Looks like a new one circulating today, 4/4.
When are we going to start seeing some authorities crack down on this crap?
When are we going to start seeing some authorities crack down on this crap?
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Originally posted by: bulaya
Originally posted by: V00DOO
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This sucks. I was reading something earlier that showed that people would change the info on a "Money Received" email to fool the person to think they got paid. I always check my account to see if its there, but not everyone does. This is getting rediculous.
Me too. I never trust money received e-mail. I always go into my account for verification.
Same here... if paypal/ebay/whoever sends you any kind of notifying info, exit email, open a new browser and go to site directly.... just to be safe that is.
Originally posted by: ReiAyanami
like a firewall..
its obviously not legal to scam/ collect other people's passwords and private information, at the same time they trample on the intellectual property rights of Paypal/eBay by mimicing their page exactly as is
theoretically eBay/Paypal could sue a scammer for all the money they had
nonetheless, tracking them down is hard since they are in russia or some other 3rd world country
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Originally posted by: PTCvette
I just got that e-mail about the paypal scam this afternoon. I laughed my rear off thinking "my God, this is painfully obvious"... I would hope that nobody is falling for that one, but if it's still going around, I would imagine it must be doing some kind of good!!!
jeff
Originally posted by: Johneverd
Originally posted by: PTCvette
I just got that e-mail about the paypal scam this afternoon. I laughed my rear off thinking "my God, this is painfully obvious"... I would hope that nobody is falling for that one, but if it's still going around, I would imagine it must be doing some kind of good!!!
jeff
Seems like the grammatical errors give these scams away ore often then not. I've seen some pretty bad ones in the past.