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PAYPAL EMAIL SCAM ALERT! (pics)

Started by TruckDriver, January 21, 2006, 08:51:58 PM

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TruckDriver

January 21, 2006, 08:51:58 PM
I just got this tonight. Watch out for it guys :flame: Remember, Paypal will always mention you by your first and last name, always.

Subject: Payment sent


PETE

My Dad taught me about TIME TRAVEL.
"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!" :P

TK73

#1
January 21, 2006, 09:36:58 PM
So, 'splain to us how this would work for the scammer.

( I axed PayPal YEARS ago, didn't like thier business practices and now I don't have to worry about 'paypal' e-mails <DELETE> )
1973 Charger : 440cid - 727 - 8.75/3.55


Now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical,
      a liberal, oh fanatical, criminal.
Won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're
      acceptable, respectable, oh presentable, a vegetable!

BigBlockSam

#2
January 21, 2006, 10:15:56 PM
i got an email from a fake paypal. it looked real. asking me to comfirm our password. i hit the delete button real quick. Rene
I won't be wronged, I wont be Insulted and I wont be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to others, and I require the same from them.

  [IMG]http://i45.tinypic.com/347b5v5.jpg[/img

ChgrSteve67

#3
January 21, 2006, 11:01:50 PM
The link goes to the scammers server and a page asking you to log into your paypal account.
Thus the scammer now has your paypal id, password and bank account / credit card = free money for the scammer.

Silver R/T

#4
January 22, 2006, 01:31:41 AM
thanks for heads up, im always cautious of scams like that
http://www.cardomain.com/id/mitmaks

1968 silver/black/red striped R/T
My Charger is hybrid, it runs on gas and on tears of ricers
2001 Ram 2500 CTD
1993 Mazda MX-3 GS SE
1995 Ford Cobra SVT#2722

mopar_madman

#5
January 22, 2006, 08:38:51 AM
yeah I get ones from ebay like that. and forwarded them to the ebay scam police.
1973 Dodge Charger
1968 Plymouth Road Runner
1971 Dodge Dart Swinger

BB1

#6
January 22, 2006, 10:00:43 AM
Anyone get this one,... looks legit.

PayPal's records indicate that you have not yet accepted the updated PayPal User
Agreement and Privacy Policy.

Failure to accept the updated PayPal User Agreement and Privacy Policy within 30
days will result in limited access to your PayPal account. If your account is
limited, you will no longer be able to receive or send payments.

PayPal values you as a customer and does not want your account to be limited.
Please click the link below. On your Account Overview page, click on the New
Policy Update link in the left column of the page:

Copy and paste this link in to your browser, log in and click the New Policy
Update link on your Account Overview page.

Then the link has you update your account with your password.

My full name was on it, but it was a plain text message with no PAYPAL blue borders in message.
Delete my profile

Duey

#7
January 22, 2006, 10:42:07 AM
To protect yourself, even if these are legit...delete the e-mail (or just don't clikc the link), then enter into the appropriate site (Ebay, PayPal, etc...) via their properly addressed splash page.  then when you try to login in, you will be given a message about any required updates.

The biggest problem is a hyperlink that is not what it appears...mouse over the link below (don't click...it's a false link) and look at the pop-up caption or the address in the lower left corner of your browser...

www.ebay.com/users/support/update.php?topic=update;dept=0f013a823b87623/

Never underestimate how much people want to trick other people into giving out all sorts of information...

Cheers,
Duey
73 SE Brougham, F3 , 440, 850 Pro-form, 727 w TA 10", 4.10SG

TruckDriver

#8
January 22, 2006, 11:07:43 AM
Quote from: cudahob3 on January 22, 2006, 10:00:43 AM
Anyone get this one,... looks legit.

PayPal's records indicate that you have not yet accepted the updated PayPal User
Agreement and Privacy Policy.

Failure to accept the updated PayPal User Agreement and Privacy Policy within 30
days will result in limited access to your PayPal account. If your account is
limited, you will no longer be able to receive or send payments.

PayPal values you as a customer and does not want your account to be limited.
Please click the link below. On your Account Overview page, click on the New
Policy Update link in the left column of the page:

Copy and paste this link in to your browser, log in and click the New Policy
Update link on your Account Overview page.

Then the link has you update your account with your password.

My full name was on it, but it was a plain text message with no PAYPAL blue borders in message.

I got that one about 4 times already
PETE

My Dad taught me about TIME TRAVEL.
"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!" :P

Charger_Fan

#9
January 22, 2006, 11:40:15 AM
Quote from: DodgeChargerGuy on January 22, 2006, 11:07:43 AM
Quote from: cudahob3 on January 22, 2006, 10:00:43 AM
Anyone get this one,... looks legit.

PayPal's records indicate that you have not yet accepted the updated PayPal User
Agreement and Privacy Policy.

Failure to accept the updated PayPal User Agreement and Privacy Policy within 30
days will result in limited access to your PayPal account. If your account is
limited, you will no longer be able to receive or send payments.

PayPal values you as a customer and does not want your account to be limited.
Please click the link below. On your Account Overview page, click on the New
Policy Update link in the left column of the page:

Copy and paste this link in to your browser, log in and click the New Policy
Update link on your Account Overview page.

Then the link has you update your account with your password.

My full name was on it, but it was a plain text message with no PAYPAL blue borders in message.

I got that one about 4 times already
Me too. :rotz: I just flush 'em.

It's gotten to the point where most anything I get from eGouge or Paypal, I automatically forward to their spoof departments...now & then, I'll get a reply back saying "Dude, this one's really real".  :crazy: "Oh." :smilielol:


So DCG, did you actually get $380 sucked from your Paypal account then?

The Aquamax...yes, this bike spent 2 nights underwater one weekend. (Not my doing), but it gained the name, and has since become pseudo-famous. :)

TruckDriver

#10
January 22, 2006, 12:19:05 PM
No, I don't have that much in there.
PETE

My Dad taught me about TIME TRAVEL.
"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!" :P
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