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I've left some of the message headers intact, so we can see that this apparent spam scam originates overseas; not much the FTC could do. Moral of this story: Be wary of mystery links, like paypaladmin.cjb.net you get via email. Don't give your account info unless you're sure it's legit. -Declan ********* Received: from mimosa.singnet.com.sg (mimosa.singnet.com.sg [165.21.5.12]) by toad.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA09804 for <cypherpunks@toad.com>; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 09:12:57 -0800 (PST) Received: by mimosa.singnet.com.sg id AA27525; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 01:15:23 +0800 Message-Id: <200101251715.AA27525@mimosa.singnet.com.sg> Subject: Betty HilI has just sent you $200.00 with PayPal From: Betty Hill <BHill1234@aol.com> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 09:17:12 +0800 Betty Hill has just sent you money with PayPal. Amount: $200.00 Simply click <a href=http://paypaladmin.cjb.net>http://www.PayPal.com/links/uni</a> and complete the one-page registration form to claim your money. For a limited time, if you sign up and activate your account, you will receive a $5 New Account Bonus. You may withdraw your money at any time by requesting a check or making a direct deposit to your bank account. You can also send the money to your friends. PayPal lets users send money to anyone with an email address. Use PayPal.com to settle restaurant tabs with colleagues, pay friends for movie tickets, or buy a baseball card at an online auction. You can also send personalized money requests to your friends for a group event or party. X.com's backers include Nokia Ventures, Madison Dearborn Partners, Qualcomm, Sequoia Capital, Deutsche Bank, idealab Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs. Our state-of-the-art encryption provides the highest level of security. For more information about PayPal, check out <a href=http://paypaladmin.cjb.net>http://www.PayPal.com/</a>. Welcome to PayPal! Note: If you already have a PayPal account, be sure to log in at <a href=http://paypaladmin.cjb.net>http://www.PayPal.com/</a> and add this email address in the Profile subtab under My Account to collect your money. ---------------------------------------------- Best of the Web - Forbes Using the service is actually safer than a check or money order. - Wall Street Journal "The beauty is that you can send money -- real money, not one of those gimmicky Internet currencies -- to anyone with an email address." - New York Times "PayPal can play a major role in your life. You can use it to pay for stuff at auction sites, settle dinner debts with friends or nudge your cousin to repay that $50 he borrowed at the family reunion." - Time "This is truly one of the easiest services to use. Setting up an e-mail account at Yahoo! takes longer!" - Internet.com ********* Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 01:17:36 -0800 To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net From: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com> Subject: Spam attempting Paypal scam The cypherpunks and coderpunks lists just received spam from "Betty Hill" saying you've just been sent $200. Simply click <a href=http://paypalregistration.cjb.net/>http://www.PayPal.com/links/uni</a> and complete the one-page registration form to claim your money. CJB.net is a free URL redirection service - it would have pointed off to somewhere (presumably a moving target) to snarf up some Paypal account information and any other data it could. The anonymizer couldn't display it, either because it's closed down or just one of those things that the Anonymizer can't grok, but it is an interesting scam. Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639 *********** Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 00:53:23 -0800 (PST) From: "Alex B. Shepardsen" <abs@squig.org> X-Sender: abs@snuffy.whitetrash.org To: cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com Subject: Re: CDR: Betty HilI has just sent you $200.00 with PayPal On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Betty Hill wrote: > Simply click <a > href=http://paypalregistration.cjb.net/>http://www.PayPal.com/links/uni</a> Interesting scam. I wonder how many people are falling for this. Alex *********** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if it remains intact. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------