Re: Watch out for internet scam

[Guest guest]

Pierre,

I just got one this afternoon myself. thanks for the warning!

[Guest guest]

Thank Pierre. It's always good to get a heads up on these things.

Cy

Watch out for internet scam

> I just thought I would pass this one on to our members.

>

> There is a scam going on where you are sent an email that looks very

> official, pretending to be from Paypal. It asks that you confirm you

Paypal

> account by entering your account info, password and other information that

> would give the scammers easy access to your real Paypal account.

>

> I've received two myself, but only at an email address I reserve for other

> things. The messages actually look like they are from Paypal. For those

who

> have contributed to www.igan.ca in the past using Paypal, if you receive

> anything like this, ignore it. Log in to your actual Paypal account for

> info about how to spot these fake emails.

>

> These are being addressed at random to anybody, apparently using email

> addresses obtained from newsgroup postings, and other means. It is not

> related to your use of Paypal.

>

> Pierre

>

>

>

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