[X4U] re recent thread on paypal phishing emails

[Ed Gould]

On Mar 17, 2009, at 11:18 PM, Linda wrote:

> On 3/17/09 9:26 PM, Ed Gould wrote:
>
>> At first I actually thought it might have done some good, apparently
>> not.
>
>
> Sure you did. It's just that there are millions of spammers, all  
> ready to
> pick up the torch on a winning formula. When one is shut down --  
> and your
> reports do help to do that -- another one is already operating,  
> moving from
> victim to victim to victim (and yes, I consider PayPal and eBay and  
> Wells
> Fargo and Citibank as victims too, as their credibility and  
> livelihood are
> affected by their names being illegally used on the phishing emails).
>

Victims, perhaps on one level but in the scheme of things I would  
trust credit cards over paypal any day.

Ed