Carl: It's obviously some kind of scam; no reputable company would do this; and you were smart not to give any info. It's possible that you typed something "close" to the PayPal address and you got the scam site. For example, I belong to Earthlink, and if I slightly mistype and type something like Earthink (leaving out a letter) I end up getting something called "Earthlink" but it's not the real Earthlink. Good luck. -- db
-----Original Message----- >From: Carl Nygren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sep 12, 2008 10:31 PM >To: G3-5 List <g3-5-list@googlegroups.com> >Subject: PayPal Fraud...? > > >Hello all, > >I was going to log on to PayPal now, but a site popped up asking for >name, address, credit card number, CVV2, date of credit card expiry, >bank account info, and Social Security Number. > >What bothers me is a) Why would PayPal ask for this, and b) I live in >Sweden and I am a Swedish citizen. :) >I do not have a Social Security Number - since I do not live in the >US. > >I did not submit any info at all. >I did however send an email to PayPal asking how exactly they are >expecting me to fill out this form. >I've had to deal with their stupid tech support earlier and made it >very clear that I am not a citizen or resident of the United States, >that I have no such thing as a SSN, and that I am concerned about >this. What if it is a scam? >I submitted the email under the category "Password Problem" which was >the most related category I could find. > >So what I'm trying to ask here is: has anyone else outside the States >run into this? >Is it a scam or is PayPal going nuts? > >I know this is not related to Macs, but I figured I'd ask the smartest >list first :) > >So Listers - what do you think of this? > >Carl > > >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
