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Subject: 
Re: PayPal security issue?
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lugnet.market.shopping
Date: 
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,
> 
> - 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.
> 
> 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



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: PayPal security issue?
 
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. (23 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
  Re: PayPal security issue?
 
(...) 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 (23 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)

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  PayPal security issue?
 
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 (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)

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