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Re: WARNING: Paypal fraud!
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 23 Oct 2005 02:39:26 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jonathan Wilson wrote:
> > At least for Paypal, you can be sure if it doesn't have your first and last name
> > in the greeting, it's not from Paypal. But the information on that page can
> > relate to any similar emails supposedly from banks, etc.
> I have found that its a good idea to just ignore any emails from paypal or
> most banks.
> If its important enough that they need to tell you, they will tell you via
> some other means.
It also helps that some mail programs (Eudora, for example) will actually warn
you if a link in an email directs you away from the supposed originating site.
That's a good way to spot them. Also, it often helps that these phishing emails
are written or edited by people with very poor language skills--despite their
use of official graphics, they can be easy to spot.
And always email spoof@paypal.com with any spoof emails you get, including the
full headers. They do occasionally actually catch phishers.
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| I usually run it through spamcop if I'm not sure, although it is so easy to spot the fakes that it's hardly more than a verification that the email is indeed fraudulent. (19 years ago, 23-Oct-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: WARNING: Paypal fraud!
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| (...) I have found that its a good idea to just ignore any emails from paypal or most banks. If its important enough that they need to tell you, they will tell you via some other means. (19 years ago, 23-Oct-05, to lugnet.general)
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