[X4U] re recent thread on paypal phishing emails

[Paul Moortgat]

I use spoof at paypal.be but for you it might be spoof at paypal.com, I  
don't know.  You can try.

Paul Moortgat

On 18 Mar 2009, at 13:30, Ed Gould wrote:

>
> On Mar 18, 2009, at 12:09 AM, Linda wrote:
>
>> On 3/17/09 11:42 PM, Ed Gould wrote:
>>
>>> Victims, perhaps on one level but in the scheme of things I would
>>> trust credit cards over paypal any day.
>>
>> That's your opinion, and that's fine, of course. But others of us  
>> have
>> different opinions, and the other folks are right when they say  
>> that if you
>> don't forward the phishing messages back to the abuse/spoof  
>> department of
>> *whatever* organization it is, it's impossible to stop phishermen.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Linda:
>
> Here is an example and then you tell me.
> I got an phishing email, so I thought I would report it.
> I went to the banks web site and I looked and looked and looked and  
> could not find any contact information.
> The only way I could contact them was *IF* I had an account.
> Now you tell me who should I contact in those circumstances?
> I know some places do have contact info but (a lot of) other do not.
> Another example this is closer to home. I decided to report a  
> phishing incident to PAYPAL and yes I finely found the reporting  
> email address but it did take me 15 minutes of digging.
> If companies *REALLY* want them reported then they should not bury  
> the report address, no?
> Some companies are clueless and should they be rewarded because of  
> their less than lets say competence in the world of the Internet?
>
> Ed