Same thing with Earthlink. John Ferrell 6241 Phillippi Rd Julian NC 27283 Phone: (336)685-9606 johnferrell@earthlink.net http://DixieNC.US NSRCA 479 AMA 4190 W8CCW "My Competition is Not My Enemy" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Barr" To: Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 4:50 PM Subject: Re: [OT]: Horowitz & Hill Book - Paypal heads up > Someone has done a similar one for eBay. It is very slick and could > easily be mistaken for the real thing. It even includes a note at the > bottom that eBay doesn't request personal data by email. :=) > > While I didn't go to the trouble of confirming this with eBay, I do > know that they have a similar policy to Paypal's. Logging directly on > to eBay didn't trigger a request for any updates to my account > information. > > > Regards, Bob > > > On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 15:23:39 -0500, "Rick C." wrote: > > >Just a heads up. Anyone using Paypal. There is a spoof email going around that looks EXACTLY like it comes > >from Paypal. This is not like the ones I've been receiving the last few weeks telling me my Paypal account is > >going to expire in 5 days unless I submit new data. This one has links to banks, links to Paypal and Paypal > >emails, and Paypal logos all over the page. There is one and only one invalid link that will take you to a > >bogus site that will ask for your personal information. > >Paypal confirmed to me it was bogus. The only time they require updated information from you is if you > >actually log into their secure server. > >Rick > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads