One of our companies is an adult company, and we have a ebay division, we
were kicked off of paypal because of the content of our ebay
auctions....ebay did not have a problem with our auctions, but paypal did,
sort of like trying to buy a xrated video and your credit card company won't
let you because they do not approve of the content.

jeff

On 2/17/06 2:16 PM, "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote:

> Chris,
>
> I'm being bombarded with "phishing" e-mails of Paypal Content. I get
> several everytime I download my e-mail. What is really interesting is I
> don't have  an active  Paypal account. I don't use Paypal for a number
> of reasons. For one, they want way too much financial information about
> me, and two, they are notorious for blocking your account and thus
> access to your payments by virtue of claiming they are looking into a
> fraud claim. They will sit on your money until they are good and ready
> to pay. In the meantime, your money is earning them lots of interest
> bucks while it sits in their accounts. When you consider that Paypal is
> a world-wide operation, that kind of activity nets them some huge
> profits. I refuse to help them.
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
> JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
>
>> i just recieved another email from "paypal"..    these scam emails are
>> realistic, this particular one actually used my full name...   i forwarded it
>> to
>> spoof@paypal.com, they do nothing about it...just send a form automated
>> letter
>> reply..saying its a spoof...who know is anyone actually there looked at it or
>> not.    the tricky thing is that it looks so real, there is no way to tell if
>> its real or fake..copy and pasting the link provided sent me to a official
>> looking "paypal" page with official looking paypal graphics..where they were
>> requesting my password, etc...   even the links on the page took you to
>> actual
>> paypal links..  it was so well done that its hard to distinguish real from
>> fake..
>> this is another reason i dont use paypal..
>>
>> chris
>> _____________fwd:_________________
>>
>> Subj:   Final Notice to Accept Policy Update to Prevent Account Limitation
>> Date:   2/17/06 2:59:24 AM Eastern Standard Time
>> From:   service@paypal.com
>> To: XXXXXXXXX@XXXXX.com
>> Sent from the Internet (Details)
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear XXXXXXX  XXXXXXX,
>>
>> Recently, we sent an email notice to remind you to accept the updated PayPal
>> User Agreement and Privacy Policy within 30 days to avoid limited access
>> placed on your account.
>>
>> You now have 7 days to accept the policies. If your account is limited, you
>> will be unable to send or receive money, but will be able to withdraw any
>> remaining balances.
>>
>> PayPal values you as a customer and does not want you to lose the valuable
>> benefits of your account. To accept the policy now, click or copy and paste
>> the
>> link below.   Next, log in to your account and click the New Policy Update
>> link on your Account Overview page.
>>
>> Click the following link to accept the User Agreement and Privacy Policy now:
>> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Thank you for using PayPal!
>> The PayPal Team
>> --------------------------------snip----------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>>