[Hallicrafters] Subscriber Caution!

[Bill Marx]

If you receive one of these and they come in several times a week
now...forward them to spoof at paypal.com and also spoof at ebay.com
Bill Marx W2CQ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane B. Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>; "peter markavage" <manualman at juno.com>
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Subscriber Caution!


> Pete,
>
> You are absolutely correct. I too have been observing an upswing in
activity
> since the first of this year.
>
> One item that is important. The filters are failing that people are
setting.
> Including mine! I had PayPal filtered out, but it has come through the
past two
> days. it seems those who are sending this stuff are also altering the data
so as
> to thwart the standard filters people are setting to trap and trash them.
So
> compare the new data against that in your filters and make the necessary
> changes.
>
> DBF
>
>
> ----------
> From: peter markavage <manualman at juno.com>
> To: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Subscriber Caution!
> Date: Friday, March 25, 2005 4:09 PM
>
> These bogus paypal and ebay scammers seem to have escalated their
> activity over the last several months. I have a kept a set of folders for
> both. As of this afternoon, I have saved 176 bogus ebay scams and 192
> bogus paypal scams, all to update my account info. You can pass along the
> scam info to both ebay and paypal, but both organizations are well aware
> of the activity. It's always interesting to review the e-mail header info
> to see where they are coming from. I guess I have too much time on my
> hands.
>
> Pete, wa2cwa
>
> On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 15:49:42 -0500 "Duane B. Fischer, W8DBF"
> <dfischer at usol.com> writes:
> >
> >
> > Some of you use PayPal. i am getting three or more warnings per day
> > about my
> > account having been suspended or whatever. Problem is, I never have
> > had a PayPal
> > account!
> >
> > For those who do not know yet, just delete these messages. Do no
> > topen them. Do
> > not read them. Just get rid of them.
> >
> > A certain electronic auction is also having messages faked/spoofed,
> > delete them
> > also.
> >
> > Beware, be alert and be careful!
> >
> > Duane Fischer, W8DBF
> > List Admin
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