paypal phish

sucks2beme
sucks2beme Posts: 5,605
edited March 2008 in The Clubhouse
So I get one today.

Dear PayPal Customer,

PayPal is committed to maintaining a safe environment for our community of customers. To protect the security of your account, PayPal employs some of the most advanced security systems in the world and our anti-fraud teams regularly screen the PayPal system for unusual activity.

We are contacting you to remind that on 28 March 2008 our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account. In accordance with PayPal's User Agreement and to ensure that your account has not been compromised, access to your account was limited. Your account access will remain limited until this issue has been resolved.


Dumb asses. Today's the 26th.:eek: You'd have to be pretty stupid to fall
for that one. Every time you bid on EBAy, you get that crap.
There's a reason I haven't bid in months, and haven't bought anything in years.
"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • edbert
    edbert Posts: 1,041
    edited March 2008
    It sounds like you are being attacked by someone from the future! It's more serious than you realize. Please send all your audio equipment to me. It's the only way to preserve the world in its current fragile state!
    I know just enough to be dangerous, but don't tell my wife, she thinks I'm a genius. :D

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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited March 2008
    Geez -- it sucks2beyou.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited March 2008
    Last time I bid on ebay, I got multiple e-mails every day claiming to be the seller and wanting me to settle outside ebay and other crap. Stupid stupid people...
    Jake
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited March 2008
    Sorry, I meant to send that to you sooner. My bad.
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited March 2008
    Your future self is trying screw over your current self.

    In 2 days, someone is probably going to tell you to go f*** yourself and this will be the result. You're going to hunt down the YOU 2 days in the past and try to f*** him with a scam.
    No excuses!
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,605
    edited March 2008
    I think it's just my future self telling me to stay the hell off EBAY.

    I really need to stick to the CP fleamarket.
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited March 2008
    Thank god I haven't bought anything on their yet. I've already flagged ebay mail as spam.
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2008
    i get those from Paypal and a few banks.. claiming I need to update my account and password... banks I don't even have accounts with. Yeahhh.. let me get back to you on that one.
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited March 2008
    Hmmm... I never get those kind of emails and I use PayPal and ebay extensively.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited March 2008
    I'll get on that right away.
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  • joeparaski
    joeparaski Posts: 1,865
    edited March 2008
    I get the same crap. U.S. banks wanting to update my info (I'm in Canada). Paypal updates, and E-bay disputes. I wonder how many people they actually get to click on the link?

    Joe
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  • dpowell
    dpowell Posts: 3,068
    edited March 2008
    That's interesting. I was just noticing a drop in the number of phishing emails. Now I know why. I haven't bid on any Ebay items for quite awhile.
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited March 2008
    dpowell wrote: »
    That's interesting. I was just noticing a drop in the number of phishing emails. Now I know why. I haven't bid on any Ebay items for quite awhile.

    Oh, maybe the bidding thing is the reason I don't get them. I rarely bid. It sucks to lose. I always use Buy It Now.
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited March 2008
    I dump them in my spam bin and I haven't gotten one for a while.
    I rarely bid. It sucks to lose.

    Someone pointed out to me when I win, I'm the one person in the entire world that thinks that item is worth that much.

    That changed my perspective on losing.:D
    My equipment sig felt inadequate and deleted itself.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited March 2008
    Maybe you guys knew this but when you get these paypal and ebay phishing scams you can forward them to spoof@paypal.com and spoof@ebay.com and supposedly they will investigate it......
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,605
    edited March 2008
    I do forward them. But I doubt it has much effect.
    Ebay has so many scams being run at any one time,
    I think they're overwhelmed.
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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