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August 7, 2007

PayPal Fraud: Fraudulent Emails NOT From PayPal

Attempted PayPal fraud is rampant all over the Net. Unfortunately, any large and well-known company that handles money is a target of the predators who haunt our society. This is a new one ...

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{Fake Company} just sent you $1.00 USD with PayPal.

Click {fake, live URL} to claim your payment.

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It was easy to spot this fumbling PayPal scam because it didn't use the address I have designated for PayPal.

Further, I've never heard of the company mentioned above. Now it's not impossible that this might be an affiliate payment from a company that I don't recognize, for example. But $1? That doesn't sound like any affiliate company that I know - especially since they usually have a minimum payment floor and one dollar is too small to bother with.

But the genuine way to protect yourself is to NEVER, NEVER, NEVER respond to these phony emails! Always log in directly to your account and check there.

Addendum: you won't be surprise to learn that there was no such payment into my PayPal account.

Posted by SydneyJohnston at August 7, 2007 12:20 PM

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