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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by allkingz,Sep 14 2004, 09:51 PM
It's a fake.

One thing I noticed about Paypal emails is they'll open up with "Dear Jason Brown" or something like that. The legit ones will use your full name. They pretty much never say "Dear Paypal member" or "Dear valued Paypal customer."

But if in doubt, forward the email to spoof@paypal.com and let them sort it out.
Agreed. Paypal will ALWAYS address you by your first and last names.

At times when I'm bored, I goto those websites and type in under the username/password stuff like 'eatme/blowme' or 'hahayournot/gettingmypassword'
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Old Sep 15, 2004 | 07:45 AM
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THe paypal class action suit was legit. I saw it on CNN.
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Old Sep 15, 2004 | 10:13 AM
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i got one before that was something like http://www.paypal.xxx.com and they wanted my information..
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Old Sep 15, 2004 | 04:48 PM
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bastids!!
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Old Sep 15, 2004 | 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by dkhl,Sep 15 2004, 06:13 PM
i got one before that was something like http://www.paypal.xxx.com and they wanted my information..
I got something similar. The link looks like http://www.paypal.com but the actual url is different.. like the link below:

http://www.paypal.com

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It says paypal.com but if you mouse over it, you see it points to yahoo.com
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Old Sep 15, 2004 | 06:33 PM
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Lucky you didn't click the links in the email.

Regarding the Paypal lawsuit. Those attorneys are gonna make a killing.
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