pay pals to report scams is
spoof@paypal.com


bremerton6

 

sorry i forgot you cant post e-mail addresses

 

this is what i got from them ( looks real )
sense i reported it you cannot access the page.
bremerton6






Security Measures




We are currently performing regular maintenance of our security measures. Your account has been randomly selected for this maintenance, and you now be taken through a verification process.



Protecting the security of your PayPal account is our primary concern, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Please click here and fill in the correct information to verify your identity.

NOTE: Failure to complete the verification process or providing wrong information will lead to account suspension or even termination.


Mobile | Mass Pay | Money Market | ATM/Debit Card | BillPay | About Us | Accounts | Fees | Privacy | Security Center | User Agreement | Developers | Shops | Gift Certificates/Points

an eBay Company

Copyright © 1999-2003 PayPal. All rights reserved.
Information about FDIC pass-through insurance

 

Sure does look good at first glance

 

this is what i got next , now remember that sense i informed pay pal you cannot access the site on ( click here )
so i clicked on the url and it says the same thing.
careful


Dear reynolds,

Thank you for contacting PayPal Customer Service.

In an effort to assist you as quickly and efficiently as possible, please direct all customer service inquires through our website. Click on the hyperlink below to go to the PayPal website. After entering your email address and password into the Member Log In box, you can submit your inquiry via our Customer Service Contact form. If you indicate the type of question you have with as much detail as you can, we will be able to provide you with the best customer service possible.

If your email program is unable to open hyperlinks, please copy and paste this URL into the address bar of your browser.

https://www.paypal.com/wf/f=default

If you are contacting PayPal because you are unable to log into your account, please use the contact form below.

https://www.paypal.com/ewf/f=default

Thank you for choosing PayPal!

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note: When you click on links in this email, you will be asked to log into your PayPal Account. As always, make sure that you are logging into a secure PayPal page by looking for 'https://www.paypal.com/' at the beginning of the URL.

Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address will not be answered.

********************************************
Original Email:
I appreciate your security however I do not feel comfortable giving out such information.
It is different when I am buying on ebay I have initiated that contact. So If you send me a phone # to contact you at or you may also call me we can see what we can do.


-----Original Message-----
From: service@paypal.com [mailto:service@paypal.com]
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 7:44 AM
To: reynolds@telebyte.net
Subject: Warning: Your PayPal account status

<https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_account> PayPal <http://verify.paypal.com.auth23.net:...md=_verificati
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<http://verify.paypal.com.auth23.net:...md=_verificati on-run/pixel.gif>

Security Measures

<http://verify.paypal.com.auth23.net:...md=_verificati
on-run/pixel.gif>
<http://verify.paypal.com.auth23.net:...md=_verificati
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<http://verify.paypal.com.auth23.net:...md=_verificati
on-run/pixel.gif>


<http://verify.paypal.com.auth23.net:...md=_verification-run/pixel.gif>

We are currently performing regular maintenance of our security measures. Your account has been randomly selected for this maintenance, and you now be taken through a verification process. Protecting the security of your PayPal account is our primary concern, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please click here and fill in the correct information to verify your identity.
NOTE: Failure to complete the verification process or providing wrong information will lead to account suspension or even termination.

Edited By FTE for easier reading

<https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/mobile> Mobile | <https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/batch> Mass Pay | <https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/websc...nterest-marcom> Money Market | <https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_dc-intro> ATM/Debit Card | <https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_pay-bill> BillPay | <https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/about> About Us | <https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/websc...p/gen/accounts> Accounts | <https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-fees> Fees | <https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/websc...policy_privacy> Privacy
| <https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/websc...ecurity-center> Security
Center | <https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/ua/ua> User Agreement | <https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_pdn-intro>
Developers | <https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_shop> Shops | <https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/websc...-pie-available> Gift Certificates/Points <http://www.ebay.com/> an eBay Company Copyright C 1999-2003 PayPal. All rights reserved. <https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/fdic> Information about FDIC pass-through insurance

 

Holy cow!:-staun .That is sure a lot of information.Looks like it would take a day to go through all those links.

 

2.23 hours
at 115k connection speed

 

If folks would stop and think more often, then many could avoid being burned.
EXAMPLE;
We are performing maintenance blah blah blah...answer all these questions or your account will be terminated.
So, they do maintenance and YOU have to provide them a bunch of info in order to keep your account from being terminated. WHat if you were out of town for a few weeks? What if your computer was broken?

Myself, if I do not immediately recognize the sender, I delete the e-mail without even opening it.

I am tired of getting e-mails about stopping TOENAIL FUNGUS of all things !!!

 

What mailing list are you on?!?!?!

-Matt

 

beats me? I have no idea how I started getting these things.
But, the spammers are really slick. The message will come like this (apparently to avoid spam filters)

Subject: st0p t0e na1l fun6us fast

I never have opened one so I don't even know if they really are about toenail fungus.

 

I just get viagra ads. Kinda pointless for a young guy such as myself.

 

i just got a "real" e-mail from pay pal saying yes you are correct this is not from pay pal.
daryl looked in the properties like someone said and found out it was from france.

bremerton6

 

If anyone uses yahoo I've found the same scam using a yahoo thing. It was sent from a private email at someother email service and said something along the lines of if you dont click here to verify your email adress your account will be deleted in 14 days. It looked very professional as well, but I just deleted it and what do ya know? I still have email.

The problem is that some people just dont have the general knowlegde of the interent, young kids somethings or folks not of the computer generation that get taken by em. They aught to have a scam class that you can take before getting the internet.

We gave my grandmother a computer so she can email family and thats what were worried about, she may be able to pick up the idea of moving and clicking a mouse but I'm affriad that she may get taken by all these "click here to recieve your free gift" or "your computers in trouble click here to fix" it stuff.

 

No, these are the people that need a serious WHOOPIN!!!

They are not the people out of legitimate work, they are crooks, plain a simple.

 

i suppose you're right, it's just that i try not to be too critical, i save that for me.

bremerton6