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SCAM: But I liked this one!

But still the one flaw

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June 19, 2006 4:30:54 PM from JoeUser ForumsJoeUser Forums

I really did!  This one is slick!  Official looking and all.  My ACCOUNT is DISABLED!  LOL!  But they made one glaring error.  The link in the message is at the bottom of the article.  mouse over it, you do not have to click it.  And you will see the error.

Oh, they made one other glaring error.  They used my wrong email account!  But it is slick!  Best scam I have seen in many months!

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Reply #1 June 19, 2006 5:42:19 PM
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woweee...... this looks so real... glad you got away doc. this could have been real bad.

mm
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Reply #2 June 19, 2006 5:45:15 PM
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I've gotten a few similar ones lately myself, and actually am having a lunch time presentation at work in a few days to remind the people I work with to watch out very carefully for this stuff.

Actually the one that I got was even better and more professional looking than the one you got, though they made a typographical error in the subject line (just barely).

The scammers keep trying to make things more difficult for us, that's for sure.
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Reply #3 June 19, 2006 5:46:35 PM
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woweee...... this looks so real... glad you got away doc. this could have been real bad.

They are getting good!  I will hand them that.  But I hope that, at least here at JU, everyone knows that Paypal does not email you with this stuff.

But it is a keeper!  For my collection.

Ok, yes!  I collect weird things!

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Reply #4 June 19, 2006 5:48:11 PM
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Actually the one that I got was even better and more professional looking than the one you got, though they made a typographical error in the subject line (just barely).

Did you keep a copy?  If so, can you send it to me at gee cee a r el ess oh en at my real box dot com.

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Reply #5 June 19, 2006 5:55:19 PM
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I have been getting 3 per week for over a year now. All sorts of variations. Makes me feel real safe using paypal....NOT!
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Reply #6 June 19, 2006 6:02:53 PM
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Scary, I would have probably fell for that one, lol!
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Reply #7 June 19, 2006 6:05:56 PM
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I have been getting 3 per week for over a year now. All sorts of variations. Makes me feel real safe using paypal....NOT!


Oh, I only use a credit card! Not a bank account. That way, I can tell them no go on the authorization. Paypal scares me as well.
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Reply #8 June 19, 2006 6:06:58 PM
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Scary, I would have probably fell for that one, lol!


Dont! even if it looks legit, post it here! There are enough geeks here that can tell you fast what it is. We are your Geeks on Call!
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Reply #9 June 19, 2006 6:54:07 PM
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I like the ones that begin...

"Dear National Australia Bank Customer....."

....and I think "Oh, my....do I have an account I never new existed....in a bank I have never been into?  Gosh...I must dash off and send them my particulars....."

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Reply #10 June 19, 2006 7:07:30 PM
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I have gotten like 6 of these new paypal scams. Very convincing....almost too convincing.
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Reply #11 June 19, 2006 7:15:44 PM
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"Dear National Australia Bank Customer....."
....and I think "Oh, my....do I have an account I never new existed....in a bank I have never been into? Gosh...I must dash off and send them my particulars....."

Hey!  maybe you got Cacto's by mistake!

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Reply #12 June 19, 2006 7:16:37 PM
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have gotten like 6 of these new paypal scams. Very convincing....almost too convincing.

Ah, now see.  You just burst my bubble.  And here I thought I had a new one. Ah well.....

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Reply #13 June 19, 2006 7:56:04 PM
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I've been getting these for a few weeks also. I have noticed that the actual link address is different on each of them. I've fowarded them all to spoof@paypal.com Email
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Reply #14 June 19, 2006 7:58:44 PM
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I've been getting these for a few weeks also. I have noticed that the actual link address is different on each of them. I've fowarded them all to spoof@paypal.com Email

Yea, that is error number one.  Guess I just do not do enough paypal to warrant a first edition of this one!

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Reply #15 June 19, 2006 9:27:24 PM
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Did you keep a copy? If so, can you send it to me at gee cee a r el ess oh en at my real box dot com.


Only kept the printed version, it's going to be an exhibit for a lunch time reminder to the users at my day job to be very careful of what they respond to (e-mail wise).

We've had a rash of phishing attempts in the work e-mail system (both employer and the people that pay the employer for my time). This was one of the better attempts (the one I mentioned). I also have seen the one you got above at least twice lately.

The worst one at work lately is one for a financial institution that many employees do business with. Apparently as many as 10 people in one area fell for that one, though they've been reminded dozens of times to be careful (some people are just way too gullible!)
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Reply #16 June 20, 2006 4:47:22 AM
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....and I think "Oh, my....do I have an account I never new existed....in a bank I have never been into? Gosh...I must dash off and send them my particulars....."


So I'm not the only person in OZ to get these, after all. I started getting letters from the 'NAB' requesting bank account and financial details so my credit card could be processed...still wouldn't have fallen for it even if I had an account with them...simply don't want a CC, it's cash or nothing.

Thing is, no sooner had the bogus NAB letters ceased, I started getting some from ST George, supposedly ....same thing, seeking account details, etc. Again they were ignored and tossed, but a few weeks later I got a bogus Bendigo Bank letter requesting the same...big mistake there, the name and signature were identical to that on one of the NAB ones. Maybe now the cops have enough to go on to nab these scabs.
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Reply #17 June 20, 2006 4:55:33 AM
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There were 3 of these in my mailbox this morning.

Dear PayPal Member,

During our regularly schedule account maintenance and verification we have detected a slight error in your billing information on file with PayPal.
This might be due to either following reasons:

- A recent change in your personal information (i.e. change of address)
- Submitting invalid information during the initial sign up process.
- An inability to accurately verify your selected option of payment due an internal error within our processors.

Therefore your account has been temporarily suspended. We need you to confirm your identity in order to regain full privileges of your account.

If this is not completed by June 25, 2006, we reserve the right to terminate all privileges of your account indefinitly, as it may have been used for fraudulent purposes. We thank you for your cooperation in this manner.
To confirm your identity please follow the link below:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run


Thank you for your patience in this matter.

PayPal - Customer Service

Please do not reply to this e-mail as this is only a notification. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.
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Reply #18 June 20, 2006 6:38:57 AM
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not to mention they used "detect" wrong. should have been "detected"

anytime you get something like this with spelling and grammatical errors...it's a scam.
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Reply #19 June 20, 2006 7:31:34 AM
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Apparently as many as 10 people in one area fell for that one, though they've been reminded dozens of times to be careful (some people are just way too gullible!)

Same here at my work.  The only virus we have gotten in the last 3 years was one Symantec was not fast enough on, and 2 users opened the attachment! (It was a zip, so it got through the filters).  You can tell them until you are blue in the face, but some people just never listen.

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Reply #20 June 20, 2006 7:32:52 AM
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Maybe now the cops have enough to go on to nab these scabs.

They are probably hiding out in Somalia, where the cops cannot touch them.

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Reply #21 June 20, 2006 7:34:10 AM
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Reply By: Night Train                                                      Posted: Tuesday, June 20, 2006
There were 3 of these in my mailbox this morning.

Sadly, as Terpfan said, some will answer it.

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Reply #22 June 20, 2006 7:35:29 AM
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anytime you get something like this with spelling and grammatical errors...it's a scam.

I figure they will get smarter eventually, so anytime I get anything asking for personal information I move it to my Scam folder (unless I just delete it as spam).

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Reply #23 June 20, 2006 1:19:21 PM
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Sadly, as Terpfan said, some will answer it.

My boss's wife answered something similiar. Within 1 hour they had charged over $10,000 to the credit card.    

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Reply #24 June 20, 2006 1:25:40 PM
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When I get the paypal scam emails (they're getting good at it, let's face it), I put the email in a folder, and I manually head over to paypal and log into my account. Obviously, if there's a problem, they'll let me know as soon as I log in. Once I verify that there is not a problem, I pull the email from the folder and report it as spam.
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Reply #25 June 20, 2006 1:30:09 PM
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My boss's wife answered something similiar. Within 1 hour they had charged over $10,000 to the credit card.

It does not take them long.

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