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To: mr.mark who wrote (12908)	7/21/2000 3:28:34 PM
From: c.horn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32907

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To: mr.mark who wrote (12908)	7/21/2000 3:30:25 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32907

I just got the video of Power Lunch from July 5th. It cost $37 but now I can relive my 15 seconds over and over :)

To: mr.mark who wrote (12908)	7/23/2000 4:06:29 AM
From: EL KABONG!!!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32907

Scam alert... interactive.wsj.com July 21, 2000 Scam Artist Copies Web Site Of Payment Service PayPal.com By BOB SULLIVAN MSNBC A scam artist has created an exact replica of PayPal.com, and appears to be using the fake site to pilfer user names and passwords from customers of the online-payment system. The site, deceptively named PayPai.com, is a convincing duplicate of the real thing -- but according to Network Solutions Inc., Paypai.com is registered to Birykov Inc. in South Ural, Romania. PayPal users should use care while the scam is still in operation. PayPal, with 2.6 million customers, is easily the largest online payment system designed to support online auction users. Customers set up accounts so they can transfer funds back and forth without having to wait for personal checks to clear or money orders to be delivered. Most customers currently pay nothing for the service, which considerably speeds up the auction buying process. But in this case, scam artists have apparently discovered a way to dupe PayPal users by dangling a large payment in front of them. Not only is "Paypai.com" very convincing, the scam artist goes even one step further. He or she is apparently e-mailing PayPal customers, saying they have a large payment waiting for them in their account. The message then offers up a link, urging the recipient to claim the funds. But the URL which is displayed for the unwitting victim uses a capital "I," which looks just like a lower-case "l" in many computer fonts. So, when the victim clicks on that link, they are directed to a copycat login page that's really sitting on a British Web hosting service called "Easypost." If the victim does log in, the username and password is sent to the scam artist. E-mails to Easypost were not immediately returned. Thursday, on a message board devoted to PayPal, several users confessed they'd been tricked into logging in, but got suspicious and changed their account information soon after. "Well color me stupid. I read half your message (warning of the scam), then went over and checked it out. I logged in and then came back and read the rest," wrote one. "Can someone say IDIOT!! I immediately went to the real PayPal and changed my password. Oh well, silly me." No users reported noticing any PayPal funds had actually been stolen as a result of the scam. Armed with the username and password, a scam artist could possibly drain a victim's PayPal account. But it could be worse -- in some cases, PayPal accounts are linked to credit cards or personal bank accounts. That information would also be available to the computer vandal. PayPal didn't immediately respond to inquiries, but both that company and Easyhost had been notified of the scam by late Wednesday, according to writers on the Internet message board. According to one user, the enticing e-mail read like this: Michael Swenson just sent you money with PayPal. Amount: $827.46 Click here to get you new account bonus! paypai.com Did you know you can earn money with the PayPal Refer-a-Friend program? Go to pay-pal.com for more details. To view your PayPal balance or other account information, log in at paypai.com; KJC