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Subject:Re: New Scam on Yahoo watch out for it!!!
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:05:15 +1300

>Translation:
>
>"Dear Yahoo! Member,
>
>This email was sent by the Yahoo! service to verify your bank card
>information.  Your bank asked Yahoo! to do so because some of their members
>no longer have access to email addresses on Yahoo! and they need to verify
>you.
>
>You must complete this process by clicking link below and enter in your bank
>ATM Debit Card number and PIN that you use on ATM."
>
>And people fall for this stuff everyday, too!

I get similar ones from PayPal and eBay too. If you're unsure,
forward them to <spoof@paypal.com> or <spoof@ebay.com>; they will
reply to tell you if it's a scam. NEVER respond to these messages
with ANY creditcard, username or password. The link on the last
"PayPal" scam I got took me to a page WHICH HAD THE URL
<www.paypal.com/...> and which I'd have sworn was a genuine PayPal
page, but I know that PayPal/eBay never asks for details by e-mail.
PayPal told me that this WAS a scam. So beware genuine-looking URLs
and webpages!!
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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