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Old 04-19-2006, 11:16 AM
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I got this in my e-mail. I'm thinking its a way to hack my account. No one knows my pw but my brother. Scam or no scam? has anyone gottin this before?




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Old 04-19-2006, 11:26 AM
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they are called fishing scams. you'll notice its services@paypal not service@paypal.













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Old 04-19-2006, 11:28 AM
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aight. Thanks for the info.
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Old 04-19-2006, 12:11 PM
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I got one of those few days ago, I was using some "hide id" program and it just asked for my secret question and my password over and over and over. I couldn’t log in so I just turned the ip program off and I logged in just fine. weird
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Old 04-19-2006, 12:17 PM
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I don't open any emails from paypal whatsoever, for any reason. Any time there has been an issue it pops up when I sign in.
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Old 04-19-2006, 12:27 PM
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Yeah man, Paypal will tell you they never send you emails like that to verify your information.

If you move your mouse to the link they gave you without clicking it, in the bottom of your browser(assuming you use internet explorer), it should give you the address it's about to open, it's actually going to some other site not paypal, usually some kid in some college bored with life.

Don't open it. Sign directly to paypal.com and if there's a problem they will tell you before going to your account.
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Old 04-19-2006, 12:53 PM
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The link in the email definitely leads to a different site although the link text says paypal.com
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Old 04-19-2006, 12:58 PM
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ya i think you can forward it to spoof@paypal or somethin to report it.

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