New PayPal scam!
i ain't rite
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 65,586
Likes: 5,616
From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
whenever you get any of these update your account messages, foward it to spoof@ whoever it is .com. they DO investigate every scam email.
when i get them from banks, i instantly give then all my account info, and passwords. sooner or later one of these scuzballs is gonna try to use the info i send them, and get busted. i don't even have dealings with the banks. i just makeup numbers and passwords
when i get them from banks, i instantly give then all my account info, and passwords. sooner or later one of these scuzballs is gonna try to use the info i send them, and get busted. i don't even have dealings with the banks. i just makeup numbers and passwords
Posting Guru
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 1,728
Likes: 0
From: Keweenaw Bay, MI
I don't like the way this thread is worded "Paypal scam", it is not a Paypal scam, it is a scam against Paypal customers. Whenever there is money floating around in cyberspace, there is going to be someone out there trying to fetch it!
Senior User
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 417
Likes: 0
I actually got this scam letter today.
When you place a cursor over the links for 'logging in' the address of the page that opens is listed at the bottom of the screen in IE 6.
The phish, I got had a nyscap.rr.com address listed. Certainly not one to Paypal.
When you place a cursor over the links for 'logging in' the address of the page that opens is listed at the bottom of the screen in IE 6.
The phish, I got had a nyscap.rr.com address listed. Certainly not one to Paypal.
Senior User
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 417
Likes: 0
Originally Posted by preppypyro
Ebay has some thing that you can put the email in and it tells you if they sent it, wonder if paypal has the same sort of thing?
You forward the message to spoof at paypal.com(stupid automated addy remover)
FTE Stories
Ford Trucks for Ford Truck Enthusiasts
Top 6 Best Deals Available on New Fords & Lincolns Right Now
Brett Foote
This Hennessey Takes the Expedition Tremor's Off-Roading Capability to the Next Level
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Fords at 2026 Carlisle Ford Nationals
Joe Kucinski
3 Best / 3 Worst Parts of Modern Ford Ownership
Brett Foote
10 Amazing Upgrades That Solve Common Ford Truck Owner Headaches
Pouria Savadkouei
Every 2026 Ford Engine Explained
Brett Foote
10 Ugly Ford Trucks That We Still Kinda Love
Joe Kucinski
10 Things Every Truck Owner NEEDS (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
Rezvani's Latest Post-Apocalyptic Monster Is a Ford F-150 Raptor Underneath
Verdad Gallardo
New User
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 12
Likes: 0
From: Corpus Christi, Texas
After being the victim of identity theft a couple of years ago, I ask the local fraud detective about paypal. His response was "Only an idiot would give that much information to an unregulated bank!" I then ask how about opening an account just to use for paypal. His response was " ONLY AN IDIOT WOULD THAT MUCH INFORMATION TO AN UNREGULATED BANK!" He offered to repeat it even louder if I did not understand the terms "idiot" or "unregulated bank". I said no thanks, I think I got it. What I have found since then is that i don't need paypal anyway. If you think it is too much trouble to go get a money order, try the trouble identity theft will cause you. Thanks, Lyman.
FTE Legend
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 37,887
Likes: 20
From: North Central Rural Sask.
It does seem to me like a money order would work ok, but then what does a guy do when the ebay seller requires payment by paypal only? I guess you could always look elsewhere for that product!
FTE Legend
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 54,076
Likes: 2,436
From: NY and VA
There is a "spoof "section at paypal which I forward this type of junk to. PP sends a message back indicating that it is fraudulent. This type of fraud is right up there next to those that pry on the elderly (which might be me shortly).
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
BuiltToughF250
General NON-Automotive Conversation
16
Mar 7, 2005 03:04 PM
