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To: Dale Baker who wrote (35165)	10/12/2003 12:32:02 PM
From: Bart Hoenes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 118717

Sounds a bit wierd, but you can always go straight to paypal and logon (don't use the link in the email).

To: Dale Baker who wrote (35165)	10/12/2003 12:56:23 PM
From: Sultan	Respond to of 118717

Do a search on google and post your question on computer learning or some other thread.. I vaguely recall something like this as being not legitimate..

To: Dale Baker who wrote (35165)	10/12/2003 2:45:51 PM
From: alanballow	Respond to of 118717

I got it too and thought it smelled fishy. I copied it to Paypal and deleted it. Alll I got back from Paypal was a message from an autoresponder. The "Do not reply to this Email" was my first clue. Also, the hotlink didn't work.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (35165)	10/12/2003 6:38:06 PM
From: Densiebj	Respond to of 118717

I have received 2 e-mails from Paypal; they are a scam and must be reported to Paypal; they steal your credit card information by responding d

To: Dale Baker who wrote (35165)	10/13/2003 1:06:04 AM
From: smahi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 118717

To be safe just got to paypal and log and then update your account.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (35165)	10/14/2003 3:18:23 PM
From: WhatsUpWithThat	Respond to of 118717

If you're ever wondering, you can always do a whois (at www.networksolutions.com, for example) on them to see if it looks legit. This one would confirm your suspicions immediately: Domain Name.......... service4-paypal.com Creation Date........ 2003-10-04 Registration Date.... 2003-10-04 Expiry Date.......... 2004-10-04 Organisation Name.... Fely G. Yamane Organisation Address. 1400 Maple Street Organisation Address. Organisation Address. South Pasadena Organisation Address. 91030 Organisation Address. CA Organisation Address. UNITED STATES Admin Name........... Fely G. Yamane Admin Address........ 1400 Maple Street Admin Address........ Admin Address........ South Pasadena Admin Address........ 91030 Admin Address........ CA Admin Address........ UNITED STATES Admin Email.......... angelacurley@yahoo.com Admin Phone.......... +1.4159243355 Admin Fax............ Tech Name............ YahooDomains TechContact Tech Address......... 701 First Ave. Tech Address......... Tech Address......... Sunnyvale Tech Address......... 94089 Tech Address......... CA Tech Address......... UNITED STATES Tech Email........... domain.tech@YAHOO-INC.COM Tech Phone........... +1.6198813096 Tech Fax............. +1.6198813010 Name Server.......... yns1.yahoo.com Name Server.......... yns2.yahoo.com