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Geek Culture / Ebay Paypal Scam Warning

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GatorHex
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Posted: 15th Jan 2008 19:00 Edited at: 15th Jan 2008 19:28
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Just a heads up to anyone using eBay/paypal.

I just got an E-mail looks like genuine paypal service message and it has an order on it that I didn't make. In my case a PDA Hand held purchase from the USA.

Now the social engineering moment... Your brain goes "Arrruuuga! I didn't order this! I better tell PayPal fast!" but if you click on the paypal button at the bottom you will be directed to a spoof site that looks like the real PayPal but records you username and password so they can use your account later.

Luckly, my other half was too busy giving me an ear bashing over "what have you ordered now!" to click on it or she would have fallen for it.

my poor ear!



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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 15th Jan 2008 19:05
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...can't these people who make emails like this go and get jobs that contribute to society? They probably kid themselves that they're intelligent, but in my mind they are as respectable as a common thug.


By putting a signpost in the middle of nowhere, you're making it somewhere.
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Silvester
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Posted: 15th Jan 2008 21:14
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I always like to see that these scam companies use free mail services. Or Phising mails, you never see a proffesional email address. Its always hotmail, Gmail or some other free thing.

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tha_rami
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Posted: 15th Jan 2008 21:20
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Good looking scam. They'll probably make some money through that, heck.


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Corky
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Posted: 15th Jan 2008 22:05
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Quote: "I always like to see that these scam companies use free mail services. Or Phising mails, you never see a proffesional email address. Its always hotmail, Gmail or some other free thing."


this ones service@paypal-us.com, seems pretty real

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Silvester
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Posted: 15th Jan 2008 22:14
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No no, I meant the company who you have "paid" to, look at it.

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SunnyKatt
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Posted: 16th Jan 2008 01:47 Edited at: 16th Jan 2008 01:48
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Scams make me scared... I love paypal...
Thanks alot for the warning though.

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Posted: 16th Jan 2008 02:49
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lol @ Ridgewood, NY. thats about 7 miles from here, in Queens.

/me digs out a old Louisville Slugger from the closet...

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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 16th Jan 2008 03:15
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There is only one real paypal and that is the .com site. There is a .co.uk site also, but it has no secure server for you to login through, so I'm thinking it's a fake.

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Matt Rock
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Posted: 16th Jan 2008 03:29
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I had something similar happen, but it wasn't a scam... it was an actual theft! I got an email from paypal claiming I paid someone $100... but I didn't actually pay anyone anything. Turns out it was electronic fraud. Paypal was extremely unprofessional throughout the whole thing. I ended up with overdraft fees... lots of them, too. I ended up being forced into contacting the Better Business Bureau, who eventually sorted it for me. But between Paypal and M&T Bank, they were fiercely refusing to help me handle the situation.

Anyway, point is, you better check your paypal account just to be sure. And I'd do that right now... like, before you even post in this thread again. Trust me, it's better to be safe than stuck in that crappy situation I was in! And be sure to report this to Paypal as well, regardless of how effective the scam was.

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Silvester
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Posted: 16th Jan 2008 09:26
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Quote: "There is only one real paypal and that is the .com site. There is a .co.uk site also, but it has no secure server for you to login through, so I'm thinking it's a fake."


There is a .nl one too, and many other's in different languages(.de and such). Most of them have a secured server.

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