[TheForge] scam?

[Larry and Pat Brown]

Usually paypal address's you by the name you gave them when registering not 
"Dear Paypal Customer".
You can send them a copy of the email and ask if it is legit at;
spoof at paypal.com

LBrown



At 10:03 PM 12/21/2004 -0600, you wrote:

>I got two from PayPal last week that truly were from PayPal letting me 
>know the CC I had on file had expired.
>
>It addressed me by name and referenced the last 4 # of the CC.
>
>To make sure I knew where I was going I opened Firefox and typed the 
>proper address manually
>
>Lesson...Not all emails from PayPal are bogus...  but with a little 
>precaution you can ensure your going where you think you are.
>
>mike
>
>
>At 07:42 PM 12/21/2004, you wrote:
>>One of the first indicators of a scam is when you mouse over the links(DO
>>NOT CLICK) is the address that pops up in the address bar is a bunch of
>>numbers instead of the web site name.
>>Darrell
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