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

[Ben Rubinstein]

On 19/5/08 18:21, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> 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.

Absolutely - but knowing that I don't have a paypal account is a very
effective defence against falling for, or even wasting my time looking at, a
phishing scam spam.

> 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.

I've had the same experience with Europcar.

- Ben