You should forward these to [EMAIL PROTECTED] They are very
happy to find out about them. Since I started doing that the incidence
of receipt of these kinds of messages has gone way down. Before that I
used to get 2 or three a week.*
Tom C wrote:
Last week I received what looked like, at first glance, an e-mail
message from PayPal informing me of a problem with my account. It had
the PayPal logo, etc. It asked me to click on a link to correct some
problems with my account. I was then expected to fill out a form of
personal information containing among other things, SSN, credit card
number, PIN, which I did not do.
This was obviously an identity theft attempt. It was also obviously
sent by a person(s) whose first language was not English. I
immediately went to PayPal and found no evidence of problems
whatsoever. A PayPal link also indicated they always use a member's
first or last name in e-mails (of little comfort).
Text of the message read (including misspacing and grammatical errors):
Dear valued customer
We regret to inform you that your PayPal account could be suspended if
you don’t resolve your problems. To resolve this problems please click
here and login to your account in order resolve your account problems.
If your problems could not be resolved your account will be suspended
for a period of 3-4 days, after that it will be terminated.
For the User Agreement, Section 9, we may immediately issue a warning,
temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership
and refuse to provide our services to you if we believe that your
actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our
users, or us. We may also take these actions if we are unable to
verify or authenticate any information you provide to us.
Due to the suspension of this account, please be advised you are
prohibited from using PayPal in any way. This includes the registering
of a new account.Please note that this suspension does not relieve you
of your agreed-upon obligation to pay any fees you may owe to PayPal.
Regards,Safeharbor Department PayPal, Inc
The PayPal team.
This is an automatic message. Please do not reply.
Tom C.
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A man's only as old as the woman he feels.
--Groucho Marx
