another scam?

Tried to post this yesterday but somehow it didn't register.
Yesterday I received an e-m addressed to Rustler, purporting to come from "PayPal". It was signed " aoaiacki ". It had an attachment, and said my account was to be expired. To avoid this I had to provide them with "my personal information". I had to run the attachment and follow the instructions. Since I have only vaguely heard of PayPal, and have no account/business/connection with them whatsoever, I didn't open the attachment and deleted the whole ruddy thing. Presumably the attachment asked for my card no. and bank details etc. etc.
I guess this another case of "BE WARNED". Good luck everybody,

The Pay Pal thing has been showing up on my e-mail about every other day for the last couple of weeks saying that my account is expiring. I've never used it and don'tplan to so I just keep deleting the messages. Everyone be forewarned, this is a scam.

Sure. Generally, it's safe to assume any unsolicited email
is a scam. Even if it appears to be from Microsoft or other
reputable people.

Now that I think about it, it's _only_ safe to assume...
Any other move is dumb.

A while back this year I had this happen to me and they hacked everything. Do not ever reply to any of these messages. The hacker was in Europe and in my case it took a week to straighten it all out. I even got threatening emails from some guy claiming I took his money for golf clubs and didn't send them. If you respond to these emails you will hurt more people than just you. Ebay owns paypal and they have made millions off of the public and need to hunt these criminals down like dogs. Every one should email eBay and insist that prosecution takes place and publiclly make anouncements about the results of what happens when some one does this. Some one can grow marijuana and have his house and bank accounts seized. This is what needs to happen to those who commit internet fraud and other crimes. Our country needs to get on the ball with internet crimes. The only this worst than a thief, is a lying thief. Jim J

Be sure to FORWARD any similar messages to or <[email protected]> so they are aware of it. They are at least trying to do something with the spoofers, but they move so fast that there isn't a lot we can do except refuse to respond to the e-mails and forward them to authorities. For heaven's sake don't reply or give them any information of any kind.

LAST EDITED ON Nov-26-03 AT 08:53 PM (CST)
 
I got the same sort of stuff from Yahoo!, my email provider. They wanted bank account numbers, mother's maiden name, PIN numbers, etc. I gave them Scott's. Steve

Thanks for the "spoof" address. I received the message again today, this time signed " gcbgozoo ". Should I use the "Forward" box to send it to the spoof police?

It's worthwhile to note that PayPal, Microsoft and other companies will NEVER request your passwords, bank accounts and such with an email (or any other way). If PayPal wants something, they will email you and ask that you log onto the PayPal site and do what you need to do. Microsoft will never ask for much of anything or send out "patches". If you need a patch for Windows, you can log onto they're Windows Update site.

But hey, at least the criminals are a little clever.