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Raven
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Posted: 20th May 2005 00:23
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Just recieved a new e-mail from PayPal, telling me that my account has been compromised.

It looks real, and worst of all the the IP comes across as seeming official at a glance.

(http://paypal.homeip.net/paypal/)

Remember to always check IP Links and make sure they're official from PayPal or your service provider.
Main reason I cottoned on it was fake before even opening it was, it was sent to my public email address, which isn't the hidden email i have specifically for online account.

I'm actually a little confused. How come the public email, that I use.. well just for here is subject to so much junk mail; but all of my other emails addresses including my hotmail one don't seem to have that problem?

Well no matters. Attached a screenshot of the email. (1280x1024)

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Posted: 20th May 2005 00:57
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Quote: "It looks real"

Not really. Spelling and grammar...


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Dave J
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Posted: 20th May 2005 01:15
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Quote: "Not really. Spelling and grammar..."


Yeah, seriously, it's horrendous, they almost managed to get every 2nd word wrong.


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David T
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Posted: 20th May 2005 01:49
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Quote: "it's"


wrong

If you ever do have any reservations just log in yourself manually into Paypal and soo if anything happens there. The hyperlink in that email most likely contains 'hidden' characters directing you to some sort of dodgy site.

The story there is also as bloated as can be. I mean come on, automated account checking processes? Yeah right.

Facts are meaningless.
You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true.
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Neofish
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Posted: 20th May 2005 02:20
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I got a similar one...Gmail tells you it's probably a fake

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Hamish McHaggis
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Posted: 20th May 2005 02:26
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Lol, only an idiot would fall for that even only reading the first sentence (but there are people out there who fall for it, fools).

More tea Vicar?
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Neofish
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Posted: 20th May 2005 02:33
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I can't see any spelling mistakes....however the grammatical errors would kill my English teacher

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David R
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Posted: 20th May 2005 03:24
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Quote: "Gmail tells you it's probably a fake"


Someone here had to be one of the lucky few with a Gmail account (only joking )

[url=www.lightningstudios.co.uk][/url]
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hyrichter
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Posted: 20th May 2005 04:42 Edited at: 20th May 2005 04:49
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The most obvious way to tell it's fake is they address you as:
Quote: "Dear PayPal Client"

Any email from PayPal, eBay, your bank, etc. will always address you by name.

edit: I just checked my email and I got the exact same email.


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Ace Of Spades
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Posted: 20th May 2005 05:14
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Its really funny when you get one and no longer have a paypal account at all

I just got one today and haven't had a paypal account for over a year now.


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Raven
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Posted: 20th May 2005 06:17
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At a glace it does look real, and yes.. no spelling mistakes, just some horrible grammar.
Thought I'd warn ppl for once rather than just make fun at those who cry after it affects them. (I'll be doing that too though )

As I said above it was obvious it was fake to me given they sent it to the wrong email address so didn't even need to open. Though what is worrying is if you do a background check on the email, unless you did it looks authentic.

The structure of the email and such are done in a way that if (like me) you only really glace across e-mail to get the ghist, then alot of it can fool you much easier than previous incarnations because it has the right words where it counts.

It is likely many people are like me and only take a second or two to check emails unless it's from someone who your actually waiting for a reply from.

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Posted: 20th May 2005 06:22
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Spelling mistakes are "bellow" and "seams" (unless they are into mining or fashion)


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Raven
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Posted: 20th May 2005 06:24
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They're not spelt wrong. They're just not the correct word.
Thus gramatical error.

And when your skimming an email your brain fills in the words to be correct, especially given they are very close to the word which is ment.

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Jeku
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Posted: 21st May 2005 13:33
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Didn't I just post a long thread about this?

This is the scum of the web. Why don't you shut the site down?

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=51796&b=2


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Raven
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Posted: 22nd May 2005 04:54
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Same type, different Phish.
Shutting down the site would be easy with a simple DDoS given it's a home system, could probably even throughput something nasty to open ports for steam or what-not.

Still, legally who would be stupid enough to get implicated in something like that?

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Briere
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Posted: 22nd May 2005 04:59
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the moron wrote seams. Its seems. lol.
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Dodo
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Posted: 22nd May 2005 05:09
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Quote: "[quote]it's"

wrong [/quote]

actually David T, it's perfectly correct. "its" never uses an apostrohpe(sp?) except when it's short for "it is" . This means that Exeat is actually right.

Part of solving the problem is actually noticing that the problem is there in the first place

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Jeku
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Posted: 22nd May 2005 17:14
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Quote: "Shutting down the site would be easy with a simple DDoS given it's a home system"


What I meant was something easier--- emailing their webhost and having them shut the site down b/c of TOS violations.


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