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Funny- I JUST got the same paypal-verification email to my gmail account.... which isn't anywhere on file with Paypal. So... off to abuse@paypal.com with them. I wonder if it's the same scammer harvesting our archives for victims. On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 08:44:46 -0600, Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote: > Aaron, > > I'm VERY glad to hear that your post was partly in jest. > > As luck would have it, one of those fake paypal emails appeared in my mailbox > this morning. While the URL APPEARED to be: > > http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run > > The actual URL was: > > http://www.deltrans.off.go.ro, which got forwarded to: > > http://80.97.184.180/httpswwwpaypalcomcgi-binwebscrcmd=_login- > runhttpswwwpaypalcomcgi-binwebscrcmd=_login-run/1/index.html > > (Don't worry, I almost never use IE.) > > Is ro Romania? Not a likely host for PayPal. ;-) > > I've already forwarded the spoof to abuse@paypal.com. > > -- > Jim Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, WI 53711-3054 > USA > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >