frank m Posted January 18, 2005 Report Posted January 18, 2005 WATCH OUT, GUYS. I just received an email purportedly from Paypal, with their logo and everything. They say I have to update my account and want my password and all, and they want it by the end of this month or they'll cancel my account. I got suspicious and called the real Paypal and they said indeed that it was a scam. So if you've gotten one of these, and particularly if you've given these buggers any information, check your account and FAST. Quote
J.A.W. Posted January 18, 2005 Report Posted January 18, 2005 Scams like this one have been going on for years now. You can report them to eBay, PayPal's parent company, by forwarding the e-mails to spoof@ebay.com Quote
AllenLowe Posted January 18, 2005 Report Posted January 18, 2005 Give me your password, bank account number,and credit card number and I'll take care of it for you - Quote
sheldonm Posted January 18, 2005 Report Posted January 18, 2005 Give me your password, bank account number,and credit card number and I'll take care of it for you - Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted January 18, 2005 Report Posted January 18, 2005 Give me your password, bank account number,and credit card number and I'll take care of it for you - BEWARE! Allen Lowe is not really Mr. Lowe but a scammer. I am Mr. Lowe. Please give me your credit card number and I'll go buy some new sho... I mean, take care of this for you. Quote
catesta Posted January 18, 2005 Report Posted January 18, 2005 Scams like this one have been going on for years now. You can report them to eBay, PayPal's parent company, by forwarding the e-mails to spoof@ebay.com I went this route when I got the same email a year or two ago. Not that the other recommendations given were not good ones as well. Quote
Claude Posted January 18, 2005 Report Posted January 18, 2005 (edited) I just received an email purportedly from Paypal, with their logo and everything. The sender address of an email can easily be faked. The only reliable way to check who sent the email is to look for the IP address of the originating server (in Outlook Express, go to the Options of the message window to display the complete email header) and then to check if this IP address has something to do with paypal (do a IP Whois at www.samspade.org). If it is the IP address of a server in Russia or China, you can be sure it's a scam. Edited January 18, 2005 by Claude Quote
AllenLowe Posted January 19, 2005 Report Posted January 19, 2005 you know what I do? I fill out the fake forms with fake passwords and lots of obscenities - like my pass word is: gofuc*yourself - it doesn't really do any good but it keeps me amused - Quote
Christiern Posted January 19, 2005 Report Posted January 19, 2005 I get them regularly. You have to reveal the headers before you send them off to abuse or spoof, otherwise there isn't a thing the people can do with it. Quote
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