Re: OT - Spoof Warning

2004-05-06 Thread Wayne
When I clicked on the Click here link and entered my email addr and PayPal P/W, This was the red flag here, no legitimate site would ask you to log on from the email, instead, they ask you to go there and log on on yourself. I have gotten numerous emails that are similar from ebay, paypal,

Re: OT - Spoof Warning

2004-05-06 Thread Susan Platter
: OT - Spoof Warning From: Stephen Kerney [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Buyer Beware (sorry in advance for the length): I received an email Monday I thought was from PayPal ([EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]) asking me, by name, to confirm my

Re: OT - Spoof Warning

2004-05-06 Thread Harry D . Corsover
On May 6, 2004, at 6:11 AM, Wayne wrote: This was the red flag here, no legitimate site would ask you to log on from the email, instead, they ask you to go there and log on on yourself. My experience is different. At least two of my credit card companies send me notices with a link to log onto

Re: OT - Spoof Warning

2004-05-06 Thread darm0k
At 09:54 AM -0600 05/06/2004, Harry D. Corsover wrote: On May 6, 2004, at 6:11 AM, Wayne wrote: This was the red flag here, no legitimate site would ask you to log on from the email, instead, they ask you to go there and log on on yourself. My experience is different. At least two of my credit

Re: OT - Spoof Warning

2004-05-06 Thread Timothy J. Luoma
On Wed, 5 May 2004 22:50:31 -0600, Harry D.Corsover [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: None of these companies will ever ask you for passwords, credit card info, etc. in an email. True but the scammers generally send you to a website that looks remarkably like the original. Lack of https is a big

Re: OT - Spoof Warning

2004-05-06 Thread peter webster
Small world: the email just before this one was from paypal too. I automatically tossed it. Never have had a paypal account...Yeah, I am a Luddite. Buyer Beware (sorry in advance for the length): I received an email Monday I thought was from PayPal ([EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]) asking

Re: OT - Spoof Warning

2004-05-06 Thread roth
- Spoof Warning From: Stephen Kerney [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Buyer Beware (sorry in advance for the length): I received an email Monday I thought was from PayPal ([EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]) asking me, by name, to confirm my account

OT - Spoof Warning

2004-05-05 Thread Stephen Kerney
Buyer Beware (sorry in advance for the length): I received an email Monday I thought was from PayPal ([EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]) asking me, by name, to confirm my account info since it'd been a relatively long time since I'd last logged into PayPal. It listed the last 4 digits of my

Re: OT - Spoof Warning

2004-05-05 Thread Richard Bae
Good to let everyone know, this has been running around for some time. I've received it a few times and realized it was a fake when I was getting the same message to an e-mail account I don't have a paypal to. Also there's been a similar one running around that looks like its from eBay

Re: OT - Spoof Warning

2004-05-05 Thread Rad Craig
There's also one going around claiming to be from citibank. I forwarded it to the Secret Service's SCAM hunters. Rad... On 5/5/04 10:11 PM, Richard Bae [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good to let everyone know, this has been running around for some time. I've received it a few times and realized

Re: OT - Spoof Warning

2004-05-05 Thread Harry D . Corsover
On May 5, 2004, at 9:11 PM, Richard Bae wrote: Good to let everyone know, this has been running around for some time. I've received it a few times and realized it was a fake when I was getting the same message to an e-mail account I don't have a paypal to. Also there's been a similar one