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jiffyman:
Definate Scam,

Plus, if it was DEFINATELY for you, it would say your name at the top,
NOT,

DEAR, Paypal Member or Dear (insert eBay name)

I just ignore these types of email, plus the one time I did click on it, Norton blocked it saying it was a fraudulent site!

I would always log into my account by going direct to the site, never through the email

V8MoneyPit:

--- Quote from: jiffyman on November 19, 2008, 07:37:54 ---Plus, if it was DEFINATELY for you, it would say your name at the top,
NOT,

DEAR, Paypal Member or Dear (insert eBay name)
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If your e-mail has a name in it, the scam mails will insert this. So having an e-mail address like xbr58463@blah.com will pick these out. Any legitimate company will know your name as you suggest.

S188:

--- Quote from: Disco Matt on November 18, 2008, 11:48:47 ---It occurs to me that a neat little sting operation could be mounted on these. If a series of unique false sets of data were made available for us to type into these boxes, which would then, if reused by the scammers, trigger an automated system to record their IP address and location and pass it to the Police.

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Nice theory but it probubly comes from overseas so no one will bother/be able to take it further.

mytj:
If you get an email you think is not right, If you move the cursor over the link (BUT DONT 'CLICK' [-X) At the bottom of the screen it will say the address the link will send you too.Something like www   .ivegotyourdetails............
Try it on one you know is safe.
Hope this helps
John

datalas:

--- Quote from: mytj on November 22, 2008, 17:53:32 ---If you get an email you think is not right, If you move the cursor over the link (BUT DONT 'CLICK' [-X) At the bottom of the screen it will say the address the link will send you too.Something like www   .ivegotyourdetails............
Try it on one you know is safe.
Hope this helps
John

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I would go further (and tried to ;)) and say that even if it transpires it is something you want to click on the type (manually, with your fingers and everything) the address in rather than clicking on it.

search for "international domain name spoofing" if you want more information, however whilst that particular problem has more or less been solved now something similar will come along in a while :)

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