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    Paypal scam

    In case anyone else has got an email along these lines:-

    "Your account has been limited until we hear from you?"

    Its a scam. Ignore it, and delete the email.

    John
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    I had a scammer using paypal who sent an email that looked legit saying that they had deposited the full price of my F6 plus shipping costs into my paypal account. All I had to do was pay the shipping through a western union account for $2800. There was no money in my paypal account. The email address even had paypal in it but was PayPal with capital Ps. You can send it all to phishing@paypal.com. My last email to the scammer told them what I had done to. He was the good old kiwi working on an oil and gas platform and had limited internet etc. etc. I had the same story twice when I sold the last car. They are getting very clever with very legit looking emails. The transport company that I was supposed to pay had a Chinese Western Union account. Not very convincing, but they are getting better.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JDNSW View Post
    In case anyone else has got an email along these lines:-

    "Your account has been limited until we hear from you?"

    Its a scam. Ignore it, and delete the email.

    John
    Yeah, I had one of those a few weeks ago, I just ignored it, smelling a rat!!!

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    Me too I got one a while back. There was even a grammar error in the message.

    I just went into Paypal the normal way, not using the scammers link, and there was nothing about what the email said.
    Dave.

    I was asked " Is it ignorance or apathy?" I replied "I don't know and I don't care."


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    I got that one too.
    In fact for some reason I am getting flooded with them.
    Most from( info at new coin letters,) saying generate $1500 in pure profits guaranteed. or Netflix, your $1000 dollar bundle is ready. etc etc.
    I dont know if they can be stopped or not.

    Keith
    Woops , I had to edit that as the first time I typed it with @ instead of at it came up as a link. I did not want anyone clicking on it by mistake.
    Last edited by 123rover50; 14th April 2016 at 05:34 AM. Reason: mistake

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    you can mark them as a scam in Thunderbird,,
    "How long since you've visited The Good Oil?"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift View Post
    you can mark them as a scam in Thunderbird,,
    FAB

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    i seem to have bank accounts scattered across all the banks in Australia! I wish it was true
    Jim VK2MAD
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    Mine are in Nigeria.

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    When selling a car recently, the bloke on the kiwi oil rig even sent me scans shown below to prove his bona fides. he got no car or money from me. I made a report to scam watch.
    Don.
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