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Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Got Em, Jun 13, 2005.

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  1. Got Em

    Got Em Member

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    I just received an email from "paypal@secure-logins.com" asking me to update my billing information. It says to update within 24 hours or my account will be suspended. Do NOT click on this email! I heard that if you click on their link, they install some program on your computer that can record your keystrokes. Any one gotten these emails before? How would I report this?
     
    #1 Got Em, Jun 13, 2005
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    #2 aeroman10, Jun 13, 2005
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    I got an email before from paypal saying that someone has been added to my account. Well I didn't add anyone or any other email to my account so I forward it to Spoofs to see if it was real. They replied saying it was indeed a fake email.

    Well I got curious for some reason and decided to add someone to my paypal account. I received an email saying the exact same thing as before and so I forward it to Spoofs just to check, even though I new this one was real. They replied saying that this too was a fake email and they did not send it.

    So they don't know what they are doing at spoof@paypal.com or spoof@ebay.com.

    :confused:

    Got Em,

    I've gotten the exact same email before too.
     
    #3 Blatz, Jun 14, 2005
  4. Isabel

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    Well, when you keep getting these emails and you don't even have a paypal account, you know something's up. (Though I need to get a paypal account because I'm way overdue to contribute to the bbs... actually what's holding me back is fear of paypal.) Just get rid of the emails, block them, and/or report them to your service provider.
     
    #4 Isabel, Jun 14, 2005
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    on most of the help pages of that and ebay they state that in their emails they use your real name in messages...not Paypal user etc etc.
     
    #5 Stack24, Jun 14, 2005
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    Look at the headers for the email message. These will tell you how the message was sent. If it was from a PAYPAL server, then it will say something to the likes of:
    Received: from blah blah. paypal . com (IP_address) by your_email_server. blah . com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2657.72)
    id GENERATED_ID; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:19:44 -0500
    Received: from blah . paypal .com (blah . paypal .com [ipaddress])

    If you see something suspicious on those headers, send it to the junk. Most web-based emailers allow you to see the headers, Outlook users can right-click on the message and select Options.
     
    #6 SwoLy-D, Jun 14, 2005
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    If I ever get anything unsolicited from anyone (even companies I do business with), I delete it.

    I'm not sure why anyone would ever open an unsolicited email from anyone EVAR!
     
    #7 ima_drummer2k, Jun 14, 2005
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    People still fall for the paypal scam?
     
    #8 A-Train, Jun 14, 2005
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    They must of done a mass spam last night cause I had the same one in my mail this morning. Look at the Address Bar. The one I got look exactly like PayPal site as well. The only difference was that the address bar showed http://www.langleychurch.org/bbs/log.htm. When I reported it I just got the form letter. No action from them yet.
     
    #9 PieEatinFattie, Jun 14, 2005
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    I'm always getting those things, I delete them all the time. I reported it to Paypal but it didn't stop so I just don't bother anymore.

    Never fill any personal info on a link from a e-mail
     
    #10 GRENDEL, Jun 14, 2005
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