On Sep 28, 2005, at 12:56 PM, Tom Meade wrote:
On Sep 28, 2005, at 11:47 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
Paypal has a reputation of being more aggressive protecting the
the buyer
than the seller, which is where most of the complaints I've ever
seen
arise, freezing sellers accounts upon a complaint.
Well, they have to be - as PayPal account holders seem to be spoof
magnets,
at least in my experience. I've had four attempts in the past
several months with
ruses improving each time, cleverly playing off PP's security
issues with great graphics,
etc. - but thankfully, always that subtle little slip -
uncharacteristic grammar, idiom, etc.,
so whoosh - it's off to [EMAIL PROTECTED], which of course triggers
those reassuring
blandishments and preachy tutorials from PP (or are they?).
Paypal "account holders" like [EMAIL PROTECTED] cy.arizona.edu? Nah,
those spoofs go to everyone, you just THINK it's paypal accounts
because you have one.
I get the same thing from banks I've never heard of.
The latest is angry e-mails from jilted Ebay buyers threatening to
call the police on you: "I paid you and have not to received my
thing!" again, the poor english is a dead giveaway, along with the
fact that I have NEVER sold anything on E-bay, ever.
They're getting better: the latest scam is to give your phishing
website a self-signed certificate : <http://tinyurl.com/cte3k>.
Bottom line: NEVER click through on one of those e-mails.
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Bruce Johnson
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