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Join Date: May 2007
Location: The Voodoo Lounge
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PayPal email - No red flags here!
 
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12-20-2009, 07:54 AM
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Location: CA
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Just try to imagine how many suckers will respond to that. If no-one did, these scams wouldn't still be commonplace.
My dumbass sister, who regularly posts her name (including maiden name & mother's maiden name) date of birth and address on FaceBook can't imagine for the life of her how someone compromised her debit card.
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12-20-2009, 07:58 AM
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Son of a Son of a Sailor
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Birmingham, Al
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OMG! I've seen other fake PayPal emails, but this must be the worst!
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12-20-2009, 11:13 AM
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Location: Linn County, Oregon
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I don't/won't use paypal...have heard too many horror stories.
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12-20-2009, 11:25 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
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Send it to spoof@paypal.com
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12-20-2009, 12:58 PM
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Blockchain Tech Inventor
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: US fn A!
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Yeah, lots of horror stories out there, and there's always a story.
Unfortunately, people bite on scams like the one above and for some reason those same people don't apply caution to email messages like they do to people that show up at their doorstep. Accounts get hacked due to easy passwords, well that's just dumb users too. I don't see this as PayPal's fault or something inherently wrong with the system. I've been with PayPal for many years and several hundred transactions and have never had a problem. Having a PayPal account makes many transactions much easier (as does having credit cards) and I don't have to share my credit card information with any additonal sellers or merchants.
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12-20-2009, 01:42 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
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Seems legit, it's from the "Department of examining the accounts of payPal.." after all.
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12-20-2009, 01:51 PM
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i'm just a cook
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: downtown vernon,central new york
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i would wonder about the use of the word "cordialemente"?
Cordialement / Bien Cordialement - WordReference Forums |
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