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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 11:45 AM
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Default Them scammers are getting pretty clever...
I got this email...

Receipt of Your Payment softwaredreamer.com
From service@paypal.com <service@paypal.com>

Ok, I was like I didnt make this payment. I opened the email and a freaking picture loaded up :doh: It was a picture of what a real PayPal email would have looked like...



The link directed me to: DO NOT ENTER YOUR INFO HERE


Just thought it was cute h:
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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 11:50 AM
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I wonder what they will say when they see:

user: BlowMe
pw: NippleTwister

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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 11:50 AM
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that's nasty ... I get those too.

The bad thing is, they spoof the "service@paypal.com" address. If I block that, all my legit transactions get stuffed in the bulk folder.
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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 11:54 AM
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and that shit is legal?
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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 11:56 AM
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the way to know immediately is by the "Dear PayPal Member,"

a real email from PayPal will always use your first and last name.
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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Tark
and that shit is legal?
hell no.
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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 11:59 AM
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You should forward that email to paypal's abuse dept or something.
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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by 94civicEX
You should forward that email to paypal's abuse dept or something.
spoof@paypal.com
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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by reno96teg
the way to know immediately is by the "Dear PayPal Member,"

a real email from PayPal will always use your first and last name.

yup yup
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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 12:07 PM
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Just be careful if you sign up for match.com and some lovelorn nigerian starts calling you through ip relay. :chuckles:
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