[IP] more POSSIBLE (likely) fraudalent PayPal scam - netcommunity awareness warranted

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

Title: approve:tippie more  POSSIBLE (likely) fraudalent PayPal scam - netcommunity awareness warranted

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From: Stephen Nachtsheim <stephen@nachtsheim.com>
Reply-To: stephen@nachtsheim.com
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 15:50:29 -0800
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: RE: [IP] POSSIBLE (likely) fraudalent PayPal scam - netcommunity awareness warranted

Dave,
 
This is not the only Paypal / EBay scam.  Here are two notes I received after successfully selling a couple of items on EBay and using Paypal as the agent.  I too had little luck figuring out how to notify either web site - and never heard from either when I did.  I am assuming this particular group is targeting EBay sellers; if you get the information for which they ask, I suppose you could withdraw the accumulated monies from Paypal.  Both look pretty realistic.  I do not know how the second one uses the Paypal URL to steal your information ... I'll have to improve my  web programming knowledge.
 
Steve

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