A new low

[fishenthusiast]

I don't know about you, but I get spoof emails all the time from PayPaI Inc. (note the I), Ebay etc... Anyway, I was reading one today and I couldn't believe what I saw. BTW, this is a common email I receive, usually it goes to my junk mail folder, but somehow this one slipped through the cracks.


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I know this is a spoof email because I don't sell on Ebay and hotmail warned me that it couldn't verify the senders identity, and when I have received emails from Ebay in the past I didn't receive that warning. It looks completely authentic though and if I was selling I might just click one of the many links in the email.

The ones I get from PayPaI look authentic too. I once clicked on the link and entered information that was obviously false. Most of which I can't reprint here because this is a family site. The jist was I am not an idiot so stop sending me these emails. Funnily enough I stopped getting them for a while :laugh:.

Be aware if you do sell on Ebay, this is a clever scheme.

[jones]

i had a buddy that worked at ebay, he said they would get scams like that all the time poppin up...

its pretty oviouse to spot out thou...

AKA, if its too good to be true... hahah

[fishenthusiast]

Exactly....

I just noticed that was my 100th post. Finally not a junior member anymore! YaY!

[Melody]

LOL Congrat's Ms. FishEnthusiast!

Thanks for posting the warning. The best way to fight these scams is to educate the public.

I haven't used Hotmail in a long time, but kudos to them for doing something useful to fight spam/scams. Most ISP's just block the domain it comes from. The problem is any person with half a brain wouldn't send spam from a bonified e-mail account, and certainly not from their website domain as they'd lose their hosting. But the ISP's can then tell the public they're doing something.:rolleyes:

[Fugu]

I got the exact same thing.

marked as spam.



Ime watin for the big 200

[fishenthusiast]

I actually rarely use hotmail too. I use it mainly to sign up to forums and on occasion an old friend or two will email me there. They are the only reason I keep the account active. I use my work email address for almost everything else, mainly because I actually check that one daily.

[Melody]

I had to have an account when I worked at Microsoft. I also use it for MSNIM. Its a good web-based e-mail, very feature rich.