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Tagger 05-14-2004 04:06 PM

Be Careful !!!!
 
Just got an email from paypal. had all the right stickers and look .. They wanted a credit update ..all accounts,,bank ,,checking ,, Credit card .,,with numbers and passwords ..I forward it to Paypal Fraud dept.. Guess What ???? wasn't from them .. this page looked good .. Had a little scare tactic too .. If you didn't get this info to them your account would be cancelled..Now I'm wondering if I filled one of these updates out before ?

basswipe 05-14-2004 04:08 PM

If they're asking for passwords its definitely a scam!

justplugit 05-14-2004 05:07 PM

Thanks for the heads up Tagster:)Bastages.:af:

RI Popper 05-15-2004 07:24 AM

Hi Tagger, Same thing happened to me a few weeks back. I forwarded it to the Fraud unit and they confirmed it was a spoof mail and are investigating it. I will right click on the from in outlook espress and then click on the details to see who really sent it. Try it it's interesting.

scoobe 05-15-2004 09:24 AM

That's not always going to work. The internet email standard is built such that anyone can spoof anything.

Just live by this rule... NEVER EVER send out sensitive information in these emails. Most companies try to protect against this by having a policy that says they will never ask for your information this way.


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