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| 23 JUL 2003 at 8:31pm |
SusanGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By BacardiJim (23 JUL 2003 4:16pm)
Since I assume that many of you shop on eBay and therefore have PayPal accounts, here is a heads up: For the last month or so there has been a hacker sending out what appear to be authentic emails from PayPal. The format and addy look real. These letters say that PayPal is trying to clean out old inactive users from their database and ask you to include various personal information including your credit card number and PIN so they can verify you as an active member.
I've received two of those! But I know they're SPAM, because the first time I wasn't even signed up w/ PayPal, and I also used a secondary e-mail address for PP, and these went to my primay e-mail address.
One way to tell if you're actually at PayPal's website is to look at the URL. If it starts out https then you're at the real address.
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 23 JUL 2003 at 8:45pm |
| Deleted User | One way to tell if you're actually at PayPal's website is to look at the URL. If it starts out https then you're at the real address.
One of the devious things about these fake PayPal emails is that they have links in them that actually do take you to the real PayPal site! The formatting, logo, addy, etc all look authentic too. A close look at the coding of them even shows that your information is being sent to a real PayPal cgi-bin. However, it is also being "hijacked" and redirected on the way.
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| 23 JUL 2003 at 8:51pm |
SusanGuild Master
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Joined: 13 OCT 2002
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Status : Offline | I remember something like that. It just seems to me when I clicked on the link [from my e-mail] to take me to the page so I could see where it went, the URL seemed excessively long. The whole thing just seemed "funny" to me, so I looked up PP's SPAM/abuse info and sent them the e-mail.
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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