Odd PayPal email

The tech term is a "phishing" email, as in they're Phising for your login info

I never click an email link from any service I use... if they send me a notice, I then use the bookmark (or their website from memory) I have for their site and login to address the issue.

Attempts to re-direct you to a different website to steal your info is called "spoofing"... the above example could be "Spoofed", but spoofing is more difficult (but possible if they can access/update your hosts file, bookmarks, or configure your machine to use their proxy server (all require them to compromise your computer first)

If it doesn't start out, dear "real name". It is a scam.

I won 450 million the other day.....just had to send them my name, address, social, height, weight, hair and eye color, nationality, drivers liscense number, and bank account. I'm waiting on the "bank transfer" right now [ROFL1]

I for one never knew I had so many relatives in Africa wanting to send me $$.

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Originally Posted by 68Charger

The tech term is a "phishing" email, as in they're Phising for your login info

I never click an email link from any service I use... if they send me a notice, I then use the bookmark (or their website from memory) I have for their site and login to address the issue.

Attempts to re-direct you to a different website to steal your info is called "spoofing"... the above example could be "Spoofed", but spoofing is more difficult (but possible if they can access/update your hosts file, bookmarks, or configure your machine to use their proxy server (all require them to compromise your computer first)

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Here is a prime Example
If I wanted to redirect someone to MY website that looked like a real website I could simply create a Hypertext link with the website address you think you are going to.

So you think you are going to http://WWW.FreeGuns.Net but you really go to a different site.

just sayin, that could have just as easily been a link to http://www.lemonparty.org