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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (7408)2/21/2005 6:48:16 PM
From: Gary E  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 12465
 
Jeff,

Here is a mail I got telling me that my PayPal acct is compromised... WELL... I DO NOT HAVE a PayPal acct, but this disturbs me because I am considering getting one...

Now this is starting to really tick me off...

Hal

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Information Regarding Your account:
Dear PayPal Member:

Attention! Your PayPal account has been violated!

Someone with ip address (I removed the IP address numbers that were here) tried to access your personal account!

Please click the link below and enter your account information on the following page to confirm that you are not currently away. You have 3 days to confirm account information or your account will be locked.

Click here to activate your account


You can also confirm your email address by logging into your PayPal account at
paypal.com. Click on the "Confirm email" link in the Activate Account box and then enter this confirmation number: (I removed these numbers too)

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team



To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (7408)2/21/2005 6:51:39 PM
From: rrufff  Respond to of 12465
 
That is amazing. Thanks for posting it. I do remember reading it back a few years ago.

Almost makes me want to learn how to do this to spammers. If each of us targeted a spammer or two, maybe we could get rid of them.