Ebay and paypal spoof mails. Please read

Buddhabellybutton

gipsy_girl wrote:

Got this yesterday -sounds too good to be true!
is it a scam?
Thanks!
Dear EBay member.
>
> We have previously dealt with each other on EBay and I hope you
> will be
> interested in this opportunity to earn extra money through your Paypal
> account.
>
> It costs just £3, takes around 15 minutes and has enormous earning
> potential.
>
> Please take a few minutes to read this information, which is being
> circulated around all Paypal and eBay users and it seems to be
> working.
>
> Paypal have admitted that this is legal and Trading Standards are
> not aware
> of any problems with the plan.
>
> The person who started this system is someone that I value as an eBay
> seller, whom I trust to be reliable.
>
> Here are some responses from people who have so far benefited from
> taking
> part:
>
> "What an amazing plan. I followed the instructions just 3 weeks
> ago, and
> although I haven't made 10 grand yet, I am already up to £6,135.00
> - I am
> absolutely gob smacked" - Alan Humphries, Leicester.
>
> "Well what can I say? I sent out 40 e-mails like the plan said,
> then just
> forgot about the whole thing. To be honest, I didn't really think
> anything
> would come of it, but I checked my Paypal account a week later and
> there was
> over £3000.00 in it!!! After 30 days I now have over £11,000 to
> spend" -
> Lisa McDonald, Northampton.
>
> "I was shocked when I saw how much money came flooding into my Paypal
> account. Within 3 weeks my account balance has ballooned to £7,449.
> At first
> I thought there had been some kind of error!" - Richard Barrie,
> Cirencester
>
> "I was very sceptical when I first read this e-mail, I nearly
> deleted it,
> but then I thought about it & decided to give it a go! Some people
> spend
> more than £3 per week on the lottery, so what's a one-off payment
> of £3
> going to matter?!! I've got my fingers crossed that I'll have some
> extra
> spending money in my Paypal account very soon!
>
> INSTRUCTIONS:
>
> The first thing you need to do is send a £3.00 payment from your
> Paypal
> account to the FIRST email address in the list below, along with a
> note
> saying "PLEASE ADD ME TO YOUR LIST".
>
> Instructions on how to send a payment are under "SEND MONEY" on the
> Paypal
> website. It is very easy.
>
> You can send the payment type as "Other Goods"
>
> The current list is
xxxxxxxxxxx

Copy and paste this page and make any necessary changes (all areas
> that are
> in blue need to be altered by you).
>
> Remove the email address that you have paid from the No.1 spot,
> move all the
> others up a position, and insert your own Paypal email address in
> the No.5
> spot.
>
> Then send the page to as many people as you can who also have Paypal
> accounts.
>
> A good way is to send it to all the people in your Paypal history
>
> If like me, you have bought and sold on eBay, every person you have
> dealt
> with via paypal is listed in your paypal account history.
>
> Simply go the History tab on the Paypal website and then download a
> complete
> list of people you have traded with.
>
> If you have any problems downloading the history, try turning off
> all the
> fields in the "Customise Download Fields" link on the right hand
> side of the
> page - then download, or simply select the dates to show all of your
> transactions - highlighted in blue against every one is the word
> "Details".
>
> Click "Details" and scroll down to the bottom and you will find the
> sellers/buyers e-mail address. Cut and paste this into your e-mail
> address
> box.
>
> HERE'S HOW IT WORKS:
>
> When you send out your email, your email address will initially be
> at No 5
> on the list.
>
> That is the best position that you can be in if you want to earn
> serious
> money.
>
> The response rate for this program is much higher than any typical
> email
> marketing campaign for a number of reasons.
>
> As long as you send out your emails to people who are likely to be
> interested in this program, then on average, you can expect a
> response of
> around 25%. But let's be extremely conservative and assume that the
> average
> response rate is 12.5%!
>
> If you send out your 40 emails, you can expect at least 5 of those
> people to
> do exactly what you did (12.5% of 40 = 5 people).
>
> By that time, your email address will have moved up to No. 4 in the
> list,
> and this list will now have reached around 200 people (5 people x
> 40 emails
> = 200 people).
>
> Out of those 200 people, you can expect at least 25 of them to
> participate
> (12.5% of 200 = 25 people) so you are now reaching around 1000
> people (25
> people x 40 emails = 1000) and you are now at No.3 on the list.
>
> Out of those 1000 people, you can expect at least 125 of them to
> participate
> (12.5% of 1000 = 125 people) so you are now reaching around 5000
> people (125
> people x 40 emails = 5000) and you are now at No.2 on the list.
>
> Out of those 5000 people, you can expect at least 625 of them to
> participate
> (12.5% of 5000 = 625 people) so you are now reaching around 25000
> people
> (625 people x 40 emails = 25000) and you are now at No.1 on the list.
>
> Out of 25000 people, you can expect at least 3125 of them to
> participate
> (12.5% of 25000 = 3125 people) so since you are at the No.1 spot,
> you can
> expect to receive around about £9,375 (3125 people x £3.00 =
> £9,375) So when
> your name hits the No 1 spot, it will be YOUR turn to collect the
> money.
>
> Over the course of 30 days, this money will be sent to you by a few
> thousand
> people just like yourself, who are willing to invest £3.00 and 20
> minutes of
> their time to receive around £10,000 or more in cash.
>
> The first payments will arrive within a few days and then they will
> continue
> at the rate of about 100 payments per day for about 30 days
> (obviously this
> will depend on how quickly you act and how quickly people take you
> up on
> this offer and then pass it on).
>
> After that time, the volume of payments begins to taper off as your
> email is
> removed from the No.1 position.
>
> That's all you need to do!
>
> There will be around £10,000 in £3.00 payments waiting for you in your
> Paypal account within the next few weeks.
>
> £10,000 for just 30 minutes work!
>
> This is real money that you can spend on anything you wish!
>
> Just deposit it into your own bank account or spend it directly
> from your
> Paypal account!!!
>
> Remember, the 12.5% example above is assuming that 35 out of the 40
> people
> you send your email to will do absolutely nothing except delete
> your email.
>
> However, if you follow the plan correctly and send your emails only to
> people who are likely to want to participate, you can expect a typical
> response-rate of around 25%.
>
> Hence, the 12.5% example is only given as a worst-case-scenario.
>
> Additionally, the above example assumes that each participant will
> only send
> out 40 emails.
>
> Imagine what would happen if each participant sent out 1,000 emails
> instead
> of just 40!
>
> Believe me, many people will do this and much more!
>
> Unlike many other MLM programs, this 5-LEVEL PROGRAM costs you only
> £3.00
> which is much more realistic and provides much, much faster results.
>
> Only the first person on the list gets your £3.00 gift, but
> everyone in the
> list will rise to that No.1 position, as thousands of emails are
> being sent
> out.
>
> No cheating can occur (don't be fooled by claims that this system
> can be
> cheated) as Paypal only allows one account per person.
>
> Because it is so easy, the response rate is VERY HIGH and VERY FAST.
>
> Internet email is FAST, and you will start seeing dramatic results
> in less
> than one week!
>
> Remember, you can't cheat with this!
>
> It is pointless putting your name straight in at No.1
>
> The whole point of you being at number 5 is so that your name gets
> sent to
> as
> many people as possible.
>
> This won't happen if you start at No.1 on the list.
>
> This is tried and tested and works.
>
> Ask yourself "What are you risking"???
>
> £3..... that's all.
>
> What can you buy with £3 these days?
>
> Anyway, thank you for your time and good luck in your ventures.
>
> Kind regards - I sincerely hope we all make a bundle out of this.
>
> __________________________________________________________

I have just been sent this as well, Who should I complain to about this SPAM?
:mad: :mad: :mad:

soolin

Buddhabellybutton wrote:

I have just been sent this as well, Who should I complain to about this SPAM?
:mad: :mad: :mad:

I've alway sfound it better to complain to the ISP that the sender is using, this is spam and if they are with a recognised ISP they will be in breach of their T and Cs.

I once had a seller stupid enough to send me the paypal spam letter (along with about 100 other people all with our email addresses clearly shown) using his work address ie john.smith@ welknownhighstreetretailer.com. I looked up the address of their customer services, found a direct email to someone important and complained...I got back an email stating that they took abuse of work PC use very seriously and my complaint would be investigated..so I hope I did some good.

Soo

lwt2006

Just read some of this thread and sent email to Paypal - yes it was fake.

Thought I'd change my passwords, successful through ebay but forgot password for paypal so clicked on 'forgot password' and they send you an email with a link which you have to click on - is this one ok?

soolin

I've never had this one before, an obvious spoof of course (it didn't use my real name) but possibly will catch people out as it relies on people wanting to dispute the payment. All the headings looked legit and it even warned about spoof payments.

Soo

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Dear xxxx,

This email confirms that you, xxxxx, have paid rson2@ku.edu $33.95 USD using PayPal.

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Payment Details


Purchased From:randys1986

Item # Item Title Quantity Price Subtotal
5463449455 NWT FOREVER 21 STRAPLESS BROWN/PINK SALSA DRESS S 1 $27.00 USD $27.00 USD


Shipping & Handling:
(includes any seller handling fees) $6.95 USD
Shipping Insurance (not offered): --

Total: $33.95 USD
Note:

If you haven't authorized this charge ,click the link below to dispute transaction and get full refund

**URL removed as it is a phish site**


*SSL connection:PayPal automatically encrypts your confidential information in transit from your computer to ours using the Secure Sockets Layer protocol (SSL) with an encryption key length of 128-bits (the highest level commercially available)





Shipping Information


Shipping Info: kelli koch
30011 s.e. lake retreat so. dr.
ravensdale, WA 98051
United States

Address Status: Unconfirmed

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If you have questions about the shipping and tracking of your purchased item or service, please contact the seller rson2@ku.edu.

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wigan_rl_till_i_die

Hi all, can anyone help?

My girlfriend wanted to become verified with ebay/paypal they said they would send to payments to her account and she had to put them in online, so she did then it asked for her pin no and she put it in (schoolboy error i know) then she had an email off ebay saying that someone was trying to use her account details so she rang the bank and had her card cancelled, has this happend to anyone? and why would paypal ask for her pin?

tempuscat

PayPal wouldn't. But the sequence of events seems pretty weird.

If it was a bank account your girlfriend was trying to link to PayPal so as to fund PayPal payments and/or add funds to the PayPal account, then yes, PayPal does send two payments as part of the process of setting up the Direct Debit facility. And what happens after that is that you log onto your PayPal account and enter in the two amounts that have been credited to the bank account.

Quite how that would end up in your girlfriend giving away her cash card PIN is baffling, because until now I've only heard of that happening when someone is naive enough to respond to an email which turns out to be a scam.

Yet your girlfriend doesn't seem to have been responding to anything, but to have logged on to a spoof PayPal site. How odd.

amino_2

i have had 3 spoof emails, i bidded on these 3 cars never won the bid BUT got email to say i have a SECOND chance offer to buy the car on all three occasions i forwarded the emails from these so called ebay sellers to EBAY the confirmed that these are SPOOF emails, How can these people do this con money out of the buyers its so wrong i bet these people making money by being genuine sellers when they not.GOD HELP

tempuscat

The targeting of legitimate bidders by scammers got so annoying that I decided to make my listings private when the monetary value of the item exceeded £100.

I had to think long and hard about it because the whole concept of 'privacy' runs counter to the transparency which (theoretically) helps to make eBay safe (allegedly).

I've never made my FB private, just those listings where, ironically, it seemed bidders were being identified as much for the auction record as for the benefit of scammers hunting down people with significant sums of money to spend.

As the downside to this is that prospective bidders might worry about participating in an auction without being able to see whether, for example, shill bidding is taking place, I always explain at the start of the listing why it's private.

Fortunately, I still have 100% FB after 100s of transactions, no neutrals, no withdrawn negs etc etc. Yet though I understand the reasoning for a private listing (well, my reasons, anyway) I do have to wonder at the number of listings I come across where an item's nature and / or intrinsic value just doesn't merit the seller's tactic in hiding bidder names: the alarm bells then ring out about shillers. . .

lilmiss

My brother once got a email saying he had one a extendable rail, and he didn't even have a ebay account!!!. Why would anyone want a extendable curtain rail for anyway!!!

amino_2

can anyone explain how these people get hold of the emaill addresses , how do they know a buyer as bidded for an item and so on, coz i;m amazed when i got these email they look so real and genuine.