I heard about this a couple days ago, and today rec'd it.

"Looks" official but beware!

Here's the context of the message:

Please verify your information today!

Dear Paypal Member.
Your account has been randomly flagged in our system as a part of our routine security measures. This is a must to ensure that only you have access and use of your paypal account and to ensure a safe Paypal experience. We require all flagged accounts to verify their information on file with us. To verify your information, click here and enter the details requested. After you verify your information, your account shall be returned to good standing and you will continue to have full use of your account.

Thank you for using PayPal!


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Upon closer inspection, the "click here" is a phony PayPal link on a porno site server. :(

Just a friendly reminder to look out for this crap.

I appreciate it, I was going to use paypal in a few minutes. :D

I have got two of these in my email in the last
week. I got ahold of paypal to let them know
about it. :(

Thanks for posting this.i received this also and even though i am well aware of these things happening,it surely looked official.I almost sent the info when i saw the return email adress was support@paypal.com,seemed legit,especially since i had a true paypal problem a few days before....not hard to fall for this stuff....

Something else to be aware of, I was downloading some music off a site & when I got up in the morning, I had discovered that I had received a message thanking me for providing some music to download FROM ME, & it went on to offer some free porno if you go to their particular site.

Sounds more like a scam that since the music business cannot seem to effectively shut down these free music sites, if you go to a some listed site & tell them who you are, BAM, they will come & take you away & fine you heavily.

I have gotten two or three of these in the last couple of days from two different mussic download sitesd, BE CAREFUL!

graemlins/waving.gif

Jim

A.C.E.S. 4996


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Originally posted by 71BBSSCONV:
Something else to be aware of, I was downloading some music off a site & when I got up in the morning, I had discovered that I had received a message thanking me for providing some music to download FROM ME, & it went on to offer some free porno if you go to their particular site.
Check your software settings. They all default to allowing uploads from the same folder you are downloading to. If you left it running all night, chances are someone uploaded from you as well. That's why it's called file 'sharing'.