I've contacted every ****er, and let the bastards know my opinion of their "system" the only step left is the police and if I havent got my money back by the end of the week, I will be speaking to them.joe501 said:Who can you contact to get that money back MF?
I thought paypal was really secure, but now I think about it all you need is a username and password... :S
Melton Fox said:I've contacted every ****er, and let the bastards know my opinion of their "system" the only step left is the police and if I havent got my money back by the end of the week, I will be speaking to them.
It's theft and fraud, they should be interested
Melton Fox said:I've contacted every ****er, and let the bastards know my opinion of their "system" the only step left is the police and if I havent got my money back by the end of the week, I will be speaking to them.
It's theft and fraud, they should be interested
Melton Fox said:Some **** has stolen £200 from my Paypal acct.
I get 2 or 3 of them every day, I gave up reporting them to Paypal and now just delete themJeff said:Have you received an email in the last couple of months purporting to be from Paypal?
There's a new phishing scam going on which is more convincing than the usual ones and has caught a lot of people out.
More info at http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2006/06/16/paypal_security_flaw_allows_identity_theft.html
Melton Fox said:I get 2 or 3 of them every day, I gave up reporting them to Paypal and now just delete them
You can spot them a mile off,
They are not addressed to me
The image is slightly "fuzzy"
However, very easy for the unsuspecting to fall for it
If unsure, just check the HTML, usually confirms itJeff said:Usually you can tell something isn't genuine because the link isn't going to the real Paypal site. But the latest ones do link directly to the Paypal site, and use scripting to then send you to the phishing site, so some of the 'rules' to spot these scams no longer apply.
Melton Fox said:If unsure, just check the HTML, usually confirms it
Didn't know that.Jeff said:Not in these latest ones it doesn't. They do genuinely link to the Paypal site.
newtonfox said:the police are wankers i tell you
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