Springfield, MA USA
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Dangerous Spam E-Mail!

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Dangerous Spam E-Mail!

WARNING! I just got an e-mail allegedly from PayPal. It stated that they had successfully changed my address. The “new” address was somewhere in California. Has nothing to do with me. There was a ZIP file attached which I DID NOT OPEN! I’m sure there a virus or a trojan buried in there somewhere. On closer inspection of the originating e-mail, it came from “help -at- notify.paylap.com” [I replaced the @ with at to prevent an e-mail address popping up] which could easily be mistaken for a legitimate e-mail from “help -at- notify.paypal.com” Can you spot the difference? I couldn’t delete this one fast enough!!!

Here’s a screen shot of the body of the e-mail

SPAM e-mail with ZIP file attached

SPAM e-mail with ZIP file attached

 

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  1. jimsanders977531949 says:

    Welcome to Geneabloggers. Twitter was hacked recently and some passwords got out. Twitter contacted the affected users and changed their passwords.

    Regards, Jim
    Hidden Genealogy Nuggets

  2. yship says:

    Welcome to Geneabloggers!

    Regards, Grant Davis

    http://thestephensherwoodletters.blogspot.com

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