Spam

[Alan Fraser]

That's priceless....a 69 year old granny using a laptop from her hospital bed.

@unknownuser said:

according to my doctors they have advised me that i may not
live for the next two months,

Does that mean she's going into temporary cryostasis for the next 2 months?
On the next line it uses the US "gotten" instead of the English "got", followed by a whole string of other Americanisms like "wrote me".

I don't think there's a single line in the whole article that rings true.

[RickW]

@alan fraser said:

I don't think there's a single line in the whole article that rings true.

Now you tell me.

[linea]

No it was all true, I took Joy up on the offer. The orpan kids never saw a penny

[Jim]

Woman out $400K to 'Nigerian scam' con artists

If it didn't work, they'd stop doing it.

[Gaieus]

Nice find Jim! These stories should receive more spotlight!

[Anssi]

I just read somewhere that spamming is so inexpensive that the spammers still make a nice profit even if they get one click from 2.4 million postings. That's what keeps them doing it.

Anssi

[Wo3Dan]

This was sent to me today:

*Dear Paypal member,

As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in
your account.
We recently noticed the following issue on your account:

Your bank notified us that a card associated with your account has
been reported as lost or stolen, or that there were additional
problems with your card.

For your protection, we have limited access to your account until
additional security measures can be completed. We apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause.

To review your account and some or all of the information that PayPal used
to make its decision to limit your account access,
please visit the Resolution Center here:

(link left out here)

If, after reviewing your account information, you seek
further clarification regarding your account access, please contact us
by visiting the Help Center and clicking "Contact Us".
We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand
that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your
account. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Sincerely,
Account Review Department*

What do you recommend I should do?
I think I’ll apologize to them in return. Let them know that all my money was with Icesave.
I can only lose it once.

[Gaieus]

PyPal's reommendation for these cases ia to forward such an email to spoof(at)paypal(dot)com.
They will investigate and end you feedback if it was really a spoof email.

Also, their policy is to NEVER ASK FOR SUCH DETAILS IN EMAIL.
https://www.paypal.com/hu/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/Marketing/securitycenter/antiphishing/PPPhishingReport-outside

[Alan Fraser]

Ignore anything that says it's from Paypal that doesn't address you by name.

Edit: I didn't actually mean ignore, I meant don't act on it and send them any info. You should do as Gaieus says and forward it to PP. I've done this several times and they have always got back to me confirming it's a fake and have taken action agaimst the fraudsters.

[Gaieus]

And a reply email to what I forwarded to them as a suspicious phishing email looks like this:

@unknownuser said:

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reply-to spoof@paypal.com
to Csaba Pozsarko
date 26 November 2008 10:50
subject RE: - Your recent report to PayPal (KMM106697224V70159L0KM) :kf1

Reply

Hello Csaba Pozsarko,

Thanks for forwarding that suspicious-looking email. You're right - it
was a phishing attempt, and we're working on stopping the fraud. By
reporting the problem, you've made a difference!

Identity thieves try to trick you into revealing your password or other
personal information through phishing emails and fake websites. To learn
more about online safety, click "Security Center" on any PayPal webpage.

Every email counts. When you forward suspicious-looking emails to
spoof@paypal.com, you help keep yourself and others safe from identity
theft.

Your account security is very important to us, so we appreciate your
extra effort.

Thanks,

PayPal

This email is sent to you by the contracting entity to your User
Agreement, either PayPal Ince, PayPal Pte. Ltd or PayPal (Europe) S.à
r.l. & Cie, S.C.A. Société en Commandite par Actions, Registered Office:
5th Floor 22-24 Boulevard Royal L-2449, Luxembourg RCS Luxembourg B 118
349.