This is why I mentioned that all but the sending address and the line "if you dispute this' vs "see the details of this trans" were different. I did study the two of them after I found that it wasn't listed in my paypal account history. I was surprised that i could be taken and marveled at the *line count similarity. yes, thank you, I don't study headers, bt hat is one level deper as well. Again thanks
On Wed, 23 May 2007, Steve wrote: > Spiro, > > What you need to know is Paypal will never send a message like that to you. > > Second, it is easy to spoof or fake an e-mail address. > > You can view the header of the message. If you did, you'd notice that the IP > address was overseas mail. There are sites where you can lookup a numeric IP > address and verify if it was truly from Paypal. In this case, you would > notice > that it is not. > > Steve > Lansing, Mi > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 3:26 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] fraud is close to real, attention please! > > > We have talked about fraud before, on list; I think. > I mention this for the awareness of other online shoppers and paypal > users. > Please read. > > I received an email > from [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The subject line was either "You have sent a payment" or "electronic funds > transfer". > it said I had just sent a given amoutn to an email. > It said that if I didn't approve this transaction, to "click here". > It stated that since I used my bank account that the funds were sent > without delay. > The rest of the email was as one would expect. > Of course I flipped as I didn't recognize the email address and it didn't > come close to any of the dozen I have used recently or regularly. > So I logued in and checked my account, by typing the paypal into a new > brouser window. The trans wasn't on my account. > So I looked at a recent "electronic funds transfer" email from paypal and > found this: > First, the real email will say "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" as sender. > Secondly it says "to view transaction details click here" and after that > the two emails, real and fraudulent were exactly the same. > So since it concerned me, a rather *jaded privacy and security freak! I > figured I'd hopefully give valid warning to anyone wise enough to read > this. > sorry if it's concise, but I'm tight for time. > Read it through, I think it's all there. > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
