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Bas Rutten
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Posted - 2003.12.08 17:18:00 -
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Ok, here is the deal ... I received an email today from a source called PayPal, and it reads like this:
***Dear PayPal member,
We regret to inform you that your account is about to be expired in next five business days. To avoid suspension of your account you have to reactivate it by providing us with your personal information.
To update your personal profile and continue using PayPal services you have to run the attached application to this email. Just run it and follow the instructions.
IMPORTANT! If you ignore this alert, your account will be suspended in next five business days and you will not be able to use PayPal anymore.
Thank you for using PayPal.
hmbhoepo ***
Attached to that email is a .pif file, which to me looks much like containing a virus or keylogger. So for all you guys using PayByCash ... don't execute that proggie.
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Deny the Urge - brutal Death from Germoney
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T'Rana
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Posted - 2003.12.08 17:26:00 -
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I seen this posted somewhere a while back...actually come to think of it I'm sure it was an email I got from paypal warning me about this.
Just remember no legit email should ask you for any of your personal details or passwords etc. This is usually explained when you first join something like this.
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Ajari Joan
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Posted - 2003.12.08 17:29:00 -
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Funny thing is, I'm getting tons of such scam mails on my 2nd email address everyday. I also got this mail, but I don't even own a paypal account. 
No trustworthy company would contact you in such a way, stay alert!!!
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Gan Ning
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Posted - 2003.12.08 17:29:00 -
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The sad thing is people fall for these scams all the time. And it's mostly people who are new to computers and/or the Internet.
Anyway it's got nothing to do with EVE so I think Orestes will be in here in ummm probably about 5 posts to lock it.
5..
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Admiral IceBlock
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Posted - 2003.12.08 17:44:00 -
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5
"We brake for nobody"
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Hardin
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Posted - 2003.12.08 17:53:00 -
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Received today - Supposedly from Natwest Bank
 Quote:
Dear Valued Customer,
- Our new security system will help you to avoid
frequently fraud transactions and to keep your investments in safety.
- Due to technical update we recommend you to
reactivate your account.
Click on the link below to login and begin using
your updated NatWest account.
To log into your account, please visit the NatWest Online Banking
https://www.nwolb.com/
If you have questions about your online statement,
please send us a Bank Mail or call us at
0846 600 2323 (outside the UK dial +44 247 686 2063).
We appreciate your business. It's truly our
pleasure to serve you.
NatWest Customer Care
This email is for notification only. To contact us,
please log into your account and send a Bank Mail.
Pity they can't speak English properly or know enough to realise that I am not even a Natwest customer 
It is just a pity some people do actually get taken in by scammers such as these!
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Sybylle
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Posted - 2003.12.08 17:55:00 -
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3
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(O.o)
(> <)=Oveur (proof)
"Jumping 50 systems I can like, have sex 150 times during that period" |
Enraku Reynolt
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Posted - 2003.12.08 19:14:00 -
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they showed that on the new a week ago
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Change the world
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Drethen Nerevitas
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Posted - 2003.12.08 19:20:00 -
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Edited by: Drethen Nerevitas on 08/12/2003 19:21:24
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Edit: Yeah scams suck. Mind you, all I can say is...it's got to reflect on the mental state of the average population, the amount of people that fall for them  .
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Earthan
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Posted - 2003.12.08 21:32:00 -
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Edited by: Earthan on 08/12/2003 21:33:01
I dont use pay pal and haven gotten the mail , but im impressed somebody cares about other poeple , nice Bas 
Stars, stars like dust, all around me.... |
Baldour Ngarr
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Posted - 2003.12.08 21:47:00 -
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The fake Paypal emails are actually from "PayPaI" with a capital I at the end, not a lower case L. Depending on the font you use in your email program, this may be obvious, or it may be impossible to tell. I believe PayPal now has a warning message on their own website to alert their users.
But yes; in short, never believe ANYTHING you get in an email that you didn't specifically request. If it claims to come from a company, go to that company's main home page and check it out; don't ever click on the link inside the email unless you recognise the link from memory as being correct.
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ningf
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Posted - 2003.12.08 21:52:00 -
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Quote:
Received today - Supposedly from Natwest Bank
Quote:
Dear Valued Customer,
- Our new security system will help you to avoid
frequently fraud transactions and to keep your investments in safety.
- Due to technical update we recommend you to
reactivate your account.
Click on the link below to login and begin using
your updated NatWest account.
To log into your account, please visit the NatWest Online Banking
https://www.nwolb.com/
If you have questions about your online statement,
please send us a Bank Mail or call us at
0846 600 2323 (outside the UK dial +44 247 686 2063).
We appreciate your business. It's truly our
pleasure to serve you.
NatWest Customer Care
This email is for notification only. To contact us,
please log into your account and send a Bank Mail.
I got the same email today :)
im also not in natwest
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Borg Alpha
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Posted - 2003.12.08 23:29:00 -
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Quote:
The sad thing is people fall for these scams all the time. And it's mostly people who are new to computers and/or the Internet.
Anyway it's got nothing to do with EVE so I think Orestes will be in here in ummm probably about 5 posts to lock it.
5..
it is sad, but think for a second, which is sadder, that people get scr-wed over by some dishonest cheat in RL or that some companies (coughCCPcough) encourage this sort of thing in a game (trade scams, jip-camping in empire space, mission scams...) giving those criminal types a pat on the back for being thiefs, scammers, and in general, CROOKS.
and ccp wonders why the playerbase is still falling
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wamingo
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Posted - 2003.12.09 01:30:00 -
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A while ago I got one from "ebay" asking me for my credit card number, social security number address, everything... so in jest I made a little program I let run for about a day.... I sent the form in about 400,000 times that day with random spam... might not be entirely legal, I don't know, but hey.. if I ruined the *****s life for just 5 seconds, it was worth it...
-- I won't not promise to avoid refraining from harming you! .... What? |
Jash Illian
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Posted - 2003.12.09 01:37:00 -
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Outlook has stripped .PIF attachments automatically for that last 2 versions to my knowledge. And NAV doesn't bother trying to identify what a .PIF attachment does. It just flags it as a virus and does whatever you've told it to (quarantine or delete).
You'd almost have to work at being able to execute that attachment (dunno about web based emails but I've never gotten any wonky attachments on icqmail). Thanks for the heads up, Bas. Better recommendation is to use programs made at least round 2001
I mean its like you want corporations to oblige each other like its sex or something. Pffft I would rather **** my enemy.- Rohann
Be careful out there. That other guy waiting in the queue for the gate MIGHT be a baby-munching frock-burner, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW!- Lallante |
Fester Addams
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Posted - 2003.12.09 02:13:00 -
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The way thiose scams work is in the principle there are alot of suckers out there.
The scammer will litterary send out 1000's of mails, 99% will recognize it for what it is and delete it but considering they send out so many mails (or whatever method they use) they still get alot of money.
Its good to hear you all belong to the 99% group :)
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Ariell Lucinwind
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Posted - 2003.12.09 02:45:00 -
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Quote:
it is sad, but think for a second, which is sadder, that people get scr-wed over by some dishonest cheat in RL or that some companies (coughCCPcough) encourage this sort of thing in a game (trade scams, jip-camping in empire space, mission scams...) giving those criminal types a pat on the back for being thiefs, scammers, and in general, CROOKS.
and ccp wonders why the playerbase is still falling
You sir are not a tool but a toolshed and of course have as much depth as a teaspoon when you typed that respons.
If we didn't have crooks theives and such we would have the worlds best mining simulator and PvE game ever developed by CCP which, in turn may as well just be a single player game not a MMO.
I have seen crooks try to scam me, I have had people try to shoot me and I have had people try to befriend me for my loot. All of this is great and made my experience better which I told my friends and they all loved to hear the stories. Without criminals we would have an offbalanced care bear universe full of love and peace and no paranoia what so ever. Pretty dull hey.
So please, leave the criminals, scammers and such in the game as they do spice it up. Even if it is bad what they do, it is still spicey
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Darth Vodka
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Posted - 2003.12.09 04:08:00 -
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hahahahaha !!
please don't tell me anyone falls for this kind of trash any more. Strewth, give me strength
anyone asks or tells you, that you need to run an executable file that comes in an email attachement, instead of running it, put the file into a temporary folder on the hard drive, run your virus checker, update it, and run your virus checker on the folder you put the .exe into |
Earthan
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Posted - 2003.12.09 07:53:00 -
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Quote:
Quote:
The sad thing is people fall for these scams all the time. And it's mostly people who are new to computers and/or the Internet.
Anyway it's got nothing to do with EVE so I think Orestes will be in here in ummm probably about 5 posts to lock it.
5..
it is sad, but think for a second, which is sadder, that people get scr-wed over by some dishonest cheat in RL or that some companies (coughCCPcough) encourage this sort of thing in a game (trade scams, jip-camping in empire space, mission scams...) giving those criminal types a pat on the back for being thiefs, scammers, and in general, CROOKS.
and ccp wonders why the playerbase is still falling
Man think of it for a while , like Ariell said would you like a total boring mining sumulator?
Pirating , ore thefts,cheates within game mechanics , in one word danger makes Eve interesting,
Stars, stars like dust, all around me.... |
Chai N'Dorr
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Posted - 2003.12.09 09:28:00 -
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Hmm, I should tone down my Spam filter I guess, seems I am missing out on all kinds of fun e-mails 
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EvilEric
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Posted - 2003.12.09 12:57:00 -
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Quote:
Quote:
Received today - Supposedly from Natwest Bank
Quote:
Dear Valued Customer,
- Our new security system will help you to avoid
frequently fraud transactions and to keep your investments in safety.
- Due to technical update we recommend you to
reactivate your account.
Click on the link below to login and begin using
your updated NatWest account.
To log into your account, please visit the NatWest Online Banking
https://www.nwolb.com/
If you have questions about your online statement,
please send us a Bank Mail or call us at
0846 600 2323 (outside the UK dial +44 247 686 2063).
We appreciate your business. It's truly our
pleasure to serve you.
NatWest Customer Care
This email is for notification only. To contact us,
please log into your account and send a Bank Mail.
I got the same email today :)
im also not in natwest
I AM in nwolb and there is NO SUCH THING as bank mail!!!
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Bad Harlequin
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Posted - 2003.12.09 13:40:00 -
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A while ago I got one from "ebay" asking me for my credit card number, social security number address, everything... so in jest I made a little program I let run for about a day.... I sent the form in about 400,000 times that day with random spam... might not be entirely legal, I don't know, but hey.. if I ruined the *****s life for just 5 seconds, it was worth it...
Very nice, you've just obliterated his harvest. GG 
Er, i forget the name of it, but there's a little "random webpage generator" script that you stick on your website... it generates useless spew that looks like legitimate email addresses, to throw small wrenches in the works of any git who's trawling the web for them.
And personally, i enjoy reporting idiots to SpamCop.net. I have a filtered paid account now, which doesn't just block spam, but analyzes and reports it to various blacklisting services. These lists are of course only useful if more people report to them. You don't have to get a paid account to report spam, and it's interesting to feed it a chunk and watch it dissect it (it will show you the process it uses, very educational, i recommend it).
n-joy.
You are in a maze of twisty little asteroids, all alike. |
Marlok
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Posted - 2003.12.09 13:46:00 -
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Probably this a W32.Mimail virus (I or J version)
Check virus site like symantec,mc afee...
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]
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SlightlyMad
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Posted - 2003.12.09 17:06:00 -
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This is completely non-EVE related
Close the thread
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-"You know, we play the "good guys" right? We kill pirates, griefers, retards and general subversive elements in the EVE-Community. To the rest, we are friendly and always prepared to help out. Peo |
Shannon Foraker
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Posted - 2003.12.09 19:31:00 -
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This is completely non-EVE related
Close the thread
Wrong... some people here use paypal to pay for their Eve accounts so it IS related to Eve. If someone fell for the scam they could lose their Eve accounts to these scammers.
Please try and think before you whine...
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Shannon Foraker
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