Scam Warning!

[yourdaynow]

Beware of Fake PayPal and eBay Emails
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No no no, don't touch that link!

(Sigh) The crooks are at it again. Sending fake but
official-looking email notices directing us to "update" our
accounts within 24 hours or else. If we don't, "failure to
update your records will result in account termination." We
got these from both PayPal and eBay today.

The PayPal version gives us a handy-dandy "Click here to
activate your account." We are instructed to enter our
login information after that. Yeah right.

Do NOT touch that link!

Oh, and they give us the alternative of "logging into your
PayPal account" at a phony address that is as cleverly
disguised as the fraudulent email itself.

Do NOT go there!

We've seen similar fakes before but none as well done as
this one. You can see a complete picture of it at
http://www.millerbridges.com/pp_spoof.htm

The eBay version goes "We regret to inform you that your
eBay account could be suspended if you don't re-update your
account information. To resolve this problem visit the link
below and re-enter your account information." "RE-update?"
C'mon. Gimme a break.

And on an on about the "problem" and the devastatingly
fearsome prospect of not only having your eBay account
"suspended." You would also be "prohibited" from ever again
using eBay "in any way." Horrors! Are you scaired to death yet?

Do NOT touch that link either! Be especially careful with
this phoney eBay email. The WHOLE email is one graphic
that is hot-linked to a phoney site. Don't click anywhere
on that phoney eBay email. It's hot!

What to do: Get rid of these emails and tell your friends.


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It happend to me already and It had a virus
Mary
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[justinpowell]

There are unfortunately many versions of these 'phishing' scams whereby spammers send fraudulent e-mails looking to capture personal information from unsuspecting recipients. I've seen one purporting to be from Chase Bank making the rounds lately and have seen many posing to be other financial institutions. It only takes a tiny percentage of people responding to the fraud to make it profitable for the spammer.

As you point out, someone receiving an e-mail purporting to be from a financial institution should never click on any link and/or type anything into form fields. If the e-mail seems to come from a financial institution you do business with, close the e-mail and instead go directly to their web site using your web browser.

[yourdaynow]

Hi Justin,

Just today I receive the Chase Spam Email.
I go to www.spamcop.com and send a complain.

[yourdaynow]

I just received this.
WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING!
URGENT - HOAX WARNING FOR ALL MEMBERS

Warning READ AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Get this sent around to your contacts ASAP...we don't need this
spreading around.....

PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND

CONTACTS:

You should be alert during the next days:

Do not open any message with an attached filed called "Invitation"
regardless of who sent it, It is a virus that opens an Olympic Torch which
"burns" the whole hard disc C of your computer. This virus will be
received from someone who has your e-mail address in his/her contact list,
that is why you should send this e-mail to all your contacts. It is
better to receive this message 25 times than to receive the virus and
open it.

If you receive a mail called "invitation", though sent by a friend,do
not open it and shut down your computer immediately.

This is the worst virus announced by CNN, it has been classified by
Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever.

This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is no repair
yet for this kind of virus.

This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where the
vital information is kept.

SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW,

COPY THIS E-MAIL AND SEND! IT TO YOUR FRIENDS

AND REMEMBER: IF YOU SEND IT TO THEM, YOU WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US.

Thought I would pass this on to my members.

Would not want this to happen to you.


your friend,
Mary:eek:

[motoko99]

I have been getting a lot of those e-mails recently! One re-occurring one is from "barkley's bank". I don't even have an account with them. I have also received some from "Ebay" albeit slightly different to the one you described. My one advertised data entry people required for ebay.. blah blah enter details!! But the best by far are the ones that supposedely entail a bank account sitting in africa and a persecuted person wanting to flee their home country. spread the e-mail and help their cause. You reward a share of their savings. Please provide your bank details for a reward. Lol Anyway, there really are a lot of these scams floating about. So do be cautious and never give out any credit details!

[nancyphander]

Thanks for the info.I get the paypal one once in a while.I cant believe what people do.I would like to tell those people where to go :cuss:

[yourdaynow]

"Yeah":t12: :thumb: