Beware of scammers trying to rip off your PAYPAL Account.

Beware of scammers trying to ripp off your Paypal Account, I received the e-mail below and learned it was a scam, DO NOT click on the link.


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From: "Account Service" <service@lasalle.com>
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Subject: Verify your PayPal Account




Date: Sun 07/03/05 12:51 PM



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We recently have determined that different computers have logged into your PayPal account, and multiple password failures were present before the login. One of our Customer Service employees has already tryed to telephonically reach you. As our employee did not manage to reach you, this email has been sent to your notice.
Therefore your account has been temporary suspended. We need you to confirm your identity in order to regain full privileges of your account.
If this is not completed by July 5, 2005, we reserve the right to terminate all privileges of your account indefinitly, as it may have been used for fraudulent purposes. We thank you for your cooperation in this manner.
To confirm your identity please follow the link below:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run




Thank you for your patience in this matter.

PayPal - Customer Service

Please do not reply to this e-mail as this is only a notification. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.

I received a similiar email only this one stated a certain email address was added to my account.

I contacted pay-pal and they confirmed it was bogus.

They also stated that any email from pay pal will include your FIRST and LAST name in the post.

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-The Solution-
Indiana Agency #: PI20700211
Indiana Notary Public - Exp: 12/20/13

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I have found that the best method of dealing with this to forward the email to spoof@paypal.com. This email address was set up by paypal to deal with scam spoofed emails regarding their company.

These are commonly called phishing emails. I have gotten several, all from companies & banks that I never have used or no longer use.

NEVER, EVER click on a link from any email asking for your personal information. If you follow the instructions and give them your account number, password, pin number, etc, you will find your account wiped out within hours .

These should always be reported. Send a copy to the company that supposedly sent them to you (you should find an address on their real website) and also to abuse@uce.gov. This is the Federal agency that investigates these cases. Make sure you "show full headers" when forwarding these emails because the investigating company needs all of the information to try and trace them.

Others going around are scams to get money out of foreign countries, always millions, that they need a "legitimate" heir or contact in the US to accept for a large fee, and the international lottery that you have somehow won a portion of because your email was randomly picked out of the billions of emails they scanned the web to get and drew from. All of these are scams to get enough info on you to bleed you dry.

Just remember, if you don't enter you can't win, and if it sounds too good to be true, it is.

Kathy

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Kathy Blackshear
Blackshear Investigations
Blackshear Bail Bonds
Sales Associate, Prepaid Legal Services, Inc.
Walsenburg, CO

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