3Dillusions opened this issue on May 12, 2009 · 16 posts
3Dillusions posted Tue, 12 May 2009 at 9:06 PM
Received two today in my inbox at Gmail, they are fake even thought they point to a paypal, address, its a phishing scam, please note PAYPAL never asks for personal info, creditcard numbers or passwords, if you receive it at gmail, click the top little arrow on the right of the email and report it as Phishing.
This has been a public service announcement for all.
Please note I am a volunteer that reports malware and phishing daily.
Angela
markschum posted Tue, 12 May 2009 at 10:40 PM
k, thanks for the heads up
Jumpstartme2 posted Tue, 12 May 2009 at 11:43 PM
~Jani
Renderosity Community Admin
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lkiilerich posted Wed, 13 May 2009 at 5:22 AM
Every time i got an email from PayPal i am not expecting I forward it to spoof@paypal.com and thet take care of it :-)
HUGS
Lene
gillbrooks posted Wed, 13 May 2009 at 9:05 AM
Legitimate emails from paypal will always be addressed personally to you. Scams usually have 'Dear PayPal User' or something similar
Gill
3Dillusions posted Wed, 13 May 2009 at 10:25 PM
Quote - Every time i got an email from PayPal i am not expecting I forward it to spoof@paypal.com and thet take care of it :-)
HUGS
Lene
I do one better I take down whole websites in my spare time that criminals set up as phishing traps :)
Lyne posted Sat, 06 June 2009 at 11:33 PM
Huh, I came here to see if any one had gotten some IM's here from a:
Shuna3D
it is in french I think and has some lines about pay pal and either balances due or some such! I have deleted them..but what on earth???
I don't even have a pay pal account so I assume I am "safe" but.... gee, JUNK MAIL in personal IM's here????
:(
Lyne
Life Requires Assembly and we all know how THAT goes!
Jumpstartme2 posted Sun, 07 June 2009 at 3:06 AM
Lyne, could you copy that site-mail and send to me so we can take a look at it? Also, don't reply to that person as I'm sure you know not to. Unfortunately we have some types who sign up just for spam reasons.
Thanks!
~Jani
~Jani
Renderosity Community Admin
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Faery_Light posted Sun, 07 June 2009 at 2:51 PM
Fake emails from banks and EBay, Amazon.com and other places like that always start, "Dear Preferred Customer" or the like.
My bank always addresses me personally. :)
I am always leery of emails to begin with and won't open or click anything unless I know where it comes from for sure. lol
Let me introduce you to my multiple personalities. :)
BluEcho...Faery_Light...Faery_Souls.
3Dillusions posted Sun, 07 June 2009 at 7:13 PM
Quote - Fake emails from banks and EBay, Amazon.com and other places like that always start, "Dear Preferred Customer" or the like.
My bank always addresses me personally. :)
I am always leery of emails to begin with and won't open or click anything unless I know where it comes from for sure. lol
As far as I know no bank Sends personal emails to customers worldwide if yours does then it would a world first. As for PayPal they don't send personal emails, they will ring you up if their is something fishy or wrong with your account. The Phishing criminals count on people thinking online banking and money transfers are safe mediums.
My advise is the following ignore all emails asking for personal information from Banks, Transfer Websites and the like. They dont do business this way. And if y0ou see any in you Inbox at Renderosity use the report spam button immediately as the ladies in the office will nuke it fast.
Lyne posted Sun, 07 June 2009 at 11:14 PM
I am sorry I did not save it.. but gave the user name in my first posting here... I deleted all, being fearful of what was connected to my rendo account. sorry!
Life Requires Assembly and we all know how THAT goes!
FrankT posted Mon, 08 June 2009 at 4:25 AM
My bank does send me personal emails as does my credit card company - I can always tell which is real and which isn't
3Dillusions posted Mon, 08 June 2009 at 5:59 AM
Hmm then what can I say my bank never sends emails to anyone personal or not, maybe thats why it has the less phishing scams than others. The ones I have seen lately are identical to a major bank here and it pulled in hundreds of people, so professional looking emails are the norm for phising criminals nowdays.
CaptainJack1 posted Mon, 08 June 2009 at 2:23 PM
My bank sends me personalized e-mails, but they've only done it since I signed up for online banking, and I explicitly told them it would be okay to send such e-mails. I get a "rewards" statement each month (list of points I've accumulated for using my bank card) and occasional offers of new products.
I get similar e-mails from my credit card companies, usually reminding me to pay my bill. 
As a precaution, I never click a link in one of these e-mails; I always go to the bank or card web site by typing the address into a new browser window.
Ardiva posted Thu, 11 June 2009 at 2:59 AM
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I do one better I take down whole websites in my spare time that criminals set up as phishing traps :)
..and how do you accomplish that feat, 3Dillusions?? ;-)
SouthBeachPhoto posted Sun, 21 June 2009 at 3:00 AM
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I do one better I take down whole websites in my spare time that criminals set up as phishing traps :)..and how do you accomplish that feat, 3Dillusions?? ;-)
Yes, I'd like to know that answer myself, seeing as how I'm a Systems Manager for one of the world's largest A/E firms.