Re: PayPal messages / Spam

[farna@xxxxxxx]

No, someone signed onto the list using the PayPal address, it isn't spam in that sense. I get the e-mails stating I need to do something with my account by loggin into a bogus site that just captures my password so a withdrawal can be made. 

I'm reasonably sure it wasn't a list member, so there's not much can be done. If it happens again I'll trace down the originating ISP and file a complaint against the holder of the account. Since it's malicious in nature, their ISP could drop them. It's up to the ISP to decide what, if any, action they should take. The list provider can trace the originating address though. 


On July 14, 2005 Jerry Casper wrote:

> --- farna@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > I don't know what joker signed up PayPal, but that
> > address has been removed.
> 
>   I've been getting slammed by Paypal spam mail for
> the last 2 or 3 weeks by the bucketload, I am a
> registered user, I don't even bother forwarding them
> to the Spoof squad at Paypal or Ebay much anymore, as
> their are so many messages, obviously fake, that it's
> not worth it but to delete them. Guess they found a
> way to hit the List as well?
> 
>  - Jerry -
> 
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