PayPal note from Malwarebytes
topstuf
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I subscribe to the full paid version of Malwarebytes.
Glad I do. They have sent me dozens of the scams they block on a regular basis. 
Today's email from them included a PayPal note:
"PayPal will ALWAYS include your real name in their emails. ALWAYS! The scammers cannot do that as they do not know your name."
FWIW.
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This is a coin forum. Not a forum about Malwarebytes.
bob
Sorry. That's why I put FWIW.
SOMEONE might find it useful.
Oh hell, I'll edit it out. No wait. I'll let it stand.
Pay no attention to it.
I pay for my coins with paypal. Nice to know my malwarebytes is protecting me. I recommend malwarebytes to anyone wanting malware protection while searching for COINS. They have a free download version.
The government is incapable of ever managing the economy. That is why communism collapsed. It is now socialism’s turn - Martin Armstrong
Nice to know. Thanks.
Pete
I found it useful.
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PayPal, eBay or any similar place will always include your name in their email notices.
i always get scams
Thanks!
Thanks. I didn't know that. Like many others here, I use PayPal to buy coins so it's useful information.
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Hmmm, Malwarebytes may have caused me to buy a new computer. I use AVG as my virus program. Turns out the 2 might have been fighting each other!
Turns out our local computer gurus were trying to sell me a computer. I bought a better 1 for 1/2 the price. But, I had a lot of data I needed to save. Long story short I got my computer back with the hard drive uninstalled. The mention of me putting it back in and playing with it was met with a stern don't do it if you want to save your files.
I did and started playing around with my computer in protected mode. Was finally able to email myself the spreadsheets to myself that would have been a disaster if I lost. Then finally was able to send my data to a remote backup(mainly many years of pictures). Then I uninstalled and reinstalled everything that did not come with the computer except malwarebytes(which my problems began shortly after I installed it). That was 2 years ago and my older better computer(I-7 vrs. I-5 with a ton more Ram) is still working like a champ!
Yeah, I do a better job of backing up these days!
I didn,t know that and I use Paypal frequently. Thanks for the info.
At the risk of incurring GREAT WRATH **
I'll go so far as to ALSO recommend ...CARBONITE....
It **BACKS UP EVERYTHING EVERY DAY!
And yes, I have needed it one time.
And it replaced all the data I lost ....completely. Exactly how it was.
Bleeve me, I've seen a LOT of computer stuff and dealt with some very troublesome stuff.
Malwarebytes even stopped that RANSOMWARE plague that hit almost everyone a year or so ago.
So..... I use both Malwarebytes AND Carbonite.
and have been trouble free for 3.5 years now.
Okay...... flame away.
Why would I do that? My biggest beef is the computer guru either knowing or not knowing there was most likely a software conflict in my computer. That's my take on it anywho!
I blocked so many scams now I don’t get too many any more. One thing you always need to check is the sender address. That’s how you find out is scam. Some of them are very good.
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I’ve practiced social distancing with most of the internet.
Good information.... Many of us use Paypal, so it does relate to our hobby. We have a BST, a valuable resource, in which PP is used profusely. Cheers, RickO
Interesting to see a previous employed of mine mentioned here.
Solid consumer product, the free version will meet most needs. Unfortunately, they had some layoffs a cpl weeks back, and hopefully they can turn things around.
Information like this is absolutely relevant to this forum and hobby. Thanks for posting it!
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This needs to be in an off topic forum.. if there were one.
I'm glad to hear about it as well. I hope this social distancing doesn't cause to much anti socialism problems