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Re: PAYPAL SPOOF- Paypal users Please read

To: gerard <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com>, spridgets@autox.team.net, midgetsprite@yahoogroups.com, bugeye@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: PAYPAL SPOOF- Paypal users Please read
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 23:21:40 +0000
References: <a05210600bc08ea92763b@[209.209.93.116]> hBK4GSGx018187
User-agent: KMail/1.4.1
A patch for the email spoofing in Internet Explorer is now availible.  Guess 
what?  It's not from Microsoft!   You can download it here

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/12/18/1071337072117.html


On Friday 19 December 2003 06:00 pm, gerard wrote:
> On December 17th I received a Paypal email asking me to confirm
> information regarding my Paypal account. Because of stories I've
> heard from others I was immediately suspicious. In spite of the very
> legitimate looking email, it was addressed to an "info" address from
> my web site. In checking with the Paypal web site directly I was
> first directed to an information page on this very situation. I
> forwarded the email to Paypal at "spoof@paypal.com" and the email was
> confirmed as bogus. I know most of you are savvy to these situations,
> but I thought I'd put this out there, just in case.
>
> Gerard





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