Pelican Parts
Parts Catalog Accessories Catalog How To Articles Tech Forums
Call Pelican Parts at 888-280-7799
Shopping Cart Cart | Project List | Order Status | Help



Go Back   Pelican Parts Forums > Miscellaneous and Off Topic Forums > Off Topic Discussions


Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread
Author
Thread Post New Thread    Reply
canna change law physics
 
red-beard's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Houston, Tejas
Posts: 43,366
Garage
New PayPal scam

Called last week by someone with a return number of (888)-895-5610

They said a PayPal credit card payment had been reversed and I needed to "take care of it".

I said, not sure if this was a scam or not, "I'm not at my desk and I would need to check my account".

He persisted. I said I was not going to do anything until I checked my account after lunch.

Checked: No issues. Anyway, I'm not selling things and taking payments with PayPal anyway.

SCAM - BEWARE

And they are calling today as well...

__________________
James
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the engineer adjusts the sails.- William Arthur Ward (1921-1994)
Red-beard for President, 2020
Old 09-25-2014, 11:42 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #1 (permalink)
Get off my lawn!
 
GH85Carrera's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 85,051
Garage
I had a similar call and I just asked him if pay pal was my pal that pays for lunch?

He hung up.
__________________
Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
Old 09-25-2014, 11:45 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #2 (permalink)
Registered
 
id10t's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 10,338
Hey, I just used PayPal to pay the guy calling from Microsoft Windows about the virus I had on my computer!
__________________
“IN MY EXPERIENCE, SUSAN, WITHIN THEIR HEADS TOO MANY HUMANS SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF WARS THAT HAPPENED CENTURIES AGO.”
Old 09-25-2014, 11:50 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #3 (permalink)
Registered
 
Don Ro's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Dismal Nitch, AZ
Posts: 9,042
Wait a second....
Paul (widgeon) wants me to pay him for his iPhone via PayPal and he gave me his phone #.
He wouldn't be one of......Nah.
__________________
Don
.
"Fully integrated people, in their transparency, tend to not be subject to mechanisms of defense, disguise, deceit, and fraudulence."
- - Don R. 1994, an excerpt from My Ass From a Hole in the Ground - A Comparative View
Old 09-25-2014, 12:31 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #4 (permalink)
"O"man(are we in trouble)
 
widgeon13's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: On the edge
Posts: 16,452
Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Ro View Post
Wait a second....
Paul (widgeon) wants me to pay him for his iPhone via PayPal and he gave me his phone #.
He wouldn't be one of......Nah.
I'm a trusting soul but have you seen the ads for the new Liam Neeson movie??
Old 09-25-2014, 01:29 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #5 (permalink)
Registered
 
Don Ro's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Dismal Nitch, AZ
Posts: 9,042
Ah....no.
But ought I be noivus 'bout sumpin?
__________________
Don
.
"Fully integrated people, in their transparency, tend to not be subject to mechanisms of defense, disguise, deceit, and fraudulence."
- - Don R. 1994, an excerpt from My Ass From a Hole in the Ground - A Comparative View
Old 09-25-2014, 01:33 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #6 (permalink)
 
"O"man(are we in trouble)
 
widgeon13's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: On the edge
Posts: 16,452
Well, you're helping my post count.
Old 09-25-2014, 01:34 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #7 (permalink)
Used Up User
 
imcarthur's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Toronto
Posts: 8,311
Garage
Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Ro View Post
Wait a second....
Paul (widgeon) wants me to pay him for his iPhone via PayPal and he gave me his phone #.
He wouldn't be one of......Nah.
I would be suspicious. You might be on to someone truly heinous. Just think . . . he has only been a member here for under 9 years. This means he has diabolical patience. And his post count? That's just filler. Waiting quietly for the right opportunity to strike. And you are it.

Ian
__________________
'87 Carrera Cab

----- “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.” A. Einstein -----
Old 09-25-2014, 01:40 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #8 (permalink)
83 911 Production Cab #10
 
JJ 911SC's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 11,134
Garage
Quote:
Originally Posted by id10t View Post
Hey, I just used PayPal to pay the guy calling from Microsoft Windows about the virus I had on my computer!
Did you get a free trip from MS?
__________________
Who Will Live... Will See

83 911 Production Cab #10, Slightly Modified: Unslanted, 3.2, PMO EFI, TECgt, CE 911 CAM Sync / Pulley / Wires, SSI, Dansk Sport 2/2, 17" Euromeister, CKO GT3 Seats, Going SOK Super Charger
Old 09-25-2014, 01:46 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #9 (permalink)
Registered
 
Don Ro's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Dismal Nitch, AZ
Posts: 9,042
" Waiting quietly for the right opportunity to strike. And you are it."
.
Does he make videos of his throat-cuttin'?
__________________
Don
.
"Fully integrated people, in their transparency, tend to not be subject to mechanisms of defense, disguise, deceit, and fraudulence."
- - Don R. 1994, an excerpt from My Ass From a Hole in the Ground - A Comparative View
Old 09-25-2014, 01:46 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #10 (permalink)
Used Up User
 
imcarthur's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Toronto
Posts: 8,311
Garage
Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Ro View Post
Does he make videos of his throat-cuttin'?
One would hope so.

Ian

__________________
'87 Carrera Cab

----- “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.” A. Einstein -----
Old 09-25-2014, 02:10 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #11 (permalink)
Reply


 


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 02:34 PM.


 
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0
Copyright 2025 Pelican Parts, LLC - Posts may be archived for display on the Pelican Parts Website -    DMCA Registered Agent Contact Page
 

DTO Garage Plus vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.