Received this. Must be a scam because it came to an email address not
associated with Paypal, and there were crazy misspellings, such as
"PayPaI".
CAREFUL with the Phishing stuff!
Dear PayPaI Customer,
During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification
procedure we have detected a
slight error in your PayPaI online account.
This might be due to the following reasons:
1. A recent change in your personal information (ie. change of address,
email address)
2. An inability to accurately verify your selected option of payment due
to an internal
error within our systems.
Please fill in all the details that are required to complete this
verification process.
We have attached a form to this email. Please download the form and
follow the
instructions on your screen. NOTE: The form needs to be opened in a
modern browser which has
javascript enabled (ex: Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 3, Safari 3, Opera
9)
Please understand that this is a security measure intended to
help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience.
If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but
to temporary suspend your account.
Sincerely,
PayPaI Account Review Department.
Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be
answered.
For assistance, log in to your PayPaI account and choose the "Help" link
in the footer of any page
--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid
On Feb 27, 7:48=A0am, Han <[email protected]> wrote:
> [email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote innews:[email protected]=
september.org:
>
>
>
>
>
> > In article <[email protected]>, Han
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>Received this. =A0Must be a scam because it came to an email address no=
t
> >>associated with Paypal, and there were crazy misspellings, such as
> >>"PayPaI".
>
> >>CAREFUL with the Phishing stuff!
>
> >>Dear PayPaI Customer,
>
> > That's the first clue, and the only one needed. PayPal's publicly
> > stated policy is, and has always been, that they will never, ever send
> > emails addressed "Dear PayPal User", "Dear PayPal Customer", etc.
> > Legitimate emails from PayPal will *always* address you by first and
> > last name (or by the name of your business, if it's a business
> > account).
>
> >http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=3Dp/gen/fraud-prevention-outsid=
e
>
> I didn't fall for it at all, but I'm just raising consciousness to the
> problem. =A0Spread the word, I'm safe.
> It just bugs me that they were able to spoof an email address at a well
> known Medical School as the sending address.
> --
> Best regards
> Han
> email address is invalid
Forward the e-mail -- with the FULL HEADERS -- to
[email protected]
They DO follow up, and WILL prosecute ... without regard to the
ethnicity, country of origin, religion, abled/disabled status, sexual
preference, etc., of the fraudster :-)
In article <[email protected]>, Han
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Received this. Must be a scam because it came to an email address not
> associated with Paypal, and there were crazy misspellings, such as
> "PayPaI".
It's very simple.
No legitimate financial institution will EVER send you an email asking
you to verify any of your personal information.
In article <[email protected]>, Han
<[email protected]> wrote:
> It just bugs me that they were able to spoof an email address at a well
> known Medical School as the sending address.
Any email address can be spoofed. It ain't rocket science, just a text
string.
On Feb 27, 8:44=A0am, Han <[email protected]> wrote:
> Received this. =A0Must be a scam because it came to an email address not
> associated with Paypal, and there were crazy misspellings, such as
> "PayPaI".
>
> CAREFUL with the Phishing stuff!
>
> Dear PayPaI Customer,
>
> During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification
> procedure we have detected a
> slight error in your PayPaI online account.
>
> This might be due to the following reasons:
>
> 1. A recent change in your personal information (ie. change of address,
> email address)
>
> 2. An inability to accurately verify your selected option of payment due
> to an internal
> error within our systems.
>
> Please fill in all the details that are required to complete this
> verification process.
>
> We have attached a form to this email. Please download the form and
> follow the
> instructions on your screen. NOTE: The form needs to be opened in a
> modern browser which has
> javascript enabled (ex: Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 3, Safari 3, Opera
> 9)
>
> Please understand that this is a security measure intended to
> help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience.
>
> If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but
> to temporary suspend your account.
>
> Sincerely,
> PayPaI Account Review Department.
>
> Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be
> answered.
> For assistance, log in to your PayPaI account and choose the "Help" link
> in the footer of any page
>
> --
> Best regards
> Han
> email address is invalid
As an experiment, I put an ad up for some local photo services, on
Craigslist. I've had something like five responses, all wanting to
tell me how they made big bucks doing something other than
photography.
The previous time I used Craigslist, I was selling a car. I got about
five replies from people wanting to help me out of my financial
difficulties.
Unlike PayPal, CL has no useful purpose that I can determine.
"Han" <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>Received this. Must be a scam because it came to an email address not
>>>associated with Paypal, and there were crazy misspellings, such as
>>>"PayPaI".
>>>
>>>CAREFUL with the Phishing stuff!
>>>
>>>Dear PayPaI Customer,
>>
>> That's the first clue, and the only one needed. PayPal's publicly
>> stated policy is, and has always been, that they will never, ever send
>> emails addressed "Dear PayPal User", "Dear PayPal Customer", etc.
I've been getting similar emails for years now from assorted banks too. It
is very easy to lift the logo from a web site and make your own. They often
include a link to the legitimate site in the message too.
The only person I ever sent my real bank information is to a Barrister in
Nigeria. He is a friend of my uncle's family when he worked there a few
years ago. I'm sure I can trust him as he is only trying to help us.
If you hover over the reply to addresses - they are foreign
and are almost the same domain. e.g. www.xx.reply.ebay.com
Most don't know it when it happens and enter data like address...
Martin
[email protected] wrote:
> On 27 Feb 2010 13:44:01 GMT, Han <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Received this. Must be a scam because it came to an email address not
>> associated with Paypal, and there were crazy misspellings, such as
>> "PayPaI".
>>
>
> Well, duh! If it comes from paypal, it won't start out with "Dear
> Paypal Customer, either. It will ALWAYS start out with Dear "your name
> here"
>
[email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> In article <[email protected]>, Han
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>Received this. Must be a scam because it came to an email address not
>>associated with Paypal, and there were crazy misspellings, such as
>>"PayPaI".
>>
>>CAREFUL with the Phishing stuff!
>>
>>Dear PayPaI Customer,
>
> That's the first clue, and the only one needed. PayPal's publicly
> stated policy is, and has always been, that they will never, ever send
> emails addressed "Dear PayPal User", "Dear PayPal Customer", etc.
> Legitimate emails from PayPal will *always* address you by first and
> last name (or by the name of your business, if it's a business
> account).
>
> http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/fraud-prevention-outside
I didn't fall for it at all, but I'm just raising consciousness to the
problem. Spread the word, I'm safe.
It just bugs me that they were able to spoof an email address at a well
known Medical School as the sending address.
--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid
"Ed Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> The only person I ever sent my real bank information is to a Barrister
> in Nigeria. He is a friend of my uncle's family when he worked there
> a few years ago. I'm sure I can trust him as he is only trying to help
> us.
Great!! I will eed a chunk of moneysoon. Can I stop by next weekend?
<snicker>
--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid
In article <[email protected]>, Han <[email protected]> wrote:
>Received this. Must be a scam because it came to an email address not
>associated with Paypal, and there were crazy misspellings, such as
>"PayPaI".
>
>CAREFUL with the Phishing stuff!
>
>Dear PayPaI Customer,
That's the first clue, and the only one needed. PayPal's publicly stated
policy is, and has always been, that they will never, ever send emails
addressed "Dear PayPal User", "Dear PayPal Customer", etc. Legitimate emails
from PayPal will *always* address you by first and last name (or by the name
of your business, if it's a business account).
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/fraud-prevention-outside
On 2/27/2010 8:36 AM, Doug Miller wrote:
> In article<[email protected]>, Han<[email protected]> wrote:
>> Received this. Must be a scam because it came to an email address not
>> associated with Paypal, and there were crazy misspellings, such as
>> "PayPaI".
>>
>> CAREFUL with the Phishing stuff!
>>
>> Dear PayPaI Customer,
>
> That's the first clue, and the only one needed. PayPal's publicly stated
> policy is, and has always been, that they will never, ever send emails
> addressed "Dear PayPal User", "Dear PayPal Customer", etc. Legitimate emails
> from PayPal will *always* address you by first and last name (or by the name
> of your business, if it's a business account).
Don't rely that criteria either; I got one of those emails yesterday that
addressed me by my full name and it was clearly a scam. It's not that
difficult to cull proper names from email addresses since they're often passed
around together.
Most of these emails contain links to a scammer site that "look" like links to
the real thing, but if you hover your mouse over the link (WITHOUT clicking
it!) your browser or email client will normally display the REAL address in the
status bar (at the bottom of the screen in Firefox and Thunderbird). Close
inspection of that address usually reveals something like
"www.paypal.com-scammer-boy-scum-bucket/blah/blah". Don't fall for it.
--
Free bad advice available here.
To reply, eat the taco.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboyee/
In article <[email protected]>, Steve Turner <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 2/27/2010 8:36 AM, Doug Miller wrote:
>> In article<[email protected]>, Han<[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>> Received this. Must be a scam because it came to an email address not
>>> associated with Paypal, and there were crazy misspellings, such as
>>> "PayPaI".
>>>
>>> CAREFUL with the Phishing stuff!
>>>
>>> Dear PayPaI Customer,
>>
>> That's the first clue, and the only one needed. PayPal's publicly stated
>> policy is, and has always been, that they will never, ever send emails
>> addressed "Dear PayPal User", "Dear PayPal Customer", etc. Legitimate emails
>> from PayPal will *always* address you by first and last name (or by the name
>> of your business, if it's a business account).
>
>Don't rely that criteria either; I got one of those emails yesterday that
>addressed me by my full name and it was clearly a scam. It's not that
>difficult to cull proper names from email addresses since they're often passed
>around together.
I didn't say -- and neither does PayPal -- that any message that addresses you
by name is legitimate.
The statement is that any message that *does not* address you by name is *not*
legitimate.
In article <[email protected]>, Han <[email protected]> wrote:
[...]
>It just bugs me that they were able to spoof an email address at a well
>known Medical School as the sending address.
It's ridiculously easy to spoof email headers. Here, I'll show you an example.
A couple of years ago, my then-15-year-old son was perturbed about some emails
he received with spoofed headers that made it appear they had been sent from
his own account, and he was afraid his computer had been hacked somehow. I put
together a quick demonstration of how easily headers can be spoofed; this is a
portion of the headers on a message I sent him:
Received: from cardinalritter.org (cardinalritter.org [217.77.1.243])
From: George W. Bush <[email protected]>
Reply-To: Vladimir Putin <[email protected]>
Message-ID: [email protected]
Subject: Message really from Dad - don't delete
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:46:37 -0400 (EDT)
On 2/28/10 4:28 PM, Charlie Self wrote:
>
> Unlike PayPal, CL has no useful purpose that I can determine.
I guess depends on your success rate.
Although I get the occassinal spam from those same dip$h!ts,
I've had great success selling and especially buying on craigslist.
--
-MIKE-
"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
--
http://mikedrums.com
[email protected]
---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply
"Han" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Received this. Must be a scam because it came to an email address not
> associated with Paypal, and there were crazy misspellings, such as
> "PayPaI".
>
> CAREFUL with the Phishing stuff!
>
> Dear PayPaI Customer,
>
>
> During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification
> procedure we have detected a
> slight error in your PayPaI online account.
>
> This might be due to the following reasons:
>
>
> 1. A recent change in your personal information (ie. change of address,
> email address)
>
> 2. An inability to accurately verify your selected option of payment due
> to an internal
> error within our systems.
>
>
> Please fill in all the details that are required to complete this
> verification process.
>
>
> We have attached a form to this email. Please download the form and
> follow the
> instructions on your screen. NOTE: The form needs to be opened in a
> modern browser which has
> javascript enabled (ex: Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 3, Safari 3, Opera
> 9)
>
>
> Please understand that this is a security measure intended to
> help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience.
>
>
> If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but
> to temporary suspend your account.
>
> Sincerely,
> PayPaI Account Review Department.
>
>
> Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be
> answered.
> For assistance, log in to your PayPaI account and choose the "Help" link
> in the footer of any page
The Nigerians are regrouping.
--
Dave in Texas
flickr :: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nuwave_dave/
http://www.pbase.com/speedracer
Steve Turner wrote:
> On 2/27/2010 8:36 AM, Doug Miller wrote:
>> In article<[email protected]>,
>> Han<[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Received this. Must be a scam because it came to an email address not
>>> associated with Paypal, and there were crazy misspellings, such as
>>> "PayPaI".
>>>
>>> CAREFUL with the Phishing stuff!
>>>
>>> Dear PayPaI Customer,
>>
>> That's the first clue, and the only one needed. PayPal's publicly stated
>> policy is, and has always been, that they will never, ever send emails
>> addressed "Dear PayPal User", "Dear PayPal Customer", etc. Legitimate
>> emails from PayPal will *always* address you by first and last name (or
>> by the name of your business, if it's a business account).
>
> Don't rely that criteria either; I got one of those emails yesterday that
> addressed me by my full name and it was clearly a scam. It's not that
> difficult to cull proper names from email addresses since they're often
> passed around together.
>
> Most of these emails contain links to a scammer site that "look" like
> links to the real thing, but if you hover your mouse over the link
> (WITHOUT clicking it!) your browser or email client will normally display
> the REAL address in the
> status bar (at the bottom of the screen in Firefox and Thunderbird).
> Close inspection of that address usually reveals something like
> "www.paypal.com-scammer-boy-scum-bucket/blah/blah". Don't fall for it.
>
Most often that address will be foreign (.cz, .ru, etc).
--
There is never a situation where having more rounds is a disadvantage
Rob Leatham
On 27 Feb 2010 13:44:01 GMT, Han <[email protected]> wrote:
>Received this. Must be a scam because it came to an email address not
>associated with Paypal, and there were crazy misspellings, such as
>"PayPaI".
>
Well, duh! If it comes from paypal, it won't start out with "Dear
Paypal Customer, either. It will ALWAYS start out with Dear "your name
here"