PayPal-secure SCAM! BEWARE!

[LordSnailz]

great job fellas!

 

[coons10]

I use PayPal a lot. I feel really lucky that I didn't get scammed. Thanks for the heads up!

They are off-line already!

 

[Agaricus]

Besides being a scam to avoid, it emphasises the need to check your credit card bills. Once found charges for a beauty salon in someplace like Ohio.
Never been in a beauty salon or Ohio other than to drive through. CC company eventually removed them.

 

[DukeOfAnandTech]

<< i updated my cc info :Q
12345678 is my cc # now.. >>



That's the # Visa gave me........ should I have it changed?????

 

[look30]

<< Dear John Doe,

Thank you for contacting PayPal.

Thank you for bringing this suspicious link to our attention. Please do
not click on this link. If you have used the link, please change your
PayPal Password immediately, as well as review your transactions and
account information for any unauthorized activity. We are aware of the
situation and are investigating the matter thoroughly. We apologize for
any inconvenience that this may have caused.

We appreciate the report of possible fraud with one of our users. We will
investigate the issue immediately. Please be assured that if we do confirm
that the user is committing a scam or fraudulent acts, we will take
appropriate actions. Due to the privacy of our users accounts, these
findings would not be shared with the person who reports it, unless that
person has filed a claim.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us again.

Sincerely,
Steve
PayPal Customer Service
>>

 

[JY1024]

Awesome! This was addressed immediately at FW too...trying to upload a bunch of random crap was fun!

 

[Bananas4me]

Excellent call! Thanks for the tip.

 

[Chronos123]

^^^

 

[Garet Jax]

Thanks for the heads up.

I have notified my friends, family and co-workers.

 

[pyonir]

Hi Ladies and Gentleman, just wanted to make my first post. Thanks for the heads up on the pay pal.

 

[dude8604]

The website doesn't seem to work anymore.

http://www.paypal-secure.com/cgi-bin/webscr.pl?em=x-files@qx.net

 

[MoFunk]

Looks like they may have been shut down already! Damn I wanted my $5!

 

[smartt]

Does anybody know how they got email adresses of people who use Paypal?

 

[LoverBoyJ]

thx for this tip man!!!

The force is with you!!!

 

[anime]

Smartt--yeah I wanted to know that too how...

 

[Murph74]

They probably harvested on Ebay searching for Paypal in the descriptions. Even the originator of this post sold a Pinnacle Dv Studio on Ebay 2 months ago and said he accepted Paypal. Or at least his Email cross referenced to item 1283459680, among others.

Murph

 

[pcclub2000]

thanks, but I haven't get the mail and this site is down now.

 

[monto]

thanks for th eheads up

 

[4824guy]

Bump up for an important issue.

I recieved that email and deleted it, Thanks for the heads up

 

[Rally1]

no need to bump, it's locked at the top of the forum

 

[DUKAT1]

Murph74
They did not get any info about me from e-bay. I recently registered with paypal & made only one transaction, which was completed successfully only last week! I have done nothing else with my paypal, I have never auctioned, bid, or bought on e-bay, but I did get the e-mail. I wish I knew how they decided to send it to me?

 

[ProfessorFate]

So it's wise to use an e-mail address on ebay and such that's different from your paypal acccount. At least only the payee knows the address.

 

[GoatHerderEd]

I never got the e-mail. I would have like to see how fishy this was. and now that the sites down, i cnat have any fun

 

[TRUCKMAN]

way to go

 

[Marm]

Good job. This is definetely one that is worth getting rid of.