Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/24

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Palpal scam
From: SonC at aol.com (SonC@aol.com)
Date: Mon Jan 24 11:35:02 2005

In a message dated 1/24/2005 12:59:10 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
mak@teleport.com writes:
>>One quick way to test is to click on the  link and enter a BAD password..
.if it is legit it will >>come back with an  error...if it is a scam it will 
not 
know and besides someone somewhere  >>will waste time trying to steal your 
money with a bad password...much  more fun than merely >>deleting the 
mail...and 
if we all did that they  would give up...
 
 
That's not a good idea.  Clicking an unknown link, and especially  entering 
even bogus information in a form could compromise the security of your  
computer.

Here's what PayPal  says:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/general/SecuritySpoof-outside

or   http://tinyurl.com/5z57m 


Regards,  
Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
Natchitoches, Louisiana
Oldest continuous  settlement in La Louisiane
?galit?, libert?, crawfish