on 2/26/04 4:42 AM, ClassicVW@xxxxxxx at ClassicVW@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> I usually don't get these for some reason, but there was one in my mailbox
> this morning. It has got to be the best fake mesaage yet. The style, color,
> and
> font look like a real Paypal message. It is quite bold, it asks me to verify
> who I am by asking me to supply credit card info, social security number (!)
> and a PIN number that I use with the credit card when accessing an ATM !!!!
>
> I forwarded it to PayPal security.
> Everyone stay alert out there.
>
> George s.
I get these from PayPal and eBay and invariably they are fake scams. I've
been with eBay for five years and PayPal almost that long, and I've -never-
gotten an email from them that asks for me to log in for any reason. If the
real deal guys send an announcement it always includes a web page that won't
require any login. Otherwise, after I get logged in on my own voilition,
there is a special announcement page (like when PayPal was pushing their
Visa cards...)
I always forward these to the special <spoof@xxxxxxxx> email, and they
always send back a nice message (automated I'm sure) telling me that the
forwarded message was -not- from them and thanking me for sending it. I wish
there was a way to 'back-send' a hunter-killer reply and take out the
scammers computer... something really toxic, wouldn't that be nice <g>.
Bottom line, the real guys -already- *know* our id's and passwords, they
don't have to ask. And telling me that "... my account will be deactivated
for lack of use..." is some kind of sick joke in my case -- I've got the
empty bank account to prove it!
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...
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