Just wanted to pat myself on the back. I received one of those E-Bay scams saying I had to update my info. After checking with E-bay that they didn’t send the mail, I contacted the ISP that was hosting the site. After speaking to someone there and showing him the site that asked for your E-Bay name and passowrd, Pay Pal name and password, Bank Account, Credit Card, Drivers Licence, Socal Security numbers he asked me to foward him a copy of the mail which I did. I then heard back from them that they canceled the accout for violations of their AUP.
I know they can get a new account elsewhere and do it again, but if I saved one person a problem I did my good deed.
Good for you MannyL! Way to pay attention. I think I may have gotten one of those e-mails myself, but didn’t reply to it. Now I know I can just delete it!
I reported one of these to PayPal - with the note that I’d never had a PayPal account, so I was certain it was fake.
I didn’t receive any notice that an account had been shut down, but I did receive a lovely (form) e-mail thanking me and informing me that it was under investigation.
Hopefully they were able to shut one of them down anyway.
Good on you, MannyL.
my name is Tapioca Dextrin and I have heard that you have had good luck in your endeavours. I have a prize of 100 million Dingbats waiting for you in the Central Nigerian Bank. If you could just sent to me your passport and your other documents in original condition I can transfer the monies to you with sure expidiency.
