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PAYPAL SCAM - 7/17/2005 10:58:00 AM    whiskeyman Posts: 2006 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline Just got an email that appeared to be from Paypal. Said I had added a new email address to my account. That to verify I needed to log in at the link provided and give password, new addy,etc... Sent it to spoof@paypal.com and they confirmed it was a fake. Neither Ebay or Paypal will ask for your password and other personal info in an email...remember that and you'll be safer. _____________________________ * Member: Bristol Historical Assoc....and... Friends of Steeles Creek Nature Center & Park President: Bristol Tenn-Va Bottle Club Author of: Spirits & Medicinal Bottles of Bristol,TN-VA. My WebSite: www.bristol-tenn-va-bottles.com Post #: 1

RE: PAYPAL SCAM - 7/17/2005 5:21:14 PM    IRISH   Posts: 1238 Joined: 11/23/2002 From: cockatoo Australia Status: offline Heaps of that sort of thing out there, I suppose of millions of spam email's they send there will be a few newbies who respond each time making it worth the while of the scammers to send another batch . (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 2

RE: PAYPAL SCAM - 9/23/2005 10:20:09 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2006 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline IRISH...so true. Got a new veryyyy PayPal appearing email today that said I had bought & paid for a Rolex watch....to dispute the charges I was to click on the link provided...and evidently enter my password,etc... I didn't bite...sent it to PayPal and they verified it was also a "phishing" (ie:fake) email...and they were going to track down the source. < Message edited by whiskeyman -- 9/23/2005 10:21:10 PM > _____________________________ * Member: Bristol Historical Assoc....and... Friends of Steeles Creek Nature Center & Park President: Bristol Tenn-Va Bottle Club Author of: Spirits & Medicinal Bottles of Bristol,TN-VA. My WebSite: www.bristol-tenn-va-bottles.com (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 3

RE: PAYPAL SCAM - 10/26/2005 11:39:14 PM    DiggerBryan   Posts: 803 Joined: 12/3/2004 From: Ohio Status: offline Hey Whiskeyman I got the same email the other day. I started freakin' out. (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 4

RE: PAYPAL SCAM - 2/7/2006 7:33:02 AM    walkingstick Posts: 310 Joined: 1/28/2006 From: World Wide (presently Bemidji, MN Status: offline When you open your email from paypal, it will always include your real name on the email. If it does not have your real name on it, it is a scam and should be "spoofed". Spoof it at spoof@paypal.com. _____________________________ Wil Grolsch bottles ... oh yeah, I know them well. They are for bottling homebrew ... aren't they? Photographer, homebrewer and meade maker for barter purposes (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 5

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