Clever PayPal Ploy. Good Thing I Read the Fine Print

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Clever PayPal Ploy. Good Thing I Read the Fine Print

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Dear PayPal Member,

π–Έπ—ˆπ—Žπ—‹ 𝖯𝖺𝗒𝖯𝖺𝗅 π–Ίπ–Όπ–Όπ—ˆπ—Žπ—‡π— π—π–Ίπ—Œ 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 π—π–Ύπ—†π—‰π—ˆπ—‹π–Ίπ—‹π—‚π—…π—’ π—‹π–Ύπ—Œπ—π—‹π—‚π–Όπ—π–Ύπ–½.

π–Έπ—ˆπ—Ž 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗅𝗒 π–Ίπ—Œπ—„π–Ύπ–½ π—π—ˆ 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝖺𝗇 π–Ίπ–Όπ—π—‚π—ˆπ—‡ π—ˆπ—‡ π—’π—ˆπ—Žπ—‹ π–Ίπ–Όπ–Όπ—ˆπ—Žπ—‡π— 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗍 π—…π—ˆπ—ˆπ—„π—Œ 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗐𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝖺 π—‹π–Ύπ—Šπ—Žπ–Ύπ—Œπ—π–Ύπ–½ π—‹π–Ύπ—Œπ—‰π—ˆπ—‡π—Œπ–Ύ. 𝖢𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 π–Ώπ—ˆπ—Žπ—‡π–½ π—Œπ—Žπ—Œπ—‰π—‚π–Όπ—‚π—ˆπ—Žπ—Œ 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗍𝗒 π—ˆπ—‡ 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗂𝗍 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗄𝖾𝖽 π—π—ˆ π—’π—ˆπ—Žπ—‹ 𝖯𝖺𝗒𝖯𝖺𝗅 π–Ίπ–Όπ–Όπ—ˆπ—Žπ—‡π—. π–Έπ—ˆπ—Ž π—†π—Žπ—Œπ— π–Όπ—ˆπ—‡π–Ώπ—‚π—‹π—† π—’π—ˆπ—Žπ—‹ 𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗍𝗒 π—π—ˆ π–Όπ—ˆπ—‡π–Ώπ—‚π—‹π—† 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 π—’π—ˆπ—Ž 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 π—ˆπ—π—‡π–Ύπ—‹ π—ˆπ–Ώ 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗂𝗍 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖽.

π–³π—ˆ 𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇 π–Ίπ–Όπ–Όπ—ˆπ—Žπ—‡π— π—Œπ–Ύπ–Όπ—Žπ—‹π—‚π—π—’, π—‰π—…π–Ύπ–Ίπ—Œπ–Ύ π—‰π—‹π—ˆπ—π—‚π–½π–Ύ π–½π—ˆπ–Όπ—Žπ—†π–Ύπ—‡π—π—Œ π–Όπ—ˆπ—‡π–Ώπ—‚π—‹π—†π—‚π—‡π—€ π—’π—ˆπ—Žπ—‹ 𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗍𝗒. 𝖢𝖾'𝗏𝖾 π–Ίπ—…π—Œπ—ˆ π—‚π—†π—‰π—ˆπ—Œπ–Ύπ–½ π—π–Ύπ—†π—‰π—ˆπ—‹π–Ίπ—‹π—’ π—…π—‚π—†π—‚π—π—Œ π—ˆπ—‡ 𝖼𝖾𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇 π–Ώπ–Ύπ–Ίπ—π—Žπ—‹π–Ύπ—Œ π—ˆπ—‡ π—’π—ˆπ—Žπ—‹ 𝖯𝖺𝗒𝖯𝖺𝗅 π–Ίπ–Όπ–Όπ—ˆπ—Žπ—‡π—.

π–«π—ˆπ—€π—‚π—‡ π—π—ˆ π—’π—ˆπ—Žπ—‹ 𝖯𝖺𝗒𝖯𝖺𝗅 π–Ίπ–Όπ–Όπ—ˆπ—Žπ—‡π— 𝖺𝗇𝖽 π—‰π–Ύπ—‹π–Ώπ—ˆπ—‹π—† 𝗍𝗁𝖾 π—‹π–Ύπ—Šπ—Žπ—‚π—‹π–Ύπ–½ π—Œπ—π–Ύπ—‰π—Œ.

π–«π—ˆπ—€π—‚π—‡ π—π—ˆ 𝖯𝖺𝗒𝖯𝖺𝗅

𝖳𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄 π—’π—ˆπ—Ž π–Ώπ—ˆπ—‹ 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝖯𝖺𝗒𝖯𝖺𝗅 π–Όπ—Žπ—Œπ—π—ˆπ—†π–Ύπ—‹.

𝖲𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗅𝗒 ,
𝖯𝖺𝗒𝖯𝖺𝗅

π–§π—ˆπ— π–½π—ˆ 𝖨 π—„π—‡π—ˆπ— π—π—π—‚π—Œ π—‚π—Œ π—‡π—ˆπ— 𝖺 π—Œπ—‰π—ˆπ—ˆπ–Ώ 𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗅?

π–²π—‰π—ˆπ—ˆπ–Ώ π—ˆπ—‹ "π—‰π—π—‚π—Œπ—π—‚π—‡π—€" π–Ύπ—†π–Ίπ—‚π—…π—Œ 𝗍𝖾𝗇𝖽 π—π—ˆ 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗀𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖼 π—€π—‹π–Ύπ–Ύπ—π—‚π—‡π—€π—Œ π—Œπ—Žπ–Όπ— π–Ίπ—Œ "𝖣𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝖯𝖺𝗒𝖯𝖺𝗅 𝗆𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋". π–€π—†π–Ίπ—‚π—…π—Œ π–Ώπ—‹π—ˆπ—† 𝖯𝖺𝗒𝖯𝖺𝗅 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 π–Ίπ—…π—π–Ίπ—’π—Œ π–Ίπ–½π–½π—‹π–Ύπ—Œπ—Œ π—’π—ˆπ—Ž 𝖻𝗒 π—’π—ˆπ—Žπ—‹ 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗇 π—Œπ—Žπ—‹π—‡π–Ίπ—†π–Ύ 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗇𝖺𝗆𝖾.

π–―π—…π–Ύπ–Ίπ—Œπ–Ύ π–½π—ˆ π—‡π—ˆπ— 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗅𝗒 π—π—ˆ π—π—π—‚π—Œ 𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗅. π–΄π—‡π–Ώπ—ˆπ—‹π—π—Žπ—‡π–Ίπ—π–Ύπ—…π—’, 𝗐𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝖾 π—Žπ—‡π–Ίπ–»π—…π–Ύ π—π—ˆ π—‹π–Ύπ—Œπ—‰π—ˆπ—‡π–½ π—π—ˆ π—‚π—‡π—Šπ—Žπ—‚π—‹π—‚π–Ύπ—Œ π—Œπ–Ύπ—‡π— π—π—ˆ π—π—π—‚π—Œ π–Ίπ–½π–½π—‹π–Ύπ—Œπ—Œ. π–₯π—ˆπ—‹ 𝗂𝗆𝗆𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖺𝗍𝖾 π–Ίπ—‡π—Œπ—π–Ύπ—‹π—Œ π—π—ˆ π—’π—ˆπ—Žπ—‹ π—Šπ—Žπ–Ύπ—Œπ—π—‚π—ˆπ—‡π—Œ, π—Œπ—‚π—†π—‰π—…π—’ π—π—‚π—Œπ—‚π— π—ˆπ—Žπ—‹ 𝖧𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝖒𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝗒 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝖼𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 "𝖧𝖾𝗅𝗉 & π–’π—ˆπ—‡π—π–Ίπ–Όπ—" 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 π–»π—ˆπ—π—π—ˆπ—† π—ˆπ–Ώ 𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝖯𝖺𝗒𝖯𝖺𝗅 𝗉𝖺𝗀𝖾.

π–’π—ˆπ—‡π—Œπ—Žπ—†π–Ύπ—‹ π–Ίπ–½π—π—‚π—Œπ—ˆπ—‹π—’ β€” 𝖯𝖺𝗒𝖯𝖺𝗅 𝖯𝗍𝖾. 𝖫𝗍𝖽. 𝗍𝗁𝖾 π—π—ˆπ—…π–½π–Ύπ—‹ π—ˆπ–Ώ 𝖯𝖺𝗒𝖯𝖺𝗅'π—Œ π—Œπ—π—ˆπ—‹π–Ύπ–½ π—π–Ίπ—…π—Žπ–Ύ 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒 π–½π—ˆπ–Ύπ—Œ π—‡π—ˆπ— π—‹π–Ύπ—Šπ—Žπ—‚π—‹π–Ύ 𝗍𝗁𝖾 π–Ίπ—‰π—‰π—‹π—ˆπ—π–Ίπ—… π—ˆπ–Ώ 𝗍𝗁𝖾 π–¬π—ˆπ—‡π–Ύπ—π–Ίπ—‹π—’ π– π—Žπ—π—π—ˆπ—‹π—‚π—π—’ π—ˆπ–Ώ π–²π—‚π—‡π—€π–Ίπ—‰π—ˆπ—‹π–Ύ. π–΄π—Œπ–Ύπ—‹π—Œ 𝖺𝗋𝖾 π–Ίπ–½π—π—‚π—Œπ–Ύπ–½ π—π—ˆ 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 π—π–Ύπ—‹π—†π—Œ 𝖺𝗇𝖽 π–Όπ—ˆπ—‡π–½π—‚π—π—‚π—ˆπ—‡π—Œ π–Όπ–Ίπ—‹π–Ύπ–Ώπ—Žπ—…π—…π—’.

π–’π—ˆπ—‰π—’π—‹π—‚π—€π—π— Β© 𝟀𝟒𝟀𝟣 𝖯𝖺𝗒𝖯𝖺𝗅. 𝖠𝗅𝗅 π—‹π—‚π—€π—π—π—Œ π—‹π–Ύπ—Œπ–Ύπ—‹π—π–Ύπ–½.

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Re: Clever PayPal Ploy. Good Thing I Read the Fine Print

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Rule #1 β€” Don't open any attachment or click any link contained in the email.
Rule #2 β€” Don't open any attachment or click any link contained in the email.
Rule #3 β€” DON'T OPEN ANY ATTACHMENT OR CLICK ANY LINK CONTAINED IN THE EMAIL.

(are you starting to see a trend here?)

You might also check the header as to the email address of the person or company sending it to you.Β Β Unless it has a domain name that ends in Amazon, or PayPal, or whatever institution is supposedly sending you this email, you can be 99 and 44/100% certain that it's as fake as a fourteen-dollar bill and nothing bad is going to happen if you send it straight to the trash folder.

Then don't forget to empty the trash.... What ain't there can't possibly hurt you.
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Re: Clever PayPal Ploy. Good Thing I Read the Fine Print

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The only time I view an email that I know or suspect is spam, I put it into the trash before opening it. In the trash folder - at least in my yahoo email - links are inactivated so you can't click on one accidentally.

Anyway, this was a very well done phishing email. It's the first one I've ever gotten that included advice telling me that I shouldn't have opened it.

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Re: Clever PayPal Ploy. Good Thing I Read the Fine Print

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:lol:
β€œIf you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”

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I like this one. Apparently the people at Netflix think I work in the wardrobe industry...

Please update your payment details

Hi Costumer,

We're having some trouble with your current billing information. Would you like to retry running your card again? or update your payment method?

etc.

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Re: Clever PayPal Ploy. Good Thing I Read the Fine Print

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I guess I'm just the lucky type....
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:lol:
β€œIf you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”

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