Oi, SimonL

[alexmegami]

What was the address to forward PayPal scam e-mail?

Silly scammers, not everyone in the world has PayPal.

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Bloody hell, you expect me to remember?

[phreeque.livejournal.com]

It'll be in there help thingy somewhere... hang on...

Oh, heh. It's an easy one: spoof@paypal.com .


As quoted from the help thingy:

"Q: How can I tell the difference between a real PayPal email and a fake one?

"A: The term spoofing and phishing have been used to describe the act of collecting personal information using a fake email in order to commit identity theft, credit card, and Internet fraud. If you click on a link included in an email you're not sure is from PayPal, make sure the address at the top of the browser window you're brought to reads exactly www.paypal.com/row.

"PayPal emails will address you by first name, last name, or business name, and NOT by Dear PayPal User or Dear PayPal Member.

"If you are ever uncertain about the validity of the email or the email links, open a new web browser window and type in www.paypal.com/row.

"If you think you have received a fraudulent email, forward the entire email to spoof@paypal.com and then delete it from your email account."


So, you got a spoof PayPal email, and you don't even have a PayPal account, huh? That's mighty-mighty savage.

[chezmax]

Nor is everyone on the internet straight males! (Current spams: "Your lady tired of not being pleasured?", "Let's go out tonight and I'll go down on you", "Meet a new babe", ...)

[alexmegami]

That's true. *g*

[falan.livejournal.com]

Although these do seem to effectively cover lesbian females as well ;)