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eniwetok

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3. the phishing attempts are endless...

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Original post)

Mon Dec 26, 2016, 04:58 PM

Dec 2016

If it's not Paypal, it's phony bank alerts that accounts were compromised and PWs need to be reset etc. They are phishing for LinkedIn and Google account logins even for cell phone apps.

What I DO enjoy reading are the more elaborate scams... that some widow of an accountant working for a Nigerian mining company has 6.2 million US and she wants to sneak it into the US and needs some help. Ive been saving the letters for the past 15 years.

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X-post from GD: A general warning [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 OP

I always forward those to spoof@paypal.com. Arkansas Granny Dec 2016 #1

Wise move discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #2

the phishing attempts are endless... eniwetok Dec 2016 #3

I got a call from the IRS scammers a few years ago discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #4