OT: Paypal Scam

[Richard A Sharpe]

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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