stupid paypal and ebay ones

peterlee · 04-01-2007

stupid paypal and ebay ones
i get them A LOT!!!

how do they even get my email address??!?!

Aworth · 04-01-2007

I am very weary when I get emails from these. I almost got phished by one if I didn't look in the address bar to see it wasn't Paypal I was logging into. They are very clever.

Kaets · 04-04-2007

I actually think it is when you register a debit card, how, I don't know. But as soon as I registered my debit card on both sites, I was getting fake emails from both. I don't know how they do this.

Althema · 04-04-2007

If you use paypal buttons on your websites, there are programs that will crawl sites for the email addresses. Some just crawl for any old email address, and they send the notices to all in the hopes that some do use PayPal and will believe the email.

I get phishing emails stating my bank & trust account needs more information, and I don't even know what bank & trust is.

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peterlee Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	stupid paypal and ebay ones stupid paypal and ebay ones i get them A LOT!!! how do they even get my email address??!?!

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04-01-2007	#2 (permalink)
Aworth Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0	I am very weary when I get emails from these. I almost got phished by one if I didn't look in the address bar to see it wasn't Paypal I was logging into. They are very clever.

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Kaets Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 30 Rep Power: 0	I actually think it is when you register a debit card, how, I don't know. But as soon as I registered my debit card on both sites, I was getting fake emails from both. I don't know how they do this.

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Althema Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 66 Rep Power: 2	If you use paypal buttons on your websites, there are programs that will crawl sites for the email addresses. Some just crawl for any old email address, and they send the notices to all in the hopes that some do use PayPal and will believe the email. I get phishing emails stating my bank & trust account needs more information, and I don't even know what bank & trust is.

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