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   Ed Vance to ED KOON   
   Re: I Got A Fake PayPal E   
   26 Oct 15 11:12:00   
   
   10-24-15 18:35 ED KOON wrote to ED VANCE about RE: I Got A Fake PayPal E   
   Howdy! Doc,   
      
    EK> @MSGID: <562CB182.1470.windowsb@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    EK> On Oct 19, 2015 10:34pm, ED VANCE wrote to ALL:   
      
    EV> I got a Email today about My PayPal Account.   
    EV> I don't have a Account with PayPal, and since the Address the message   
    EV> came from didn't end with "paypal.com" I Forwarded the FAKE message to:   
      
    EV> spoof@paypal.com   
    EV> so their Security Department could investigate it.   
      
    EV> I thought I ought to share that Email Address with the people who read   
    EV> this echo, because someone might want to help PayPal Security catch   
    EV> people who are impersonating them.   
      
    EK> eBay and PayPal are huge targets. Most of those spoofs are   
    EK> being sent by infected pc's and smartphones. There really is   
    EK> nothing to investigate as most of these spammers and scammers   
    EK> are overseas.   
      
   If any company has a internet presence there is some crook who wants to   
   mess with that company.   
      
   It makes the phrase "Buyer Beware" more important for their customers   
   to pay heed to.   
      
    EK> The number of scams targeting car buyers is frightning. They   
    EK> used to use eBay in their phishing scams but now are   
    EK> concentrating on Amazon to hook naive suckers.   
    EK> https://blog.ebaymotorssucks.com/9680/amazon-payments-car-scam-2   
    EK> 014/   
      
   I will look at that URL, Thanks!   
      
      
      
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