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Old 19-10-2005, 19:29   #1
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Yet another scam claiming to be HSBC

Email had the came from following address & subject

HSBC [Security@HSBC.Online.co.uk]
IMPORTANT - Your address on our records is not valid
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Old 19-10-2005, 19:43   #2
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Re: Yet another scam claiming to be HSBC

I get regular ones from (allegedly) Ebay and Paypal. All fake. Most annoying.
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Old 19-10-2005, 19:57   #3
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Forward them all to spoof@ebay.com / spoof@paypal.com (obviously only the ebay / paypal ones) one day they will get the scammers behind it all... maybe.
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Forward them all to spoof@ebay.com / spoof@paypal.com (obviously only the ebay / paypal ones) one day they will get the scammers behind it all... maybe.
Yep, been doing that for a long time. Yet still they come...
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Old 19-10-2005, 20:20   #5
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Yep, been doing that for a long time. Yet still they come...
Same here, hope springs eternal hey?
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Same here, hope springs eternal hey?
We can but dream...

Strange thing is, the Paypal ones go to an email address that isn't registered with Paypal! I'm often tempted to give them some details though... obviously very dodgy ones you understand!
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