Re: OT: Completely OT: PAYPAL does it suck?

On 11/22/06, Sally Caves <scaves@...> wrote:
> Hey, don't jump to condescending assumptions, Sai.  ... You're not adding anything new here,
> just unintentional insults.
I agree that Sai's tone was condescending, but has geek stock risen to
the point that it's now an insult to tell someone she's not geeky?
Wow.  Does this mean I'm finally "cool"? :)

> OTHER PEOPLE: What damage have I done to myself?
If you didn't actually enter your password on the page you linked to
from the email, then you've probably not done any damage to yourself.
You should run a spyware/malware check on your computer just to be
safe, though.

 If you did enter your password, then you also need to go change it
immediately and carefully review your banking records for any evidence
that someone has used it, and report any discrepancies to both PayPal
and the bank holding the account.

> I wrote to spoof@paypal.com.  Thanks for that link, Sai.  I'm going to write
> the Publishers and tell them what happened.  I'm furious.
Might be best to wait until you're not furious before writing?   I
strongly suspect a simple bookkeeping error that is probably in no way
related to the phishing email; the juxtaposition is likely just
paranoia's old friend synchronicity paying a call. I could be totally
wrong, but I'd want to get the facts straight before yelling at
anyone.


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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>

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