 Fake Paypal Email Messages, take a look and be aware |
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 Aug 24 2005, 01:42 AM
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Desperately seeking "any key" to continue...  Group: Admin Posts: 3,468 Joined: 23-April 05 From: Trap17 storage box Member No.: 6,042  |
I have seen posts about what kind of messages are out there fooling members to give up private information--especially when PayPal sent you one. Oh no! No way, PayPal address cannot be faked. Wrong. I almost gave away my entire personal information about 3 years ago. And the fake messages are getting better and better. Even the site that links to looks too real. So I decided to share this with you, in hopes that no one from TRAP17 are suckered into giving up what is private information.
PS I know everyone knows this but let's spread the word and see how many more we can educate. Post in original as you can. Sorry that my gif conversion cause some color information loss. What I received in my inbox  When I click on the link, it almost fooled me but thank god the site was taken down 
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Aug 24 2005, 01:59 AM
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Super Member  Group: Members Posts: 302 Joined: 17-June 05 From: Frankfurt, Germany Member No.: 8,358 |
yeah i hate those good thing gmail filters them out quite well. another hint at it being a hoax would be looking at the domain. which can also be cloak but this one wasnt. they uses multiple subdomains to achieve a www.paypal.com infront of the ecgi2.us. just though id point it out.
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Aug 24 2005, 03:32 AM
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Newbie [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 20-August 05 Member No.: 10,920 |
yes gmail is good about getting rid of most of them but thanks for the screenshot. it does look like something paypal might send out.
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Aug 24 2005, 07:30 AM
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Newbie [Level 3] Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 21-August 05 Member No.: 10,947 |
Well, I sometimes get a mail like that too and I also have a account on paypal and so I click on the link and the browser came up with the same result are yours too.
Oh well, I have a gmail account but did not use it  Is it can block the letter or mail like that?
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Aug 24 2005, 07:41 AM
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.::UniCorN::. Group: Members Posts: 973 Joined: 19-September 04 From: Dalian CHN Member No.: 1,192 |
yeah,luckly gmail can filter them out automaticly.i do dislike that kind of message...hope more and more E-mail system can deal with this shortcoming and againt any kind of dangerous message.
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Aug 24 2005, 11:08 AM
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Privileged Member Group: Members Posts: 661 Joined: 18-April 05 Member No.: 5,852 |
Yes Gmail does take those types of e-mails quite seriously because you can report them seperate from their annoying cousins that we call spam. I am really glad you told us about this and I am really glad that the site was down. I don't know why people do stuff like this its just not right.
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Aug 24 2005, 07:55 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 119 Joined: 3-August 05 Member No.: 10,207 |
oh ... seems scary... but i thing it's a old method for hacking others info.
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Dec 6 2005, 08:56 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 119 Joined: 6-December 05 Member No.: 15,428 |
Oh I hate those stupid fake paypal emails. I get a lot of them and I'm never sure whether or not they're believable.
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Dec 22 2005, 06:51 AM
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Member [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 55 Joined: 20-December 05 From: Jakarta - Indonesia Member No.: 15,976 |
I Always turn off HTML for my email setting. so i always be carefull about from whom i get email.
I use Yahoo and Gmail as my default email . in yahoo i always got email like that . Just pointing your mouse to the link then right click and copy link address and you will find a fake website. the best way is just protect your email ( and check about bulk mail or spam email) if you're not sure what you do. leave that email alone |
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