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Just remember: Never, ever give out sensitive information to a link received from an unsolicited e-mail even if it looks legit. It is very easy to close down the e-mail, and then just directly log onto the site in question (whether PayPal, eBay, BestBuy, etc.) and check things out. When you log onto the site directly, you know you have reached the actual site of the company, and not just a pretty picture a scammer took you to.
Same thing applies at home people. When is the last time you got a phone call from your credit card company specifying that there was some "unusual activity" on one of your cards? Did you answer their questions and give them the info they wanted? 9 times out of 10 these are legit, but that 10th time someone has just gotten all of your credit card info. If you get such calls, let the caller know that you cannot verify their identity and that you will call the phone number on the back of your credit card to pursue the matter. If the call is really from the credit card company, they have no trouble with this. And when you make the call, you know who you are talking to.
Good luck out there,
Tom
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