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Posted by tranceDJ on Aug-29-2006 16:16:

Trick is...when you see any email from your bank, paypal, whatever and it says "Dear [insert institution] MEMBER"...

They only time you should believe that it's legitimate is when you see your actual name addressed in the email.

Posted by narcism on Aug-29-2006 17:28:

quote:
Originally posted by Subey
There is a flaw in the logic here which I suspect is caused by 2 events occuring in proximity resulting in you believing they are related.

if u read 2 posts above this i state it wasnt thru paypal that i was robbed, someone just got a hole of my card details, and i dont know where its gone as my mum is handling it for me.
Maybe it was a coincidence that the email came and then i suddenly had no money i dont know, apparently paypal are investigating it, which i doubt they are, my card is now frozen (even tho its maxed out) and the bank is sending me some funds so i can leave this country.

Posted by Ygrene on Aug-29-2006 17:35:

quote:
Originally posted by narcism
if u read 2 posts above this i state it wasnt thru paypal that i was robbed, someone just got a hole of my card details, and i dont know where its gone as my mum is handling it for me.
Maybe it was a coincidence that the email came and then i suddenly had no money i dont know, apparently paypal are investigating it, which i doubt they are, my card is now frozen (even tho its maxed out) and the bank is sending me some funds so i can leave this country.

I empathize with you deeply Jolz, having had it happen to me....although I wasn't in the middle of a foreign country!! I hope everything gets sorted properly for you!!

Posted by superglo on Aug-29-2006 17:49:

oh man.
that sucks.
now i'm even more paranoid about having using my card for online transactions.

Posted by Subey on Aug-29-2006 18:23:

quote:
Originally posted by narcism
if u read 2 posts above this i state it wasnt thru paypal that i was robbed, someone just got a hole of my card details, and i dont know where its gone as my mum is handling it for me.
Maybe it was a coincidence that the email came and then i suddenly had no money i dont know, apparently paypal are investigating it, which i doubt they are, my card is now frozen (even tho its maxed out) and the bank is sending me some funds so i can leave this country.

ah, my bad.

Looks like we are in the same boat. I'm waiting for the bank to send me some funds too so I can leave this country

Posted by Trance Nutter on Aug-30-2006 00:32:

quote:
Originally posted by tranceDJ
Trick is...when you see any email from your bank, paypal, whatever and it says "Dear [insert institution] MEMBER"...

They only time you should believe that it's legitimate is when you see your actual name addressed in the email.

um no. The only time you should believe its legitimate is when theres no link in the email.

A real bank, ebay or (I'm assuming) paypal email will NOT have a link to their website saying "OMG click here or else you gonna get scammed".

Posted by yujie__ on Aug-30-2006 00:39:

I get these at least 2 times in a week. recently a new one appear about payment to a dell latitude laptop which is also a scam. i forward these to [email protected]

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