[Dixielandjazz] OT PayPal scam

[david richoux]

On Feb 18, 2004, at 11:18 AM, John Farrell wrote:

> I've now had two emails purporting to come from PayPal.com informing 
> me that
> my account will be closed in five days unless I register again using 
> the
> attachment which came with the messages (the file extension is .scr).
>
> My suspicions are aroused - is this an inducement to open the 
> attachment
> which might have horrendous consequences or are the messages genuine? 
> Anyone
> know?
>
> John Farrell
> http://homepages.tesco.net/~stridepiano/midifiles.htm

this is from the Paypay website - I think you have a scammer

dave Richoux

> http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/email-security-outside
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