OT: Paypal Scam
Richard A Sharpe
rasharpe at earthlink.net
Sun Nov 16 07:29:02 EST 2003
Got a simular email from a Earthlink scam. You should only go to the
company website to make any changes to account info or else you fall
right into the scam trap.
Rich
On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 21:45, Jefferson Kirkland wrote:
> Hello everyone! I know this is way off topic, but for anyone in the
> distribution list that has a Paypal account, it should interest you. My
> colleague at work received an email with the subject: "YOUR PAYPAL.COM
> ACCOUNT EXPIRES"
> The funny thing about this is, he doesn't have a Paypal account, so it
> definately raised an eyebrow or two. Below is the contents of the
> email, which was supposed to be delivered with an application, but our
> work email system stripped it off. Anywho, my collegue called Paypal
> and questioned them about it and the guy he talked to said that they
> were recently aware of the scam and to not reply to the email.
>
> The senders email address was: "donotreply at paypal.com". Also, below,
> where it says "youremailaddress at domain.com" was my colleagues email
> address. I just thought everyone should be made aware of this if they
> weren't already.
>
> ------ begin email -------
>
> Dear PayPal member,
>
> PayPal would like to inform you about some important information regarding
> your PayPal account. This account, which is associated with the email
> address
>
> youremailaddress at domain.com
>
> will be expiring within five business days. We apologize for any
> inconvenience that this may cause, but this is occurring because all of our
> customers are required to update their account settings with their personal
> information.
>
> We are taking these actions because we are implementing a new security
> policy on our website to insure everyone's absolute privacy. To avoid any
> interruption in PayPal services then you will need to run the application
> that we have sent with this email (see attachment) and follow the
> instructions. Please do not send your personal information through email,
> as it will not be as secure.
>
> IMPORTANT! If you do not update your information with our secure
> application within the next five business days then we will be forced to
> deactivate your account and you will not be able to use your PayPal account
> any longer. It is strongly recommended that you take a few minutes out of
> your busy day and complete this now.
>
> DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE VIA EMAIL! This mail is sent by an automated
> message system and the reply will not be received.
>
> Thank you for using PayPal.
>
> paspfmhf
>
>
> ------- end email ----------
>
> Regards,
>
> Jeff Kirkland
>
>
>
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