[HoustonHam] Becoming "Verified" with PayPal

[WB7DYW DUTCH]

It is a hoax and if you give them your information they will clean out your bank account and run your credit cards to the max, DON'T
DO IT????

Thanks & 73's Dutch
Please visit my Collins web site.
http://users2.ev1.net/~wb7dyw/

-----Original Message-----
From: houstonham-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:houstonham-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Stephen Ponder
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 9:07 PM
To: clarcswap at clarc.org; clarc at clarc.org; houstonham at mailman.qth.net; HQRP at yahoogroups.com
Cc: JohnCallarman at msn.com; w_r_hale at sbcglobal.net
Subject: [HoustonHam] Becoming "Verified" with PayPal

I've been receiving the notifications from PayPal
lately that I need to get "verified" by giving them
my bank name, routing number, and account number.
Even though my browser (IE) shows the lock icon
signifying a SECURE transaction, the thought of
sending that information over the net makes me
feel very, very INSECURE.

Have any of you out there in ham-land gone through
the PayPal verification process?  Is it "for real"
or is it just another ploy used to get user data
for later scams?

I like the convenience of purchasing items and
hobby magazines through PayPal and have never had
a bad experience with them.  I use only one credit
card with my account and track the expenditures
with PayPal not only through PayPal but through
the credit card company, also.

BUT ... I don't like the idea of giving them my
bank information (although, I guess they could
use my credit card info in a round-about way to
get that).  OUCH - now I feel even more INSECURE!

Thoughts, anybody?

73 and GREAT DX!

Stephen Ponder N5WBI
Houston TX USA


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