PAYPAL [was] [ANN] The reason why I was so quiet recently.

[Richard Gaskin]

Ben Rubinstein wrote:
> But I do get a ton of PayPal phishing spam (7-10/day that gets past my spam 
> filters) and find it very convenient to know without looking that any message 
> about my PayPal account is spam.  I think that's a positive reason to avoid 
> setting up a PayPal account.

There is no relationship between having a PayPal account and receiving 
phishing attempts via email.  I get phishing emails from faux PayPal 
sites to email addresses I've never used.  Those are sent to a wide 
variety of addresses from both known and random lists, and I've seen no 
pattern which ties them to PayPal accounts in any way.

Email addresses used with other vendors are a different story.   Oh the 
spam I get from an address I've only used with JetBlue, and as much as I 
like their flights I must say I've found it disturbing that I've been 
unable to find anyone in that company willing to investigate the source 
of the privacy leak.

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