass it along.



Please Pay Attention to this if you use Pay Pal or Know anyone who does.Pass This On.
The below email is circulating. If you receive it know that it is a hoax. DO NOT Fill out any info and do not contact them at all.

You can use this link to verify that this is a scam.
http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.c...D=709953&EID=0

> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 1:30 PM
> To:
> Subject: Your PayPal account is Limited.
>
>
>
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Dear PayPal Customer
>
>
> PayPal is currently performing regular
> maintenance of our security measures. Your account
> has been randomly selected for this maintenance, and
> placed on Limited Access status. Protecting the
> security of your PayPal account is our primary
> concern, and we apologize for any inconvenience this
> may cause.
> To restore your account to its regular
> status, you must confirm your email address by
> logging in to your PayPal account using the form
> below:
>
> Email Address:
> Password:
>
>
> Bank Account
>
>
> Enter Bank Account #:
>
>
> Credit Card
>
>
> Enter Credit Card #:
> Exp. date : 01 02 03 04 05 06
> 07 08 09 10 11 12 / 03 04 05 06 07
>
>
>
>
>
> This notification expires March 31, 2003
>
>
> Thanks for using PayPal!
>
>
> This PayPal notification was sent to your
> mailbox. Your PayPal account is set up to receive
> the PayPal Periodical newsletter and product updates
> when you create your account. To modify your
> notification preferences and unsubscribe, go to
> https:// and log in to your
> account. Changes to your preferences may take
> several days to be reflected in our mailings.
> Replies to this email will not be processed.
>
> If you previously asked to be excluded from
> Providian product offerings and solicitations, they
> apologize for this e-mail. Every effort was made to
> ensure that you were excluded from this e-mail. If
> you do not wish to receive promotional e-mail from
> Providian, go to
>
> Copyright© 2002 PayPal Inc. All rights
> reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the
> property of their respective owners.
>

 

New users at eBay get bombarded with requests to re register and verify information also. If you respond or follow any of their links they will hijack your account.

CompuServe and AOL accounts were real bad about that also.

 

My wife is a graphic artist...She has to use AOL because of imbedded images in some files she receives....only AOL can read the files.....you should see some of the AOL scams....lol

 

Only AOL can read the embedded images?

I am not sure which one AOL is using "at the moment" but they have been using IE and are moving to Netscape. So either browser should probably work. Otherwise all you need is a graphics conversion program and tell your system to use it to open those files. AOL doesn't have any special graphics capabilities.

 

Eric
I'll have to let her respond to what you said.....she keeps me in the dark........lol.........I just pay the bills......

 

Actually, AOL does have special graphic properties.
You can send pictures to other AOL members thru the email w/o "attaching" them
Only AOL can view them.
I can send the exact same email to myself on my cable internet, and the pictures doesn't show up.
It's weird, but thats how AOL works.

 

Still- tell the other users to attach images properly or link to the image and get rid of AOL.

Try EarthLink instead or use your cable company stuff.

 

I was just telling you Torque1st.
It's basically a "Idiot" feature for them. as it just inserts it into the mail.
I dont use AOL for that reason, I use my AOL for chatting with family, but I still get online thru my cable company and use Outlook