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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Sergeant Bob on May 09, 2014, 01:05:30 PM
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Here's the body of an email I received from (cough) Amazon. Needless to say, I did not click the link.
Be on the lookout!
do-notreply@dept-amazon.com
11:41 AM (1 hour ago)
to me
Dear Amazon User
We found out that your Amazon Billing information's records are out of date.
This requires an update of your billing information.
Please take several minutes from your online experience and update your billing records.
You will not have any problems in future with our online services.
However, your refusal to update your records will be finished in your account termination.
Please update your records right now.
As you have updated your account records your Amazon session will not be interrupted.
Please click the link below to update your billing records: click here
Sincerely,
2014 Amazon.Inc All Rights Reserved.
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However, your refusal to update your records will be finished in your account termination.
Being finished in your account termination sounds painful.
Brad
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Sounds legit!
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Being finished in your account termination sounds painful.
Brad
And here I was looking forward to a Happy Ending =(
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Nigerians are improving their grammar and spelling.
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Nigerians are improving their grammar and spelling.
Funny, I was just thinking that for income enhancement, I could offer editing services to internet scammers. It's a gold mine!
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Funny, I was just thinking that for income enhancement, I could offer editing services to internet scammers. It's a gold mine!
Just send them your account information and they'll wire the money... :lol:
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Caught not only a PayPal spoof, but PayPal not following their own protocols.
Still no response to calling them on the latter.
stay safe.
Based on
Address our customers by their first and last name or business name of
their PayPal account
this must be a spoof message as well.
Come on, fellas. At least follow your own pronouncements, OK?
Either that or reset your canned responses so that the sender's name is automatically picked out and inserted. How hard can that be?
In a message dated 5/9/2014 8:24:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, spoof@paypal.com writes:
Dear , [sic - as in it was blank in the original]
Thank you for being a proactive contributor by reporting
suspicious-looking emails to PayPal's Abuse Department. Our security
team is working to identify if the email you forwarded to us is a
malicious email.
Paypal Will Always:
• Address our customers by their first and last name or business name of
their PayPal account
Paypal Will Never:
• Send an email to: "Undisclosed Recipients" or more than one email
address
• Ask you to download a form or file to resolve an issue
• Ask in an email to verify an account using Personal Information such
as Name, Date of Birth, Driver's License, or Address
• Ask in an email to verify an account using Bank Account Information
such as Bank Name, Routing Number, or Bank Account PIN Number
• Ask in an email to verify an account using Credit Card Information
such as Credit Card Number or Type, Expiration Date, ATM PIN Number, or
CVV2 Security Code
• Ask for your full credit card number without displaying the type of
card and the last two digits
• Ask you for your full bank account number without displaying your bank
name, type of account (Checking/Savings) and the last two digits
• Ask you for your security question answers without displaying each
security question you created
• Ask you to ship an item, pay a shipping fee, send a Western Union
Money Transfer, or provide a tracking number before the payment received
is available in your transaction history
READ!
Any time you receive an email about changes to your PayPal account, the
safest way to confirm the email's validity is to log in to your PayPal
account where any of the activity reported in the email will be
available to view. DO NOT USE THE LINKS IN THE EMAIL RECEIVED TO VISIT
THE PAYPAL WEBSITE. Instead, enter www.paypal.com into your browser to
log in to your account.
What is a phishing email?
You may have received an email falsely claiming to be from PayPal or
another known entity. This is called "phishing" because the sender is
"fishing" for your personal data. The goal is to trick you into clicking
through to a fake or "spoofed" website, or into calling a bogus customer
service number where they can collect and steal your sensitive personal
or financial information.
We will carefully review the content reported to us to certify that the
content is legitimate. We will contact you if we need any additional
information for investigating the matter. Please take note to the
security tips provided above as they may help to answer any questions
that you may have about the email you are reporting to us.
Help! I responded to a phishing email!
If you have responded to a phishing email and provided any personal
information, or if you think someone has used your account without
permission, you should immediately change your password and security
questions.
You should also report it to PayPal immediately and we'll help protect
you as much as possible.
1. Open a new browser and type in www.paypal.com.
2. Log in to your PayPal account.
3. Click "Security and Protection" near the top of the page.
4. Click "Identify a problem."
5. Click "I think someone may be using my account without permission."
6. Click "Unauthorized Account Activity."
Thank you for your help making a difference.
Every email counts. By forwarding a suspicious-looking email to
spoof@paypal.com, you have helped keep yourself and others safe from
identity theft.
Thanks,
The PayPal Team
***********************************************************************
Please do not reply to this email. If you need to follow up, please
follow the steps above to access your account and utilize the Contact Us
resources from our site.
***********************************************************************
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Caught not only a PayPal spoof, but PayPal not following their own protocols.
Still no response to calling them on the latter.
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stay safe.
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I keep trying to punch the "Like" button.
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Spelling errors, grammar errors, tortured phrasing, sentences that simply don't make sense, a completely generic greeting when they have your information on file...
Yeah, it's legitimate!
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Spelling errors, grammar errors, tortured phrasing, sentences that simply don't make sense, a completely generic greeting when they have your information on file...
Yeah, it's legitimate!
All to weed out the smart ones.
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Spelling errors, grammar errors, tortured phrasing, sentences that simply don't make sense, a completely generic greeting when they have your information on file...
That describes just about every email I receive from family members.
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That describes just about every email I receive from family members.
Your family is royalty from Nigeria?
stay safe.
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Your family is royalty from Nigeria?
stay safe.
Skid wins the internet for the day!
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Skid wins the internet for the day!
For sale: one internet. $250,000,000.00 OBO.
stay safe.
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For sale: one internet. $250,000,000.00 OBO.
stay safe.
I offer you some pocket lint and a canceled stamp.
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For sale: one internet. $250,000,000.00 OBO.
stay safe.
Good day sir. I am interested in the item you are selling. I will send you a cashiers checq. Please having the item ready for my associate to aquire promptly.
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Good day sir. I am interested in the item you are selling. I will send you a cashiers checq. Please having the item ready for my associate to aquire promptly.
I was sorely tempted, but then realized that there was no provision for cashing the checq and returning the balance to your associate when he aquires the item.
That being the case, the winning offer of
I offer you some pocket lint and a canceled stamp.
is accepted.
Please meet me in the parking lot of the abandoned warehouse at 11:57 PM sharply tonight. Do not be alarmed if I bring some friends with me, as we are planning to take the proceeds of the transaction and head out to party immediately afterwards.
stay safe.
stay safe.
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That being the case, the winning offer of is accepted.
Please meet me in the parking lot of the abandoned warehouse at 11:57 PM sharply tonight. Do not be alarmed if I bring some friends with me, as we are planning to take the proceeds of the transaction and head out to party immediately afterwards.
Your payment is in the envelope marked "Pocket lint" next to the light pole that is leaning to the west. The canceled stamp is on the envelope.
Please leave the Internet there. I will pick it up tomorrow.
Thanks!
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Hi !!
This is Maurice from the Microsoft Computer Internet Center, and your computers are sending out the bad datas.
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Hi !!
This is Maurice from the Microsoft Computer Internet Center, and your computers are sending out the bad datas.
My computers always send out the bad datas. I like it that way.
Would you like some bad datas? I can sell you some.
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I got a nice scam letter the other day, supposedly from our IRS, telling me that I was getting a tax refund (which I already knew, what with my actual tax return having gotten to me about a month earlier). Funny how the sum I was supposed to get was several thousand less than what was stated in my actual tax return. I guess they'll fool someone though. ;/