OT: Paypal Scam

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Actually, it wasn't me that received this email, it was my colleague at 
work.  Since he doesn't even have a Paypal account, his information is 
thankfully quite safe.  What is funny though, is they are spreading 
around an application for you to execute to "update your information". 

Regards,

Jeff



Richard A Sharpe wrote:

> 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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