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Subject: [Leica] Phishing warning - Paypal
From: nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (nathan.wajsman@planet.nl)
Date: Tue Feb 22 02:11:31 2005

Just to add to Douglas's warning: whenever you go to your Paypal or ebay
account (or similarly sensitive places), never click on a link and do
not rely on your bookmarks. Type in the URL manually every time.

Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Almere, Netherlands
http://www.nathanfoto.com
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----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
Van: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de>
Datum: dinsdag, februari 22, 2005 10:02 am
Onderwerp: [Leica] Phishing warning - Paypal

> Hello all,
> There seems to be a spate of phishing attempts using a very well 
> faked e-mail
> purporting to be from Paypal support.
> 
> This is Paypal's policy :
> 
> PayPal and its representatives will NEVER ask you to reveal your
> password. There are NO EXCEPTIONS to this policy. If anyone 
> claiming to
> work for PayPal asks for your password under any circumstances, by 
> emailor by phone, please refuse and immediately contact us via 
> webform at
> https://www.paypal.com/wf/f=sa_pass.
> 
> Also, Paypal ALWAYS addresses their text to your profile name, 
> NEVER Dear Member
> or Dear Paypal Member
> Hope this helps to prevent anyone being fooled.
> Douglas
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