OT: [Fwd: Paypal® NET Security Department]

[Brian Puccio]

On Sun, 2005-04-24 at 21:11 +0200, Jose Manuel Velasco Martinez wrote:
> I have receive this email (attached), but since i remember i have add to
> any paypal system.
> If you check the links at the email, they are for a non know dns name.
> I really don't trust in it.
> What do you think?
> Has anybody receive also this kind of mail ?

I do, it's a scam.  Usually the links point to a site that looks
remarkably like PayPal in hopes that users would attempt to login with
their username and password.  This, in turn, gives the scammers access
to someone's account, allowing them to take whatever money they can.

It's called phishing.
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