PayPal scam... watch out!
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i've been getting fake pay pal stuff for as long as i remember. i've never used pay pal, so i know to just delete the stuff.
Me too as far as phishing emails go, but this one is better than most because the way they've faked the URL will probably fool more people than the average PayPal scam.
I think everyone has recieved these recently.
I've been getting them every week for the last month.
Except they are talking about me adding some email address to my account. "to approve this email address, click here" and then it points to some other address.
I'm sure paypal is doing what it can to combat these folks.
I've been getting them every week for the last month.
Except they are talking about me adding some email address to my account. "to approve this email address, click here" and then it points to some other address.
I'm sure paypal is doing what it can to combat these folks.
I get ****loads of these, for a while now. Basically if it isn't remotely obvious (and after a dozen, even the best i know before opening even. 
), then i just see where it's sent to. If it's been forwarded from my university email, it's definately phishing.
****ing university mail has no filtering, i swear.
Yeah, anyway, basically ignore everything that A) wants you to confirm ANYTHING
B) mentions a bank account, even in passing
C)Claims to be an official mail from, say, amazon, or etc, and includes the phrase about "using your registered name to prove the mail is genuine" then doesn't actually mention the name itself.
Phishing is the new spam.
), then i just see where it's sent to. If it's been forwarded from my university email, it's definately phishing. ****ing university mail has no filtering, i swear.
Yeah, anyway, basically ignore everything that A) wants you to confirm ANYTHING
B) mentions a bank account, even in passing
C)Claims to be an official mail from, say, amazon, or etc, and includes the phrase about "using your registered name to prove the mail is genuine" then doesn't actually mention the name itself.
Phishing is the new spam.
I only seem to get ones that purport to be from banks and companies I don't have anything to do with
I delete all my stuff on the server of my ISP. It doesn't even get downloaded to my PC. In fact, i don't use Outlook Express. I just view and reply to mail directly on the server. My filtering tool is "me." I don't have to worry if my filtering tool is working properly or not.
As you can see, i get this paypal scam, and idiots trying to sell me meds and whatever else they can think of just to get me to click on their email.
As you can see, i get this paypal scam, and idiots trying to sell me meds and whatever else they can think of just to get me to click on their email.
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This is what I love about the Internet. I have all these friendly people who want to say hello and who are concerned about me. Concerned about my erections, whether or not I’m paying too much for meds, career news from people who have no idea if I really ever went to college or am a professional, people who crack me up because their subject line makes no sense or has gross spelling errors, or folks who don’t know me but can’t wait to chat with their “buddy.” Yep, gotta love that ol’ Internet.
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i have "hotsexynatalie" emailing me all the time. she said she saw my 'profile' on the internet and that i am "hot". as much as i would love a cute russian girl to be trying to hook up with me, something tells me it might be a scam..... i think it's that i never posted a "profile".
Yes, hotsexynatalie is likely a 287 pound Australian man with 3 teeth, half an arm, and pimples on his butt cheeks; trying to make a buck.