Guest wmmc Posted January 29, 2005 CID Share Posted January 29, 2005 Fake email, but I haven't used AOL for years(5-6 years), and don't even have a paypal account, did sometime ago though. Image says it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbrown Posted January 29, 2005 CID Share Posted January 29, 2005 Ya, I keep getting those too!! And I DO have a paypal account!! It keeps saying that my account will be suspended if I don't click the link and update my info. I don't know if that email is really from paypal or not, so I haven't filled out any info. I've been getting those emails for like 3 months now, and I'm still able to use my account... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wmmc Posted January 29, 2005 CID Share Posted January 29, 2005 I would advise not clicking the link, its most likely malicious in some way. I have email both paypal and AOL that image, and small explanation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted January 29, 2005 CID Share Posted January 29, 2005 If you're not sure if an e-mail from Paypal is real or not, then just forward it to [email protected] .They will reply in ~1-24hrs telling you if it's a spoof. If it is fake they forward it to "the proper authorities". It works the same way with Ebay ( [email protected]) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbrown Posted January 29, 2005 CID Share Posted January 29, 2005 Ya I knew you could do that with ebay...but didn't know you could do that with paypal!! Kool..thanx for lettin me know that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted January 29, 2005 CID Share Posted January 29, 2005 Well, Ebay own's Paypal now so.... By the way, Yahoo's abuse address is [email protected] . Notice the second part of the address, it's not yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fikester Posted January 30, 2005 CID Share Posted January 30, 2005 The first clue that the above letter is a fake is the [glow=red,2,300]customers name is not there![/glow] Its because the phishing thief don't know it, they use a general heading. A genuine letter from Paypal will always,each and every time address you by your correct account holder first and last name. The above letter is a thief in disguise waiting for you to give up your account info then they sting you good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkieXL Posted February 1, 2005 CID Share Posted February 1, 2005 I've found that the easiest way to spot a bogus "account Info update" & similar pathetic phish mails, is the blatant use of bad grammar and/or mis-spelling in the email text. One obvious Fubar in this one is here: "We are sorry for this inconvenience that this e-mail may caused." That sentence alone would get a D- in any 5th grade English class.....lol -JxL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICROWAVE Posted February 1, 2005 CID Share Posted February 1, 2005 junkieXL, Yep a D- for sentence structure but I give em an A+ for effort they don't give up, sad thing is I have sent dozens of these emails to Banks, Pay-Pal and everyone else and I have never gotten an email back to say they were looking into it or that they even cared. I have even answered and put B.S. in the fill in the blanks and the phishers never contacted me either... Its like the one that ppl got a while back from Africa talking about needing help to get an inheritance I have answered 2or 3 of them saying I was willing to help "Praise Allah" and those clowns never answered either..... so why do they all just waste their time.... Microwave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkieXL Posted February 2, 2005 CID Share Posted February 2, 2005 There are definitly tons of phish emails bombarding AOL as it is & has been a Phisher's goldmine simply because of the clientele AOL attracts: Naive & lazy adults, chatterbox teens & the internet newbies. Unfortunatly, these people will get hosed before they smell the coffee. I agree A+ for effort, some of these phish websites ("updateinfo.microsoft.com") & spoofed email addresses look like the real thing & would even fool Steve Case on a bad hair day. For the rest of us on POP3 email or PINE...it is safe to assume any phish mail that actually make it to our mailboxes, are probably out-dated & forwarded a dozen times through email-worm infected machines. -JxL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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