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Jasper44
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_ 		18. December 2005 @ 06:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I just got this email telling me to log on and tell them all my info or my account will be shut down. These frauders are so stupid these days. The website you have to click on is even more rediculous. You can't click on anything except for the login info section. Anyway here is the email:


Subject: * PayPal Notification * -----these stupid little stars gave it away before I even opened the email
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 07:50:26 -0800

Dear PayPal Customer,

Due to the alarming increase of internet based fraud targeting
paypal customers we are forced to review our security measures.
Therefore we have issued new security measures and we will ask
for your cooperation in this matter. Upon completion of the
form bellow, your account will be validated and access to it
restored. Failure to do so may restrict temporarily or
permanently access to it.

Please follow the link below to login to our secure server and
provide us the requested information.

htt p://horse crap link.com

If your information is not updated in a timely manner, your
account will be suspended without further notice. To avoid such
incidents, please take your time and complete our survey. ---ok ill get right on letting you steal all my info

PayPal Safe Harbor Department.
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Doggy_Bot
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_ 		18. December 2005 @ 07:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Jasper I agree with you, but leaving the site link on their is considered spamming, so if I were you i'd take it off :)
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ddp
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_ 		18. December 2005 @ 07:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
leave it on for others to see & if a spambot sees that address than that site will be hit with spam, might teach those idiots a lesson!
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Doggy_Bot
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_ 		18. December 2005 @ 07:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Guess so?
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SeanZ0r
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_ 		18. December 2005 @ 13:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hah, but what if i want to sign up? or ive forgotten my pw? haha yeah, all the links are down on the page, GG
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fugg it
Jasper44
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_ 		18. December 2005 @ 19:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yea I forwarded the email to paypal so they shut it down.
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ddp
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_ 		18. December 2005 @ 19:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
good than edit the link so nobody does something stupid.
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SeanZ0r
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_ 		18. December 2005 @ 19:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
it was a joke, i dont even have a paypal acc.
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fugg it
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foxpawz
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_ 		19. December 2005 @ 05:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
lol i wonder if any 1 was stupi enough to fall for that?
(dosent affect me cus i dont use paypal ^_^)
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