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Nov 14, 2003 | 05:57 PM

D-50Truck

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I received a email from paypal today and it seems VERY bogus to me. It read
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Dear PayPal member,

PayPal would like to inform you about some important information regarding your PayPal account. This account, which is associated with the email address

shaun9@telus.net

will be expiring within five business days. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause, but this is occurring because all of our customers are required to update their account settings with their personal information.

We are taking these actions because we are implementing a new security policy on our website to insure everyone's absolute privacy. To avoid any interruption in PayPal services then you will need to run the application that we have sent with this email (see attachment) and follow the instructions. Please do not send your personal information through email, as it will not be as secure.

IMPORTANT! If you do not update your information with our secure application within the next five business days then we will be forced to deactivate your account and you will not be able to use your PayPal account any longer. It is strongly recommended that you take a few minutes out of your busy day and complete this now.

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE VIA EMAIL! This mail is sent by an automated message system and the reply will not be received.

Thank you for using PayPal.

zomzesce
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And it gives the attachment that is www.paypal.com.scr

Now WTF would paypal be doing with a .SCR file. Ummm HELLO... VIRUS!!

And since when does your paypal account expire?

Just watch out for this people.

Nov 14, 2003 | 06:51 PM

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I don't want to loose my paypal account, I better do what thy say. [img]graemlins/freak.gif[/img]

You know it really is sad how many people will fall for that because they don't use any common sense. I'm sure paypal would force you to make changes via a program you must install instead of using the website.

Nov 15, 2003 | 05:03 PM

Wyattk

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Just got a warning about that from McAfee, tis bogus indeed.

Nov 15, 2003 | 11:22 PM

ShYYLO

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Paypal is a trusted name on the net, try it im sure they are making their service better.

SHY

Nov 16, 2003 | 10:08 AM

pinhead

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shylo you may want to read this
http://www.computerworld.com/securit...l?nas=AM-74687

Nov 16, 2003 | 10:32 AM

ShYYLO

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Guyz I was only joking, Itz obvious from the message that there are noticeable wording that dont go together.

SHHYY

Nov 18, 2003 | 01:57 PM

Dave MacKinnon

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I got one of those a few months back. Called Paypal, and the particular one I called about wasn't on file. They sent out a security update to all members the next morning..

Ya gots ta be carefull these days...

Nov 19, 2003 | 05:33 AM

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I received a e-mail similar to that stating that my e-bay account would be terminated if I did'nt update my info, sounded fishy, so I just deleted it and long behold I still have a e-bay account. Can't somebody get these damn people something else to do?