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[vhortex]

Nik, on 18 August 2010 - 01:46 PM, said:

I have also received such types of the messages many times, I asked about this to my friend, then one of my friend who is expert in identifying the fake mails told me that it is the fake mail and once you logon to this site they will hack your password or your credit card no. and apply this for illegal purpose. So before sign up check for genuine website.

the email headers is the key if you can be easily fooled by URL (web addresses). Gmail and the new Yahoo mail have "view headers" or "view transcript" menu which will show you

mail ID - mail id of the email when it was sent by the mail server
source mail server - simply the name of the mail server or an IP addresses if it is not available.

any webmail client that don't have this info shown to you also discards this info and was more prone for spams. MSN and hotmail for example refuse to show me this info and my mailbox even if it is not known to anyone except 2 friends gets 140spam a day with 2-4 valid emails. my gmail on the other hand gets 500+ mails a day and 3-5 spams a day and it was posted on hundreds of websites around the globe.

firebox's mail client also can see this and "some" outlook softwares (i think a patch is needed for this to work)...

[The Simpleton]

I haven't received any emails like these and I know I wouldn't be fooled anyway. This is 2010, and by now most people who use Paypal do know that such emails are fake and only the most unsuspecting of them all will fall for such traps in this day and age. Still, it's best to be cautious so be safe everyone!