Comments on: Friggin Fraudsters http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2003/11/20/friggin-fraudsters Random musings of a Southern geek Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:38:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1-alpha-10188 hourly 1 By: Miles Cochran http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2003/11/20/friggin-fraudsters/comment-page-1#comment-24641 Miles Cochran Sun, 17 Jul 2005 21:14:40 +0000 //?p=#comment-24641 I have tried to get removed from Paypal's since the day I signed up for it. I don't trust it and will never use it, So if you somehow know how to get me off your listing, please do so. I have had two more messages today July 17th, 2005 that tell me someone else has been trying to use it. Please cancel me from your listing ASAP. I have tried to get removed from Paypal’s since the day I signed up for it. I don’t trust it and will never use it, So if you somehow know how to get me off your listing, please do so. I have had two more messages today July 17th, 2005 that tell me someone else has been trying to use it. Please cancel me from your listing ASAP.

]]> By: Anonymous http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2003/11/20/friggin-fraudsters/comment-page-1#comment-1165 Anonymous Thu, 16 Sep 2004 21:28:30 +0000 //?p=#comment-1165 I want to get rid of home.myway.com I want to get rid of home.myway.com

]]> By: Dougal http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2003/11/20/friggin-fraudsters/comment-page-1#comment-632 Dougal Tue, 08 Jun 2004 13:59:12 +0000 //?p=#comment-632 Louise, I tried to email you, but my message bounced. Hopefully, you'll come back and see this. Try a program called <a href="http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/">Ad-aware</a>. This will help clean up spyware and parasite programs that have made their way into your computer. Louise, I tried to email you, but my message bounced. Hopefully, you’ll come back and see this.

Try a program called Ad-aware. This will help clean up spyware and parasite programs that have made their way into your computer.

]]> By: louise http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2003/11/20/friggin-fraudsters/comment-page-1#comment-631 louise Tue, 08 Jun 2004 04:21:32 +0000 //?p=#comment-631 The site home.myway.com/ keeps coming up on my screen all the time. I have requested I do not want it....still comes up....Stops me accessing other sites I want to....has anyone heard of this site? Please how can I get rid of it ? Nothing works ? There is a tapping sound when I go to enter on my key board, this is not very nice. Many thanks, Louise The site home.myway.com/ keeps coming up on my screen all the time. I have requested I do not want it….still comes up….Stops me accessing other sites I want to….has anyone heard of this site? Please how can I get rid of it ? Nothing works ? There is a tapping sound when I go to enter on my key board, this is not very nice.
Many thanks,
Louise

]]> By: Annette Crawford http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2003/11/20/friggin-fraudsters/comment-page-1#comment-239 Annette Crawford Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:35:17 +0000 //?p=#comment-239 Found this website while trying to find out where to renew my tags in Coffee County. Thought the Dougal saga to be very amusing. I also was bitten by the PayPal scam. I did open the attachment (which I now realize was stupid) but when it was opened the scamsters had the nerve to ask people for their credit card numbers along with their PIN numbers just in case they had problems with the financial institution. Banks don't even ask for PIN numbers. I contacted Pay Pal and they asked that I forward them the email that I had received. The email address I sent it to was www.spoof@paypal.com. A copy of the response I got from PayPal is shown below... Thank you for bringing this incident of suspicious activity to our attention. It can be confirmed that the email you have received was NOT sent to you by PayPal. Below are some of the warning signs to suggest this email was not from PayPal: 1. The email addresses the user as "Dear PayPal Member". All emails that are sent from PayPal will address the user by their First and Last name 2. The email requests that you run an attachment. All emails that are sent from PayPal will never request that our users download any files or run any attachments. 3. The email states that "your account will be suspended within five business days if you ignore this alert". PayPal will never ask for account information, your email address or your password, unless you are logged into your PayPal account or when you are logging into https://www.paypal.com If you are concerned that your computer has been infected by this virus, downloaded the file, or entered your account information into the pop-up attachment, please respond to this email. We appreciate your concern and thank you for making PayPal the most trusted online payment service. Sincerely, The PayPal Team Found this website while trying to find out where to renew my tags in Coffee County. Thought the Dougal saga to be very amusing.

I also was bitten by the PayPal scam. I did open the attachment (which I now realize was stupid) but when it was opened the scamsters had the nerve to ask people for their credit card numbers along with their PIN numbers just in case they had problems with the financial institution. Banks don’t even ask for PIN numbers.

I contacted Pay Pal and they asked that I forward them the email that I had received. The email address I sent it to was http://www.spoof@paypal.com. A copy of the response I got from PayPal is shown below…

Thank you for bringing this incident of suspicious activity to our
attention. It can be confirmed that the email you have received was NOT sent to you by PayPal. Below are some of the warning signs to suggest this email was not from PayPal:

1. The email addresses the user as “Dear PayPal Member”. All emails that are sent from PayPal will address the user by their First and Last name
2. The email requests that you run an attachment. All emails that are sent from PayPal will never request that our users download any files or run any attachments.
3. The email states that “your account will be suspended within five
business days if you ignore this alert”. PayPal will never ask for account information, your email address or your password, unless you are logged into your PayPal account or when you are logging into
https://www.paypal.com

If you are concerned that your computer has been infected by this virus, downloaded the file, or entered your account information into the pop-up attachment, please respond to this email.

We appreciate your concern and thank you for making PayPal the most trusted online payment service.

Sincerely,

The PayPal Team

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