SpeedRacer 1 #1 December 14, 2005 OK I got this email that is fake saying a new email address has been added to my PayPAl account, and if I disagree, I should click here. so the link leads to this website: http://www.editalpaineis.com.br/~windows/info.html which immediately switches you to this URL: http://221.133.206.211:811/vtf/primapagina.htm anyway to stop this or find out who's doing it? This is like the sixth email of this type that I've received over the last 6 weeks. and what country is "br"?? maybe Brazil?? Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhondaLea 4 #2 December 14, 2005 Paypal rarely sends mail. I did get one the other day that was Christmas advertising with links to PayPal partners. But that's been about the extent of the real mail. So delete all of it unopened. If you think it might be real, delete it anyway and log into your account as you normally would. If there are no notifications waiting for you, it was indeed just another scam. rlIf you don't know where you're going, you should know where you came from. Gullah Proverb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cornholio 0 #3 December 14, 2005 Quoteanyway to stop this or find out who's doing it? This is like the sixth email of this type that I've received over the last 6 weeks. Stop it? No Find out who's doing it? Yes, but it won't really do you any good. Solution? See that key on your keyboard called "Delete" ? Press it and move on. Welcome to the Internet! Butthead: Whoa! Burritos for breakfast! Beavis: Yeah! Yeah! Cool! bellyflier on the dz.com hybrid record jump Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisL 2 #4 December 14, 2005 Paypal and Ebay have pages where you can report fraudulent e-mails like this. They get the sites shut down pretty fast too. I've gotten many of those in the last few year and I just report them to the folks the messages are pretending to be. Paypal e-mail fraud page Ebay security page__ My mighty steed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlexCrowley 0 #5 December 14, 2005 did you click on the link? TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #6 December 14, 2005 I read that the real Paypal will include your complete registration name when they send e-mails to you. I've received the fake ones that you are describing and they never included my name, just something like "dear paypal subscriber". This week I got a real one that included my name and they knew my credit card had expired. I guess that's a good way to tell if it is real or not.She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dustin19d 0 #7 December 14, 2005 I get fake Paypal emails all the time. They try and trick you into entering your login info. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steveorino 7 #8 December 14, 2005 Forward to spoof@paypal.com then delete. steveOrino Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
catfishhunter 2 #9 December 15, 2005 Yes send them ALL to spoof@paypal.com ebay.com if they are real they will email you back and tell you. MAKE EVERY DAY COUNT Life is Short and we never know how long we are going to have. We must live life to the fullest EVERY DAY. Everything we do should have a greater purpose. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nathaniel 0 #10 December 15, 2005 Unfortunately this is a real problem. It's just not safe to trust any link to a website that comes in your email since just about everything that comes in your inbox can be spoofed, in many cases including your full name, your account number and other things you don't consider to be easy to guess or track down. It gets worse because a lot of companies don't realize this and have started going about emailing links to their websites that people might actually want or need to click on. And many times they even contract out to marketing and customer relations companies that have no ostensible relationship to the website in question...making it all horribly, horribly impossible for ordinary folk. Bottom line is don't trust any link in any email.My advice is to do what your parents did; get a job, sir. The bums will always lose. Do you hear me, Lebowski? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #11 December 15, 2005 QuoteBottom line is don't trust any link in any email. Yup. Never click on a link in your email. Open a new tab/window and type out the name of your destination site. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyinNover 0 #12 December 31, 2005 Quoteb]Never click on a link in your email. Open a new tab/window and type out the name of your destination site. Ebay and Paypal will NEVER provide a link in an email. They will always give you instructions like "Type www.ebay.com into your browser. Then click on 'My Ebay'. . ." etc. I tell people to always mouse-over the link first before you click on it. If you don't recognize the site it's sending you to or it looks suspicious, don't click on it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlexCrowley 0 #13 December 31, 2005 Oh crap. Thats how I found DZ.com. Im infected! TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
base283 0 #14 December 31, 2005 On one of the fwds I sent to spoofEbay or paypal the replied that in the link was a download to a keystroke logger type of virus. Like I care. Happy bon bons, space Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
salling772 0 #15 January 2, 2006 this is what is call fishing . it is to get your paypal password and person info they is a page on paypal to report it and paypal calls the isp to shut down the site. but on the safe side update and run your antvirus and your antspyware. some times opening the email will put a cookey on your system.---------------------------------------------- All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you. J. R. T. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
