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Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20040319052013.02885e30@mail.comcast.net>
From: macecil at comcast.net (Michael Cecil)
Subject: Is this a paypal scam?
jschmidt@...ler.com wrote:
>http://218.62.43.30/verify.html
>
>Signed up for paypal 2 weeks ago, and then this came in the mail as a link
>in a paypal looking html email asking me to confirm by entering my credit
>card/account info.
>I've only purchased 1 thing since signing up; it was from ebay from a
>longtime seller with nearly 100% positive feedback, and I received the
>equipment as expected.
>If this is a scam, then maybe paypal has some employees passing new
>account info outside the company.
>
>-jamie-
Short answer: Yes, it is a scam.
I don't have any paypal account (and never will) but I routinely get these
kind of emails. I get them apparently from banks and credit card companies
as well.
Good rule of thumb - never click on a link in email. Always use your
existing known-good URL for paypal (or whatever), then check the site for
security announcements, etc.
--
Michael Cecil
macecil@...cast.net
http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/howto/
http://home.comcast.net/~antiviruscd/
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