***Caution***: Paypal Users - Page 9

MovedGoalPosts · 08-02-2005, 12:58

It's rather easy to fall for these sort of emails. I could have done, but fortunately, as I have IE, the links didn't work.

Quite simply a lot of it is about timing. I had just put a load of stuff onto ebay, and yes I have Paypal account. When I next checked my email, in the morning having just got up, the Paypal thing was there. Quickly glanced through it, seemed genuine on the face of it, without any indepth read, so clicked the link.

Now if the link had worked, and it started asking me for details, I may well have become suspicious, but then again .....

08-02-2005, 13:29

Just received the scam email - before I knew about this thread and clicked on the link, it failed to load. I'll have to be a bit more vigilant in the future.

TheBlueRaja · 08-02-2005, 14:39

Just a word of warning - check your bank statments this month - i just looked at my statement online and there has been a transaction of 300 USD from my account via an online payments company called scandorderinc, https://www.scandorderinc.com/ for something.

Already been in touch with my bank and that company as they can track payments - but i just wanted to make sure there was no funny stuff here related to this.

I doubt it - but hey - nothing to lose by checking eh.

jtwn · 08-02-2005, 16:21

I don't get any spam in any of the 5 or 6 ntl accounts but did get this yesterday.

Tried the link, never worked. Maybe the dodgy proxies did good for me this time

ian@huth · 08-02-2005, 16:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard M

Just FYI, we are making some real progress on our own internal investigation.
As soon as we know the facts, we'll let you guys know asap.
Thanks for being so supportive.

Any news yet?

Nugget · 08-02-2005, 16:31

Out of curiosity, if someone had managed to get hold of everyones e-mail address from here, wouldn't we all expect to receive this?

I'm only asking 'cos I haven't received this message, and it's my work e-mail in here.

Gareth · 08-02-2005, 16:42

Do you have any spam filtering system in place at your work, ie Blackspider, that would have caught the mail and not delivered it to you?

I was kinda worried, not by the original email I received, but by whether the address would be sold/passed on to other spammers and the sort of mails I'd be getting in the future.... but then I remembered that our email addresses are all changing following a recent takeover

TheBlueRaja · 08-02-2005, 16:43

Could have been blocked by a work spam filter?

Truth is - this could be just a mass mail - it may not have come from here - its just that the mods are checking.

EDIT: Damn your skiny metal ass...

Nugget · 08-02-2005, 16:50

That's what I thought, but you wouldn't believe some of the rubbish I get on e-mail here - I mean, someone actually sent me something about work the other day!

Oh well, I'll probably come in to about 15 of the messages tomorrow

EDIT: Scrub that - I've just found out that work use Blackspider, so that'll be why then

Gareth · 08-02-2005, 16:58

Heh, your version of Blackspider is configured better than ours.... I got the spam, but my work-related ones tend to get blocked

It means I don't have to do much work, and I'm now an expert at reducing baldness, improving my sexual prowess, getting a good mortgage and fighting toenail fungus!

Nugget · 08-02-2005, 17:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gareth

Heh, your version of Blackspider is configured better than ours.... I got the spam, but my work-related ones tend to get blocked

It means I don't have to do much work, and I'm now an expert at reducing baldness, improving my sexual prowess, getting a good mortgage and fighting toenail fungus!

Reducing baldness, eh? Why don't I get those

?

Bifta · 08-02-2005, 17:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja

Could have been blocked by a work spam filter?

Truth is - this could be just a mass mail - it may not have come from here - its just that the mods are checking.

Realistically though it's far too coincidental NOT to be related to this site. The only mail I've had through to the address I've got registered here are the CF newsletters and the this particular paypal one. Like others, I have more than one email account set up (8 in total) in Outlook .. this email was only delivered to the one address.

Mr_love_monkey · 08-02-2005, 17:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nugget

Reducing baldness, eh? Why don't I get those

?

When it gets to a certain point, even science can't help

Actually our email system prefixes the workd 'spam:' to the subject of everything that it thinks is spam, which usually includes anything sent from the other office - but it does let through all the ones about breast enlargement. I am actually very tempted. I think I'd look good as a buxom blonde

Meer · 08-02-2005, 22:33

Like many others i got the same email.

The Email addy is not one i have used anywhere else for some time, but it is the one that i use for here.

curiouser and curiouser.

M

Anastasis · 08-02-2005, 22:36

Adding myself to the list. I received one of these and it is to the address I have used and only used for registering with this forum