[ic] Paypal admits to losing data????

Thu Jun 27 08:27:01 2002

On Thursday, June 27, 2002, at 08:04 , Carlc Internet Services wrote:

>
> Well, don't this beat all, I got an email to my email address
> that I ONLY use for this list and it was from PayPal... This
> is from the email:
>
> -----begin partial copy of paypal email-----
> URGENT: PayPal System Problems
>
> Dear PayPal User,
>
> Last night we had some trouble with one of our computer systems. While 
> the trouble appears to be minor, we are not taking any
> chances. We decided to take the troubled system offline and replace it 
> with a new system. Unfortunately this caused us to lose
> some member data. Please follow the link below and log into your 
> account to make sure your information is not affected. Account
> balances have not been affected
> -----end partial copy of paypal email-----
>
> Question: Since this email address of mine was NEVER EVER connected
> to paypal, this looks like a big scam, but I've included the URL for
> our Interchange experts to view:
>
> http://www.paypalupdate.com/cgibin/webscr/?cmd=_login-run
>
> The reason I posted this to the list was, I don't want anyone scammed if
> it is a scam. If its valid, then those of you using paypal may want to
> contact Paypal to see if any of your data was lost. Since I got this on
> my email address that was never connected to paypal, I wanted to give
> everyone a heads up.

This is a scam.

Paypal would use a paypal.com address.  They warn you about this sort of 
thing.

I'd forward your original to paypal support to make them aware of it.

Chad

>
> If anyone wants a copy of the original message, I can either put it up 
> as
> a webpage or send a copy to you. Just ask....
>
> Carl
>
> p.s. Interchange 4.8.5 kicks butt! Nice job guys! Works great on Dec 
> ALPHA
> systems with Linux.
>
> http://www.carlc.com/
>
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