Hey Rich… You're back!

I haven't fallen for this one yet, but I almost got roped into what I think was a virus sent under the disguise of a Windows Explorer update. It looked exactly like an authentic windows update message! It indicated that I needed to install ErrorSafe (due to errors in my registry database or file system… yada yada). I didn't click ok, but I must have done something because Norton grabbed it and has since deleted all related files that were somehow on my computer.

I googled it and found a lot of people have unintentionally downloaded it and have had trouble removing some parts of it. Don't know how damaging it is, or even if it is a virus, but thought I'd throw it out there.

Suzette Bergeron
Funman Promotions

just got same email. Watch out for it.

Hey Rich, I also received this email on PayPal with almost the exact info as you did. I did not click on the dipute transaction key -However it bothers me that I even opened it! Hey it looked legit! I knew nothing had been ordered using PayPal in months so should I worry about my bank info getting out? Thanks, J

We don't have an account with paypal and we got the e-mail to. What's up with this? The info was the exact as yours. How can someone get a hold of paypal and find out how we can have an accout? If any one knows let me know.

I received the same E-mail but I don't have a PayPal account either. I already phoned my bank to confirm it hadn't posted as yet. Thank you for the warning.

Thanks. I sent a report to Paypal spoof but they have not responded. Finding your report was reassuring.

Bob

Hi, thanx also! I clicked on the dispute thing, and it directs to a page which says the account has been canceled or something like it.
I also reported to Paypal (where I don't have an account) but no answer whatsoever.

I get these e-mails 2-3 times per day!

The punishment should be death. These are foreigners are causing harm to civilians in this country. It's an act of war and as far as I'm concerned, they cause more harm to Americans within our borders that any Iraqi has.

I almost got caught up in this scam as well. I do not subscribe to Pay Pal either. Because I was frauded some years ago, I certainly keep on top of everything. I will be passing this on to friends and colleagues. Thank you so much for warnng us. This is a wonderful help and now I can relax while still keeping on my toes. Thank you again!

Jeffrey,

Um, seems like you have some anger issues here. Not sure why it has to be foreigners running this scam; there's certainly enough grifters here in the good 'ol US of A.

There is a new phishing paypal scam. An official sounding e-mail comes and says someone from France is trying to use your account.I don't have an account either! The URL is paypal.shopaidss.com. I Reported it to spoof and they confirmed it is a phisher.Beware!

I received the same email!!! thanks for the heads up!!!

Too bad there isnt some way (that i know of) to reply to these emails with a computer crashing virus attached. Would be nice to fight back.

I go this same email today and have not used PayPal in years. I DID click the dispute link, and got a message from my computer's widows security protection thing that it is a "known phishing website" whatever that is, and advised me to close the page. So I did.

wes

—– Original Message —–
From: PayPal
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 5:17 AM
Subject: Receipt for Your Payment.

Dear PayPal Member,

This email confirms that you have sent an eBay payment of $47.85 USD to
jcaoac@yahoo.com for an eBay item.

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Payment Details
———————————–

Amount: $47.85 USD

Transaction ID: 2LC956793J776333Y

Subject: Digimax 130

Note:
If you haven't authorized this charge ,click the link below to dispute transaction
and get full refund

Dispute transaction (Encrypted Link )

*SSL connection:
PayPal automatically encrypts your confidential information
in transit from your computer to ours using the Secure
Sockets Layer protocol (SSL) with an encryption key length
of 128-bits (the highest level commercially available)

———————————–
Item Information
———————————–

eBay User ID: scratchandgnaw2

—————————————————————-
Edward Harrell's UNCONFIRMED Address
—————————————————————-

Edward Harrell
211 David St.
Springtown, TX 76082
United States

Important Note: Edward Harrell has provided an Unconfirmed Address. If
you are planning on shipping items to Edward Harrell, please check the
Transaction Details page of this payment to find out whether you will
be covered by the PayPal Seller Protection Policy.

—————————————————————-
This payment was sent using your bank account.

By using your bank account to send money, you just:

- Paid easily and securely

- Sent money faster than writing and mailing paper checks
- Paid instantly — your purchase won't show up on bills at the end of
the month.

Thanks for using your bank account!

—————————————————————-

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team
PayPal Email ID PP118

well here it is in october and it is still being passed around.I just got mine {Oct.19,2007}. Can't they be stopped from scaring people into a panic, like it did me?

On October 22 I received the same email listed as Edward Harrell as payee. Is there any way to cancel a PayPal account that was established years ago? I can't find any.

Help if you can.

Rec'd scam on Digimax 130 from Ed Harrelman on Oct 10th and just found out on the 24th when I checked messages. I freaked out and contacted paypal them my bank a/c to find that it had not been touched. How can we let the general public know about this before they freak out too and waste at least an hour of time clarifying the problem?

Received this same email on October 24th, 2007… hopefully clicking on dispute this transaction doesn't do anything looked legit to me.
WARNING!!! another scam…….lets line them up…..

Received this same email on October 24th, 2007. I also hope clicking on dispute this transaction doesn't do anything, it did look legit.

Ron.

I received the Digimax 130 PayPal message today. My Norton antivirus didn't stop it. Does it carry any kind of virus? My PayPal account is inactive and I have notified my bank to stop the $147.85 transaction.

its going on, i received this same thing about Digimax 130 & e-bay today

Guess it's still happening under different names. I received two emails today- one from belinda 1017 and another from jamesthomson thanking me for my purchase of a Digimax 130 for 47.85. I had no idea what a digimax 130 was. I'm rather technologically challenged. I too, clicked on the rebuttal link, but said the page was unavailable. Sure hope they aren't really taking money from my account. What Jerks!

Glad to see I wasn't alone in the panicking and blindly clicking to dispute the transaction! I'm hoping I didn't do worse damage by clicking the link. I didn't see any info about what happens if you used the link though. Anyone know what it does?

I don't believe clicking on the link will cause you harm (but no promises), but rather if you provide your PayPal username/password at this bogus site they'll then have it, and be able to log into your PayPal account and mess with it, perhaps locking you out or moving your money around, or purchasing products that will be charged to you.