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Re: Paypal users Beware!!!
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Originally Posted by Jay H 237
Scammers are trying many different things.
Another email to keep a look out for is a fake "Receipt for Your Payment to ......."
I got one back during the summer. I clicked it and it looked just like any other of the emails I get after I've paid through Paypal. The problem was it was thanking me for sending something like $465 for buying a Nokia cell phone. It included an ebay auction link to an actual auction for a Nokia cell phone with a "buy it now" option of $465! There was another link on the page to dispute this charge. After clicking this link it wanted my social security # plus all my account info. At this point I knew something was wrong.
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Yeah, we got the same one about a month ago. It really looks authentic, but when we got to where it asked for lots of info, we stopped and called Paypal. One thing to look for on all these things is that Paypal will head all e-mails with your full name. The spoofs don't do so.
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