chelle Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 Have any of you ever gotten spam from paypal? I got a note today that my PayPal account recived a deposit of $175. I don't have a payPal account. There was a header bar with a notice that the message might not be from paypal and to beware of links. Not sure if that part was from my email provider or par tof the message... I just deleted it and reported it as spam. Is this some sort of new internet scam? If it is spam, that totally sucks because this was my one spam free account. I guess I have been found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squid Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 I just got the same spam...block it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelle Posted November 9, 2004 Author Share Posted November 9, 2004 Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MollyWorld Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 scam. password harvester. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Yngve Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 There's a new evil virus going around: Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 16:10:41 -0800 From: Tony Anderson <tandersn@cs.washington.edu> To: everybody@cs.washington.edu Subject: !!!WARNING!!! Email virus spreading!!! There is a new email virus spreading through the UW computer systems. If you receive unexpected messages directing you to follow a hyperlink, BE CAREFUL. This worm can not yet be detected by virus scanning software. It is best just to delete them, unless you are sure it is a legitimate message. Messages may say something about "finding old friends" or "your credit card has been charged by paypal", etc. etc. Thanks. Tony Anderson UW CSE Windows Systems Architect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 I don't even HAVE Paypal and I got sent that "New way to make money with Paypal!" in the subject line. New Nigerian Cialis Softtab Rolex $250 Grow Your Johnson Stops Spam and Porn too! noddder amanita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Schuldt Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 2 spamers got busted latley, I forgot the details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 EWWWWWWWW!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_w Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 It's a worm type of virus. More details at http://money.cnn.com/2004/11/09/technology/mydoom/index.htm?cnn=yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelle Posted November 9, 2004 Author Share Posted November 9, 2004 Yikes! Do you have to click the link for there to be an infection or are you screwed if you just view the message? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawgoddess Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 how f***ing annoying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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