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The email you forwarded to us is a phishing email, and our security team
is working to disable it.

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always address you by your first and last name.

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Thanks,

The PayPal Team

Please report those phishing emails to them, help them to help us.

Written by Scam Busters

April 19, 2008 at 3:43 pm

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  1. Good morning

    I get the same enamel by Anthony AKA Scam

    quesque you made against its mail bizarre

    am now vulnerable against their fraud

    thank you

    Bank-to-bank remittance

    tonicb102@aol.com
    anthonyaka101@aim.com

    Anthony AKA Scam

    June 9, 2008 at 3:32 pm

  2. i got a similiar e-mail stating i had won 1000000.00 british sterlings the only info they asked for was name,phone number,mail address,and nationality,sex and age,before i thought i gave this to them then i backed up,i don’t think they can do any damage with just that info which is why i didn’t see any harm in it. I have now turned it over to pay pal so they can deal with it and protect there customers as they should seeing how this has been going on since 08 and people have been searching it i feel like pay pal should have sent out an alert to let people know to be aware. I hope nobody has gotten hurt by this scam and feel like they should be caught and punished to the full extent of the law

    chad alderman

    January 25, 2009 at 5:59 pm

  3. I received a payment request in my email asking to be paid via Paypal.
    If you have had similar – it looks something like this:

    Tina Hartly(tinnhart23@live.co.uk) would like to be paid through PayPal.
    Money request details:£50.23GBP
    Click following link to view payment details-

    https://www.paypal.co.uk/2NF576TG72P50WR27

    As I have never had any dealings with anyone of this name – I forwarded the email to spoof@paypal.com and got a reply back that this is a phishing mail.

    Moral is: If you aint bought nothing and don’t know the name – IGNORE IT – and for heavens sake DO NOT CLICK THE LINK.

    As they say on the telly – Don’t have nightmares
    Mandarin26

    Mandarin26

    February 27, 2009 at 9:40 am

  4. Good Job.

    Carry On.

    Sagar

    August 25, 2009 at 1:49 pm

  5. Live Jesus Christ,
    I promised You Id help you Mike Aaron Johnson, I am a real friend of Jeus Christ, revenge is definately not my game but leaving you in My creators hands is.
    Mike johnson is working with a College professor Brian Mulzulki who scams deaf and elderly and women online for thier money Mike says it’s an organization, i see as illegel activity no body wants to deal with . They sure don’t like it though that I am taking it seriously to stop these wusses here’s two emails to look out for “Mike Johnson” , mikejohnson2007@yahoo.com He is not dangerious just hungry for money the enconmy is effecting their efforts or more people are listening to not responding to his pathetic attempt of scamming us. H e accused me of in April22, 2009 of telling his secret of stealing diamond from nigeria and saling them her in America “he said i can’t keep my mouth closed and they could handle me well I am not allowing him to scam you or any one else so yes i went to the police twice he asked for 500.00 dallars on the same down in our conversation and called me his sweetie and his angel and he never got it. I stood up to this scum and their stalking organization of wusses .They’ll be back but isaid hell will freeze before he gets money and Mike You can’t keep a story straight to even scam anyone any more.
    Love your Sweetie Pie ,Angel or Sweetie Mike A johnson

    gina

    October 19, 2009 at 8:25 pm


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