nwrickert
sand groper
Premium,MVM
join:2004-09-04
Geneva, IL
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·AT&T Midwest
| Telephone phish?
At first glance, the email looks like a paypal phish. But there is no URL in the message - only a telephone number to call:
Dear customer,
As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the
PayPal system. During a recent screening, we noticed an issue regarding
your account.
Our system requires further account verification.
To verify your account please call us at +1-808-213-0800.
Please have your primary credit card number available when you call.
Case ID Number: PP-295-830-917
Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department
Headers show the mail as coming from Harvard (whom I am notifying).
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Doctor Olds
I Need A Remedy For What's Ailing Me.
Premium,VIP
join:2001-04-19
1970 442 W30
clubs:
1 edit | You didn't call it? LOL
Yes, my name is Herman Munster, Yes, I live at 1313 Mockingbird Ln. My wife's name is Lillian. I have one son named Eddie.
What's wrong with my Pay Pal of Transylvania account? I'm coming to see you with my pet dragon named "Spot" !!
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MGD
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-31
Fort Lauderdale, FL
| reply to nwrickert
said by nwrickert  :At first glance, the email looks like a paypal phish. But there is no URL in the message - only a telephone number to call... Yep a phone phish, requested card number entry, etc. The KAUNAKAKAI, HI. MCIMETRO, ATS, INC. number was just pulled, it is now NLA. Phisher apparently could not splurge for a Toll free number.
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SnowyOne
Premium
join:2003-04-05
Kailua, HI
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·Clearwire Wireless
| reply to nwrickert
If the telephone line is on Hawaiian Homelands the phish scam is peanuts to the real scam. The real scam is how Sandwich Isles Communications Company receives more than $16M dollars per year to service 1,238 customers. Do the math. That's $13,345.00 per year, per residential account! Sandwich Isles Communications also just received one-half Billion dollars to provide broadband to 5,400 homes. Do the math. That's $93,000 per home. All of those homes already have landlines and are eligible for DSL, which even including repeaters, would run around $600 per home. Not that Sandwich Isles Communications is alone in raiding the "Universal Service Fee" fund for this scam. Mobi Communications is attempting to collect ~$1000.00 per month, per account to provide cell phone service to the same areas. |
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