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J Smith
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I just got this email.

PayPal Security Measures!

We are contacting you to remind you that: on 13,14 Jan 2007 our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account, one or more attempts to log in to your PayPal account from a foreign IP address.

IP Address
Time
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80.53.1.130
Jan 14, 2007 15:05:08 PDT
Poland

80.53.255.174
Jan 13, 2007 15:07:58 PDT
Poland

141.85.99.169
Jan 14, 2007 15:13:09 PDT
Romania

141.85.99.169
Jan 13, 2007 21:28:08 PDT
Romania

195.61.146.130
Jan 14, 2007 21:33:43 PDT
Romania


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Looks like you got a rare one there Jeff, email from a phisher/scammer with a good command of the English language. Most of them appear to be an equal mixture of fifth grade dropouts at best and folks who flunked ESL.
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Wow, that one is pretty good. Are you sure it's not a fake :rolleyes: ?
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JSmith, that is a strange one, including IPs. Have you checked the IPs ? I mean, sheesh, ppl are just handing out other's IPs, which is crazy.
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That one did look good enough that I went to my pay pal account and checked it,nothing wrong that I could see.I then sent the link and text to pay pal and they said it was a fake.
Changed my password just in case.Anyone notice the new thing with changing your password.Pay Pal has to call you and give you an access code to do it.When I changed it I clicked call now and as soon as I clicked it the phone rang with a recording that gave me the access code.
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