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

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Palpal scam
From: nicholsj at edge.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon Jan 24 13:03:59 2005

Dan,

I received two similar messages from *bay, both of which looked very
authentic.  I copied one and sent it to *bay, but have had no response.

Jim Nichols


> [Original Message]
> From: Dan C <bladman99@yahoo.ca>
> To: <lug@leica-users.org>; <Minolta@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: 1/24/2005 12:47:16 PM
> Subject: [Leica] OT:  Palpal scam
>
> Forgive me if this is off-topic, but I just received a very official
> looking email from what appears to be Paypal, informing me that there are
> irregularities in my account, and included a real looking link to click on
> to rectify the problem.
>
> The email is BOGUS, and if I had actually clicked on the link (which was
> not from paypal at all), it undoubtedly would have asked me to login to my
> account, instantly providing someone with everything they needed to rob me
> blind.
>
> be careful,
>
> -dan c.
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