[Amps] Fraudulent email to amps posters

Pete Smith n4zr at contesting.com
Sun Aug 7 10:31:16 EDT 2005


You can also get a pretty good idea by looking at the full header.  The 
last few of these I have seen showed origin in Finland or Estonia.  Also, 
PayPal says they will never address a message to you without using your 
name in the message itself.

73, Pete N4ZR

At 12:41 AM 8/7/2005, Bill Aycock wrote:

>These false posts are very well done, and use the logo of ebay and PayPal.
>These two companies have set up a separate address you can forward to, to
>check.
>Forward any suspect post to:
>Spoof at ebay.com , or spoof @paypal.com
>They will answer you, and will use your data to track the fakers down.
>Bill
>
>At 06:48 PM 8/6/2005 -0400, Dennis12Amplify at aol.com wrote:
>
> >
> >In a message dated 8/6/05 5:01:13 P.M. Central Daylight Time, amps at w4zt.com
> >writes:
> >
> >Anyone  else receiving email with fraudulent attempts to gain access to
> >your Ebay  and PayPal accounts being sent to the address you use to post
> >to this  list?
> >
> >
> >
> >I had, and wondered where  it had originated, but stopped it quickly by
> >forwarding them all to spoof  @ebay.com or _spoof at aol.com_
> >(mailto:spoof at aol.com)
> >and let them  handle it...
> >
> >  Regards,
> >
> >Dennis  O.
> >_______________________________________________
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> >Amps at contesting.com
> >http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/amps
>
>Bill Aycock - W4BSG
>Woodville, Alabama
>
>
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