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PayPal Internet Scam Alert

#1 Postby Miss Mary » Mon Feb 20, 2006 9:14 am

Saw this on a local newsite:

http://www.wcpo.com/news/2006/local/02/19/paypal.html

Police Warn Of PayPal Internet Scam

Reported by: 9News
Web produced by: Neil Relyea
Photographed by: 9News
First posted: 2/19/2006 11:03:31 PM
If you have a "Paypal" account, Cincinnati police are urging you to be careful of the latest Internet scam.

It involves an e-mail about disputed charges.

For more information, the receiver is directed to a hypertext.

It does take you to Paypal, but not before flashing you past a Canadian website where police believe your credit card information may be stolen.

If you get such an e-mail, don't act on it.

If you have responded, you're urged to contact Paypal and your credit card company immediately.
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#2 Postby gtalum » Mon Feb 20, 2006 9:16 am

Basically if any bank or financial instituion sends you an email about your account, it's a scam. No reputable financial institution will notify you of account troubles this way.
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#3 Postby Stephanie » Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:40 am

I'm ALWAYS getting in my bulk mail folder requests to "reactivate" my account at PayPal from a spammer. :roll:

PayPal encourages you to report this emails to them.
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#4 Postby O Town » Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:46 am

Stephanie wrote:I'm ALWAYS getting in my bulk mail folder requests to "reactivate" my account at PayPal from a spammer. :roll:

PayPal encourages you to report this emails to them.

Yup me too. They never address you by your name and thats one way I know. If I am in doubt, I delete the email and go directley to my pay pal account and check there.
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#5 Postby coriolis » Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:48 am

Thanks for the reminder. I get them too once in a while. I forward them on to ebay and get a nice thank you each time.
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