Just Stupid

[john9001]

all those companys have a fraud div, copy the e-mail and it's header and send it to them , they will tell you if it's real or not.

do not use the link provided in the email. there will be a link on the real site.

[Jackal1]

all those companies have a fraud div, copy the e-mail and it's header and send it to them , they will tell you if it's real or not in six to twelve months if things are running smoothly.

Fixed.


About the only thing you will get is the CYA statement. "This email did not originate from < insert name here >.

[Stixx]

I see these things all the time as my wife is an avid e-bay / paypal user. Every time she gets one she lets me check it out before she deletes it. I look up the domain name, usually something along the lines of www.cunow.com/paypal.html using whois and find out who the contacts are which I then forward to my State's Attorney's fraud office.

Paypal, E-bay, your own bank will tell you that they never ask for this information in an email.

[APDrone]

FWIW, just forward those emails to spoof@paypal.com. I think they're interested in such things.

They are.. and they actually succeed.  I forward the ones I get to spoof@paypal.com all the time.. and never get any repeat e-mails from the same sender. ( whereas other spam I get many )

There's also one for ebay ( spoof@ebay.com )

One of the isps on a spoof link was a sub-domain off of a yahoo account .. I forwarded it to yahoo's customer support pointing that out, and that site disappeared real quick.

[ROX]

Phishing, definitely.

Sad but one of my friends fell for it.




ROX

[Joker]

I get those phishing emails from time to time.
If I'm not busy I reply to them with completely phony numbers and the most outrageous names and passwords I can think up.

 Joker

[REP0MAN]

They are.. and they actually succeed.  I forward the ones I get to spoof@paypal.com all the time.. and never get any repeat e-mails from the same sender. ( whereas other spam I get many )

There's also one for ebay ( spoof@ebay.com )

One of the isps on a spoof link was a sub-domain off of a yahoo account .. I forwarded it to yahoo's customer support pointing that out, and that site disappeared real quick.

Note to self*

Stop sending those emails to Drone. He's on to us!

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