Quite a few of these have been showing up in my e-mail lately. Obviously, someone is pulling out all the stops to get this message out to as many people as possible. Each one of these messages had a link to a website which was most likely a “phishing” site that was set up to [...]

PHISHING SPAM! PHISHING SPAM! PHISHING SPAM! PHISHING SPAM! PHISHING SPAM! PHISHING SPAM! DO NOT click on the link in this message! I guess that says it all. From: "Costumer Service" <wmpost@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Customer PayPal Satisfaction Survey ID: NZRCXIYXJE Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 12:10 PM Identifying Unauthorized Logon Attempts on  25/10/2010: (Error Message NO. XPKALJALWNSLLAEPBXAE) [...]

Well, I’ll go along quite willingly with one portion of this e-mail: Warning! Looks like another phishing scam trying to steal PayPal login information or other personal financial information. Do NOT click on the links in this message. Just throw it out (DELETE) with the rest of the trash. From:         "Paypal" <confirm@paypal.com> Sent:          Sunday, October [...]

This is NOT a message from American Express. Just more “Phisherman” trying to steal your information. From:         "AmericanExpress" <AmericanExpress@welcome.aexp.com> Sent:          Sunday, September 12, 2010 9:27 AM Subject:     Account Alert:New Message from Online Banking Dear Valued Customer, American Express  Banking has been receiving complaints from our customers for unauthorized use of the American Express Online Banking [...]

Don’t be a “phish!” From: "Service Survey Account" <gbiondillo@piercom.com> To: <ServiceAccoun@orange.fr> Subject: Customer PayPal satisfaction survey ID: NBLLKYUQFK Date: Thursday, July 29, 2010 3:25 AM Identifying Unauthorized Logon Attempts on 29/07/2010: (Error Message NO.ALPNQLQFLDKIGUHOLDKE) Your account access has been limited for the following reason(s): ______________________________________________________________________________ 1. We would like to ensure that your account was [...]

Yet another PayPal scam. Don’t fall for it. From: "Service Customers" cheengai_ng@surveysampling.com Subject: Customer PayPal satisfaction survey ID:                                             SNQQVJKYQD Date: Thursday, July 01, 2010 2:08 PM Identifying Unauthorized Logon Attempts on 06/30/2010: (Error Message No.FE01AKA40KMMPAYLLWPL9) Your account access has been limited for the following reason(s): ______________________________________________________________________________ 1. We would like to ensure that your account [...]

Oh my! I feel so… "Violated!” Oh, whoa is me, what will I ever do? No phish in this pond, scumbags, move along now. From:         "PayPal : confirm your account" <service@paypal.com> Sent:          Thursday, April 15, 2010 4:58 AM Subject:     PayPal : You have 3 days to confirm account information or your account will be locked. [...]

I am sorry to inform you that you are an idiot and that your scam has been exposed! From: "Moneygram" memberservice@moneygram.com Subject: Restore your online account Date: Monday, January 18, 2010 2:57 AM Dear MoneyGram member, We are sorry to inform you that your MoneyGram Online Account has been suspended. A high number of failed [...]

Not familiar with “Liberty Reserve” but the one thing I do know is that I do not have an account with them. There was attachment with this one, which I suggest you do not open. Just delete this message. It’s bound to be nothing but trouble. From: "robot" do_not_reply_i_robot@libertyreserve.com Subject: Account trouble Date: Friday, January [...]

More holiday phishermen. Don’t get hooked. Just delete this crap! From: "Western Union" memberservice@westernunion.com Subject: Online Account has been locked Date: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 9:36 AM Dear customer We regret to inform you that your Western Union Online Account has been temporarily suspended. Please understand that this drastic measure was taken in order to [...]