$6 gamble that might end up being a good investment.
Are you kidding me? Go away, scammer! This type of thing has
Are you kidding me? Go away, scammer!
This type of thing has been around for years (used to be via mail). Additionally, Paypal is one of the most fraud-ridden money exchange sites on the internet.
DO NOT GET INVOLVED WITH THIS, IT IS A WAY FOR HACKERS AND SCAMMERS TO GAIN ACCESS TO YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT AND DRAIN YOUR CASH!
Thanks did not know that did some research on the web but found
Thanks did not know that did some research on the web but found nothing either way on it.
Whoops, sorry for accusing you of being a scammer yourself :oop
Whoops, sorry for accusing you of being a scammer yourself :oops:
Just a general assumption based on this type of cut and paste job.
The lowdown on this is that you do as the email says, and then you get one of those "update paypal" emails that false login to a password collector. At that point, they have control of your account and can see what emails you have sent payments to, and who has sent them to you, and also funnel money from whatever payment sources you have listed into their own paypal accounts. And it cycles from there.
Unfortunately, Paypal is so fraught with scammers and fraud now that companies like Amex will not allow their cards to be associated with an account unless you go through ID verification and such.
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so I'm not going to have 22,000 dollar bills spilling out of my
so I'm not going to have 22,000 dollar bills spilling out of my computer in 4 weeks?
drat.
thanks
i wanted to say thanks for letting me know all the other sites i went on to did not let me know they just deleted the post. i only know they deleted them because i just went to them to leave a message about the info you guys gave me and there were gone and on some of them i have been lock out. So thanks this help make it so i would not continue post on other sites.
Chain letters of those nature are most definately illegal. Not
Chain letters of those nature are most definately illegal. Not only that, but if Paypal finds out about it, they will freeze your account and you will never see a dime of that money.
I wonder if Oprah REALLY did a show about it? I don't watch Opr
I wonder if Oprah REALLY did a show about it? I don't watch Oprah (well I actually don't have a TV but even if I did, I WOULDN'T watch Oprah!) but a LOT of people do, and they do what she says!
It would be interesting to hear what her take on this whole thing is?
i have heard of this being connected with her but i don't even h
i have heard of this being connected with her but i don't even have $6 to throw around on nothing! i'm too paranoid to ever get involved in something like that and am sure it's a scam.
I honestly doubt Oprah did something on this. The flipside of p
I honestly doubt Oprah did something on this. The flipside of people doing everything she says is that many of them will see somewhere that she endorsed something and not bother to check. Nice lady, but entirely too much influence over people.
Her people do check out claims of this type and weed out the garbage scams. Though, they occasionally get caught out in the cold.
I actually know about this scam through my work and studies (I'm in systems, and working on a comp sci/programming degree). Paypal security (or lack thereof) is actually a pretty hot topic in IT.
yea, i agree about her influence. i doubt she would recommend it
yea, i agree about her influence. i doubt she would recommend it, but maybe she did a show on similar scams or something and people just picked up her name. i have been hearing paypal isn't so safe. since pdls, i have been paranoid about my banking info. is there a safer way to send and recieve money online or is paypal it for now?
Paypal is about it, when you add in the receive portion of it.
Paypal is about it, when you add in the receive portion of it. If you are talking about stores and such, the more reputable ones tend to be pretty aggressive about their secure servers (https in the address bar and a little lock in the bar at the bottom of your browser).
For person to person transactions, Paypal is the only one. What I do is, I keep a bank account that never has any money in it as the verified account if I receive money. Then I transfer the money out of Paypal and into that account, and then out to my real account (it's almost like a money-laundering scheme). If I am buying something on Paypal, I'll add my CC info to the site when I start the bidding so that I can pay if I win, and then remove it when done.
Also, I never, ever click any email that takes me to a money site for "verification". If a bank, or paypal, etc need me to confirm something, then I'll go directly to their site and they have a link. no link=no verification.
Good tips, I used to have a paypal debit card which was great be
Good tips, I used to have a paypal debit card which was great because my bank account never touched paypal. the card expired and since i cut up all my credit cards, they wont give me another though..
The idea is nice, the whole thing work as a chain, I can only sa
The idea is nice, the whole thing work as a chain, I can only say If you have some good contacts, you can earn money easily.
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