Another Paypal Scam

Ramster · 2003-09-06, 01:06 AM

Looks like a new version of that paypal email is going around. Almost had me.

<email>
Dear paypal user,

Due to concerns we have for the safety and integrity of the PayPal
community we have issued this warning.

Per the User Agreement, Section 9, we may immediately issue a
warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership and refuse to provide our services to you if we believe that your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our users or us. We may also take these actions if we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to us.

Please follow the link below:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=login-run and update your account information now
</email>

Takes you to this url:
http://www.paypalwarning.org/

Dr Bizzaro · 2003-09-06, 06:50 AM

Hmmm...I clicked the link to see and it just took me to that page.
It says

"You have requested an outdated version of PayPal. This error often results from the use of bookmarks. To enter the PayPal website please click on the Welcome tab.
If you are already logged in, please click on the My Account tab to continue. "

Isn't that page actually located on paypal.com? How could they get it to redirect to a scam page? Did they hack paypal and drop a redirect file onto the paypal server and paypal has just fond it and corrected it?

If that is the case, I don't trust the security of Paypal any more...

Extreme John · 2003-09-06, 08:10 AM

Hmmm odd, Im not sure thats a scam if it goes to Pay Pal, the only way they could really pull off something like that is by hacking Pay Pal and im sure if that was the case word would be out already...

=^..^= · 2003-09-06, 09:26 AM

I think the above posts are correct
paypal always states that when you get an email etc that might be fake check to see if it has http://www.paypal or https://www

thje https are spose to be secure so I believe E J is correct it means someone would have had to hack paypal

Dr Bizzaro - its always good to be concerned abotu paypal security
even though I still use them (as right now there really isnt any good alternatives being used by many ppl)
you might want to check out: www.paypalsucks.com

if I could find a better option and educate the masses to use it I would.

Ramster · 2003-09-06, 09:53 AM

Very odd...

Last night it went (redirected) to that paypalwarning.org page so PayPal may have caught the hack (if that's what happened) and stopped it.

And when I click the link from my email, I get this:

"Error 404: / is not found at this location

Please refer to the setup and troubleshooting guides.

Back to www.paypalwarning.org homepage"

Scammers that it looks paypal may have stopped already.

Dr Bizzaro · 2003-09-06, 09:55 AM

Yeah, we don't have to many alternatives these days. I use it quite a bit for my private submitters and a few of my advertisers.

And the charges adds up like crazy, I just had $300 sent to me and it cost me $12.00 $!@?!?!? WTF?

I think I am going to start to phaze them out as a payment source for me.

I have been encouraging people to use Epassporte . It costs $35 to get it set up or what ever, but fuck, tranactions are like $.25 or something. Very inexpensive.
Plus you can take money out in ATM machines.

Cold, hard cash....I love it.

=^..^= · 2003-09-06, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dr Bizzaro

I have been encouraging people to use Epassporte . It costs $35 to get it set up or what ever, but fuck, tranactions are like $.25 or something. Very inexpensive.
Plus you can take money out in ATM machines.

Cold, hard cash....I love it.

well i was thinking about using that - but then I heard so much bad press about it

the main issue for me was that ppl were saying that they could get $ out of ATM machines but that it wasnt accepted at many places online (for whatever reasons - I *believe* I read a post from the ppl at epassporte acknowledging this - but this was about 6 months ago now)

also another main issue was that their customer sevrice was very poor

however as I mentioned above this WAS 6 months agoi and a lot can change in ...well hell a lot can change in a DAY online

so if things have picked up I may look at them as another option again

whats other ppl 's opinion on it?
cheers

Ramster · 2003-09-06, 10:20 AM

epassporte rocks. I have the ATM card and can get cash anytime, it's great.

The other virtual card number you have for using online is not accpeted at all places, that is true. I'm able to pay my satellite bill but not my cell bill with it so some places take it and some do not. The reason is they do not recognize 4689 (the starting numbers) as a valid Visa card sequence. But still, it's a card that can be used online sometimes and at ATMs all the time. Love it.

Paypal now has an ATM card too and I just got mine. It's a Mastercard and I haven't used it yet for withdrawals.

And Dr. Bizzaro is right that the charges are not cheap at all when someone pays you via paypal. ouch.

Ramster · 2003-09-06, 02:25 PM

Update:
I reported the email to PayPal and got this back.

Thank you for bringing this suspicious email to our attention. We can
confirm that the email you received was not sent to you by PayPal. The
website linked to this email is not a registered URL authorized or used
by PayPal. We are currently investigating this incident fully. Please
do not enter any personal or financial information into this website.

I hate scammers! |raygun|

Surfn · 2003-09-06, 02:36 PM

I receive one of those PayPal scam emails weekly or more. If it doesn’t have my account number in it I delete it.

Same thing with ICQ, constant bull shit about I need to revalidate my number etc.

My guess is that they prey on web noobs

=^..^= · 2003-09-06, 08:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ramster
epassporte rocks. I have the ATM card and can get cash anytime, it's great.

The other virtual card number you have for using online is not accpeted at all places, that is true. I'm able to pay my satellite bill but not my cell bill with it so some places take it and some do not. The reason is they do not recognize 4689 (the starting numbers) as a valid Visa card sequence. But still, it's a card that can be used online sometimes and at ATMs all the time. Love it.

Paypal now has an ATM card too and I just got mine. It's a Mastercard and I haven't used it yet for withdrawals.

And Dr. Bizzaro is right that the charges are not cheap at all when someone pays you via paypal. ouch.

yep paypal charges are horrific!

I might get epassporte and just use it for paying other ppl who have an account with them |afro|

2003-09-06, 01:06 AM	#1
Ramster Life is good Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 11,867	Another Paypal Scam Looks like a new version of that paypal email is going around. Almost had me. <email> Dear paypal user, Due to concerns we have for the safety and integrity of the PayPal community we have issued this warning. Per the User Agreement, Section 9, we may immediately issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership and refuse to provide our services to you if we believe that your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our users or us. We may also take these actions if we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to us. Please follow the link below: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=login-run and update your account information now </email> Takes you to this url: http://www.paypalwarning.org/ __________________ Pornstar Legends \| Live Cam Model Shows \| Hungarian Girls Skype: robmurray999

2003-09-06, 06:50 AM	#2
Dr Bizzaro I'm not interested in the facts, I'm interested in my opinion. Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,620	Hmmm...I clicked the link to see and it just took me to that page. It says "You have requested an outdated version of PayPal. This error often results from the use of bookmarks. To enter the PayPal website please click on the Welcome tab. If you are already logged in, please click on the My Account tab to continue. " Isn't that page actually located on paypal.com? How could they get it to redirect to a scam page? Did they hack paypal and drop a redirect file onto the paypal server and paypal has just fond it and corrected it? If that is the case, I don't trust the security of Paypal any more... __________________ -DrBizzaro Make BIG $ selling text links! Sell Links and get $$

2003-09-06, 08:10 AM	#3
Extreme John Afro John says: "Touch The Extreme Afro & You'll Be In Extreme Pain!" Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: FL Posts: 1,671	Hmmm odd, Im not sure thats a scam if it goes to Pay Pal, the only way they could really pull off something like that is by hacking Pay Pal and im sure if that was the case word would be out already... __________________ September 6, 2007

2003-09-06, 09:53 AM	#5
Ramster Life is good Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 11,867	Very odd... Last night it went (redirected) to that paypalwarning.org page so PayPal may have caught the hack (if that's what happened) and stopped it. And when I click the link from my email, I get this: "Error 404: / is not found at this location Please refer to the setup and troubleshooting guides. Back to www.paypalwarning.org homepage" Scammers that it looks paypal may have stopped already. __________________ Pornstar Legends \| Live Cam Model Shows \| Hungarian Girls Skype: robmurray999

2003-09-06, 09:55 AM	#6
Dr Bizzaro I'm not interested in the facts, I'm interested in my opinion. Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,620	Yeah, we don't have to many alternatives these days. I use it quite a bit for my private submitters and a few of my advertisers. And the charges adds up like crazy, I just had $300 sent to me and it cost me $12.00 $!@?!?!? WTF? I think I am going to start to phaze them out as a payment source for me. I have been encouraging people to use Epassporte . It costs $35 to get it set up or what ever, but fuck, tranactions are like $.25 or something. Very inexpensive. Plus you can take money out in ATM machines. Cold, hard cash....I love it. __________________ -DrBizzaro Make BIG $ selling text links! Sell Links and get $$

2003-09-06, 09:26 AM	#4
=^..^= Internet! Is that thing still around? Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 6	I think the above posts are correct paypal always states that when you get an email etc that might be fake check to see if it has http://www.paypal or https://www thje https are spose to be secure so I believe E J is correct it means someone would have had to hack paypal Dr Bizzaro - its always good to be concerned abotu paypal security even though I still use them (as right now there really isnt any good alternatives being used by many ppl) you might want to check out: www.paypalsucks.com if I could find a better option and educate the masses to use it I would.

2003-09-06, 10:20 AM	#8
Ramster Life is good Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 11,867	epassporte rocks. I have the ATM card and can get cash anytime, it's great. The other virtual card number you have for using online is not accpeted at all places, that is true. I'm able to pay my satellite bill but not my cell bill with it so some places take it and some do not. The reason is they do not recognize 4689 (the starting numbers) as a valid Visa card sequence. But still, it's a card that can be used online sometimes and at ATMs all the time. Love it. Paypal now has an ATM card too and I just got mine. It's a Mastercard and I haven't used it yet for withdrawals. And Dr. Bizzaro is right that the charges are not cheap at all when someone pays you via paypal. ouch. __________________ Pornstar Legends \| Live Cam Model Shows \| Hungarian Girls Skype: robmurray999

2003-09-06, 02:25 PM	#9
Ramster Life is good Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 11,867	Update: I reported the email to PayPal and got this back. Thank you for bringing this suspicious email to our attention. We can confirm that the email you received was not sent to you by PayPal. The website linked to this email is not a registered URL authorized or used by PayPal. We are currently investigating this incident fully. Please do not enter any personal or financial information into this website. I hate scammers! \|raygun\| __________________ Pornstar Legends \| Live Cam Model Shows \| Hungarian Girls Skype: robmurray999

2003-09-06, 02:36 PM	#10
Surfn If you don’t take a chance the Angels won’t dance Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Earth on occasion Posts: 8,812	I receive one of those PayPal scam emails weekly or more. If it doesn’t have my account number in it I delete it. Same thing with ICQ, constant bull shit about I need to revalidate my number etc. My guess is that they prey on web noobs __________________ Surfn's Links Are you a partner?