The most pathetic phishing expedition ever...
cmerlo1
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I've gotten a lot of PayPal and eBay phishing emails over the years, but this one is by far the dumbest one I've ever seen:
You Suck! Awarded 6/2008- 1901-O Micro O Morgan, 8/2008- 1878 VAM-123 Morgan, 9/2022 1888-O VAM-1B3 H8 Morgan | Senior Regional Representative- ANACS Coin Grading. Posted opinions on coins are my own, and are not an official ANACS opinion.
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Yeah that's pretty obvious. Unfortunately people will fall for it.
Collector, occasional seller
I get 4-5 a week from paypal about being pre approved and other nonsense.
Straight into the trash. Most if not all have the San Jose address.
@cmerlo1 Send me your SSN, date of birth and your mothers maiden name and I'll put a stop to these nasty phishing e-mails for you.
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I get squirrelly over receiving my monthly PayPal statement! The simple ones are the most effective, IMO. Peace Roy
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I have gotten a few 'you are pre-approved' from PAYPAL and forwarded them to spoof@paypal.com - they answered saying they were from them. Their credit card spam looks like phishing attempts.
I recently got a amazon prime sphishing and forwarded it to stop-spoofing@amazon.com as I do not have amazon prime.
I did forward it to spoof@paypal.com like I always do. I'm sure they'll have a good laugh.
I got a few of them. I just delete them or send it to ebay
There seems to be a major increase in these phony phishing emails the last month or so... Much more than it has been....Cheers, RickO
Bad as a Social Security robocall.
these scammers know that many will fall for their scams, nothing unusual to find an increase near the holidays of scams of all types
1997-present
Lame - ever gotten the call from the “IRS”? Got one the dude told me to comply or “you will end up in jail cell and handcuffs”.
Yeah....
Whenever I get a suspicious email I click on the name who sent it and the actual email address opens up. I got this one and the email address was some extremely long what appeared to be random characters clearly nothing to do with anything from PayPal or anyplace kosher.
I get "Your account is now suspended" PayPal emails at least twice a week.
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"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
With multiple bogus emails asking for replies, I refer them to contact each other for further information.
The first panacea of a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.
Ernest Hemingway.
Same here.... sometimes more than one a day!