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Re: PayPal security issue?
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Thu, 22 Jan 2004 12:58:27 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Eric Brok wrote:
> I wanted to pay by PayPal, but when I go the PayPal website, it feels like a
> reroute to a fake site. But I'm not sure,
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> - http://www.paypal.com is a page-not-found
> - http://paypal.com does show the homepage but my browser's security alert says
> the https certificate is meant for *www*.paypal.com instead
> - if I try to contact Paypal or file a Fake Site problem via that site, I get
> page-not-find on the contact pages. So I can't get to the emailadres for
> security issues at PayPal.
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> Has anybody noticed the same problems? What is the emailadres of paypal's
> security department?
Hi eric,
Both those URLs (correctly) redirect to their secure site
https://www.paypal.com/
Maybe it was a temporary problem. Are you sure you didn't click the link from a
fake email?
ROSCO
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: PayPal security issue?
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| Even https://www.paypal.com results in a page-not-found. Appearantly there's just something wrong at my end of the connection. Hoewever, other sites work flawlessly, and some PayPal pages do appear. (21 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | Re: PayPal security issue?
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| (...) Hey, I also went to the site "(URL) and the page loads correctly and I had no problem with the security on the site. Perhaps it WAS a temperary problem, but I didn't have any problem. Try it again and perhaps it will work. Erik Bush (21 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| I wanted to pay by PayPal, but when I go the PayPal website, it feels like a reroute to a fake site. But I'm not sure, - (URL) is a page-not-found - (URL) does show the homepage but my browser's security alert says the https certificate is meant for (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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