Re: Another PayPal Scam

2007-04-01 Thread P. J. Alling
It's a numbers game. Step one, get a free web account, step two get a free email accounts. For each 10,000 scam e-mails expect between .01 to .1 % positive responses. Repeat step one and two after the ISP shuts you down. If everything is free except for the labor you only have to be

Re: Another PayPal Scam

2007-03-31 Thread David J Brooks
. Shel [Original Message] From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: 3/30/2007 1:01:18 PM Subject: Re: Another PayPal Scam Norm Baugher wrote: Call me stupid, it's obviously a scam since it was sent to your notice, but how can they have

Re: Another PayPal Scam

2007-03-31 Thread graywolf
Makes me wonder, are there actually people out there stupid enough to give these guys their banking information? I guess so, I mean, why would there be so many scammers if there weren't any scammees? The usual con game is like the Nigerian thing, where the mark is lured in by promises of

Re: Another PayPal Scam

2007-03-31 Thread David Savage
I get some too. My favorite is the one from the Fifth Thirds Bank Cheers, Dave On 3/31/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I get these emails from banks i don't have any money in. I don't have a Paypal account, and i get these emails to Shel. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Another PayPal Scam

2007-03-31 Thread Tom Simpson
Funny thing is, there actually is a Fifth Thirds Bank, located in Ohio. Why they chose such an improbable-sounding real bank name is beyond me. Might be related to the way they think Barrister is an impressive sounding title that inspires confidence worldwide... -Tom David Savage wrote: I

Re: Another PayPal Scam

2007-03-31 Thread David Savage
Har!! That's funny. Such a silly name Cheers, Dave On 4/1/07, Tom Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Funny thing is, there actually is a Fifth Thirds Bank, located in Ohio. Why they chose such an improbable-sounding real bank name is beyond me. Might be related to the way they think

Re: Another PayPal Scam

2007-03-31 Thread David J Brooks
I get that one about 3-5 times a week. Dave On 3/31/07, Tom Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Funny thing is, there actually is a Fifth Thirds Bank, located in Ohio. Why they chose such an improbable-sounding real bank name is beyond me. Might be related to the way they think Barrister is an

Re: Another PayPal Scam

2007-03-31 Thread Mark Roberts
Tom Simpson wrote: Funny thing is, there actually is a Fifth Thirds Bank, located in Ohio. Why they chose such an improbable-sounding real bank name is beyond me. It's Fifth/Third Bank and it came about from the merger of two banks. Can you guess what the names of the two banks might have

Re: Another PayPal Scam

2007-03-30 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/29/2007 7:11:11 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: REAL second chance offer ebay links take you to a new listing of the same item with a new buy it now price the same as your previous losing bid amount. jco = That's sort of what I figured, but

RE: Another PayPal Scam

2007-03-30 Thread Bob W
tryed to telephonically reach you -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff Sent: 30 March 2007 03:43 To: PDML Subject: Another PayPal Scam Received this message from Paypal today ... We recently have

RE: Another PayPal Scam

2007-03-30 Thread Bob W
/6508983.stm -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob W Sent: 30 March 2007 09:03 To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: Another PayPal Scam tryed to telephonically reach you -- Bob -Original Message

RE: Another PayPal Scam

2007-03-30 Thread Brian Walters
I really love the way that many of these scams are worded. It's always a dead giveaway that the email is bogus. Some time ago Pay Pal scamers were worried that the suspension of my Pay Pal account would reduce the pleasure of your on line experience. Needless to say those sort of emails (in

Re: Another PayPal Scam

2007-03-30 Thread keith_w
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Received this message from Paypal today ... We recently have determined that different computers have logged into your PayPal account, and multiple password failures were present before the login. One of our Customer Service employees has already tryed to

RE: Another PayPal Scam

2007-03-30 Thread mike wilson
From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/03/30 Fri AM 08:09:49 GMT To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: Another PayPal Scam Oops - that went a bit early. As I was saying, I love their spelling and grammar. If any of you are worried about this type of scam

Re: Another PayPal Scam

2007-03-30 Thread graywolf
In the old days stores use to toss the carbons in the trash. So any dumpster diver could have hundreds, or even thousands, of credit card numbers to play with. But of course that was only a local problem, not a worldwide one like it is in this electronic age. And, they could not directly

Re: Another PayPal Scam

2007-03-30 Thread Norm Baugher
Call me stupid, it's obviously a scam since it was sent to your notice, but how can they have a www.paypal.com address? Norm Shel Belinkoff wrote: Received this message from Paypal today ... We recently have determined that different computers have logged into your PayPal account, and

Re: Another PayPal Scam

2007-03-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Norm Baugher wrote: Call me stupid, it's obviously a scam since it was sent to your notice, but how can they have a www.paypal.com address? I'd guess that what got posted to the list was cut-and-pasted from and email read in an HTML mail reader, so what got posted wasn't the URL that was

Re: Another PayPal Scam

2007-03-30 Thread Shel Belinkoff
What I posted to the list was exactly as it appeared to me in the email I received, which was text based not HTML. Shel [Original Message] From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: 3/30/2007 1:01:18 PM Subject: Re: Another PayPal Scam Norm

Re: Another PayPal Scam

2007-03-29 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/29/2007 6:44:29 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr.php?cmd=_login-run Thank you for your patience in this matter. PayPal - Customer Service Heads up boys and girls Shel == I was debating

Re: Another PayPal Scam

2007-03-29 Thread Bob Sullivan
Marnie, Check your 'My Ebay' page for messages. Any second chance offers should come thru there. Regards, Bob S. On 3/29/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 3/29/2007 6:44:29 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

RE: Another PayPal Scam

2007-03-29 Thread J. C. O'Connell
:51 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Another PayPal Scam In a message dated 3/29/2007 6:44:29 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr.php?cmd=_login-run Thank you for your patience in this matter. PayPal - Customer Service Heads up

Re: Another PayPal Scam

2007-03-29 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/29/2007 7:22:18 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Marnie, Check your 'My Ebay' page for messages. Any second chance offers should come thru there. Regards, Bob S. = Right. Didn't see any, that's why I emailed the seller. I mean I figured