Don't Fall For This Scam!

-Painted Fan- · February 18, 2008, 10:16:42 pm

WARNING!!!!
I have received this e-mail 4 times this month already. It's a scam. I found out there's even a website about it. It's called the Digimax 130 Scam. Here's the info:
You receive an urgent e-mail from PayPal saying to login to your account (don't do it!!!). It looks legit. This is called phishing. But they're actually just wanting your info. They use the same transaction #, same e-bay member name, even the same amount.
Digimax 130
Transaction # 2LC956793J776333Y
Amount $47.85
E-Bay Member scratchandgnaw2
Edward Harrell
211 David St.
Springtown, TX 76082

Again, please don't even open the E-mail. I would hate to hear of someone on here with identity theft. There's even been some cases of this scam that have left virus' on the persons' computer.

Quite Frankly · February 18, 2008, 10:25:07 pm

I jokingly responded to one of those junk email saying "you won the lottery in Pakistan" and it opened the floodgates of many more.

RD™ · February 18, 2008, 10:38:35 pm

Reply back with

The FBI hearts you.

Signed,
Your Screwed.

Quite Frankly · February 18, 2008, 10:39:10 pm

I said

"show me the money"

STG.

Now it's 3 per day.

DB · February 18, 2008, 10:44:33 pm

Quote from: Quite Frankly on February 18, 2008, 10:25:07 pm
I jokingly responded to one of those junk email saying "you won the lottery in Pakistan" and it opened the floodgates of many more.

I did the same thing a long time ago. I learned real quick, don't respond to them.

Reality is, somebody has to be making money off of the stuff. They wouldn't keep doing if they weren't.

Quite Frankly · February 18, 2008, 10:47:20 pm

I knew better. Didn't fill out their little form to get the process started. just flippantly replied.

DB · February 18, 2008, 10:50:17 pm

I had to tell the little granny at work to quit telling the porn senders to quit sending to her. She told me that she keeps telling them to quit sending it to her but they keep sending her more. We had to change her email address.

jackfan1™ · February 18, 2008, 11:15:09 pm

I forward all of them with full headers to spoof@paypal.com
and mark them as spam in my email.

I never reply to them since that just tells them they reached a valid email account.
Paypal works to disable them so I let them handle it.

Just a note: if you scroll over their links, you will see their strange addresses at the bottom of your window. It is always something odd, not an https paypal address.

(If it is not httpS, it is NOT a secure site.)

Chief_Osceola™ · February 19, 2008, 01:55:57 am

Generally you can scroll over the link and tell if it's legit or not. A lot of phishing sites will only show IP addresses as the actual numeric address. Look at the bottom left of your page the next time you move your cursor over a link. Do it for these phishing sites and you'll see what I'm talking about.

atownpantherfan05™ · February 19, 2008, 02:45:29 pm

I don't like those spam mails they can slow up the computer.

Drama Mama ™ · February 19, 2008, 02:58:48 pm

Already been a victim of PayPal identity theft a couple of years ago. The credit card that backed my account purchased 75 netflix movies, 2 Western Union money orders and a tank of gas. Of course I caught it pretty quick. Easy to catch when you have a zero balance on a card and suddenly you have $1800 in charges within a couple of days. The local police got in on it for me and investigated it. Whoever picked up the money orders were located in TN. PayPal is the devil. EBay is the devil. To many scams within all of it now a days. My accounts with both are locked. I evidently listed a bass boat and also purchased a H2 in Europe for an unbelievable price of $18000 ! Shipping included.