Ed:
I do a fair amount of trading on e-bay and I average about 3 of
these a week. Always forward them on to e-bay/pay_pal. Also they will
never ask for credit card/or bank accounts via an e-mail
Don Johnson
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Ed Reeder
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 8:55 PM
To: clubmaker online
Subject: ShopTalk: Not Golf - PayPal scam
FYI - I got an e-mail from "PayPal" that said my account
was being held because of an invalid credit card or some
such. They wanted me to login to a site and provide my
credit card info. The mail was addressed to "Dear PayPal User"
I checked with PayPal and they confirmed that it was a scam.
Check out
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/email-security-outside
for characteristics of fraudulent e-mails
One key thing is that valid PayPal e-mails address you by name.
/Ed
