Richardo
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Mon Nov-17-03 03:21 PM
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Anybody getting requests for personal info, ostensibly from PayPal? |
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I deleted without opening, needless to say. But you might want to keep an eye out. (I used them for my DU pledge, o that may have triggered it.) :shrug:
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Mon Nov-17-03 03:22 PM
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1. There was a PayPal scam |
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about a year ago. Don't tell me that's making the rounds again.
Bacially it was an email asking for personal info, none of which Paypal needs to do business.
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Richardo
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Mon Nov-17-03 03:23 PM
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supernova
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Mon Nov-17-03 03:28 PM
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7. Huge embarassment to PayPal |
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They had to send out email notices and alerts disclaiming the thing, IIRC.
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Mon Nov-17-03 03:24 PM
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The virus is new, just discovered on Friday, it attempts to steal credit card information.
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Mon Nov-17-03 03:24 PM
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I've never used PayPal and I've been getting that today too. Here's info on the virus: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.mimail.h@mm.html http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/content.cfm?articleid=2340&EID=0Here's another one to be aware of, it's a scam targeting PayPal users and a phony web site.
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Mon Nov-17-03 03:24 PM
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4. That's the latest variant of the MIMAIL virus |
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it attempts to get the user to "renew their paypal account" so it can steal their credit card information. More information here: http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100822.htm
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Mon Nov-17-03 03:24 PM
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5. I got one supposedly from CitiBank |
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It asked for my card # and pin. Yeah, sure, I'll type that in right away. :dunce:
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Mon Nov-17-03 03:33 PM
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8. Yeah, I got that one a couple of times. |
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I e-mailed them back and asked if they wanted my SS# and all my personal info also.
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