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Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Paypal Scam

Author: Pale Rider
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2004 5:17 pm
Post subject: Re: Paypal scam



jojo wrote:

Here are the 6 individual Email addresses that you have to send $1 to through Paypal for this to work properly and for you to receive money.

(If you don't send the money and decide to post the message with your name in it anyway, Paypal will instantly pick this up and terminate your account,immediately,besides the other penalties!!

If you did this you could get into serious trouble because it is fraud. (So follow the instructions and post the $6 and you will make lots of money with no hassles.)




How would Paypal know why people are sending you money? I have never seen anything when sending money through Paypal that asks you why you are sending the money, so they would not terminate your account.

What other penalties could Paypal impose?

If you only want people to send money to create an address list to sell later, altering the order of names would not constitute fraud, unless this is fraud to start with. What is to stop any of us from starting our own list with our email in any of the positions and starting a new money maker? I could even make up 6 email addresses and get really big money if I chose to, if this was legit.

Why did you post a section of the Postal regulations? Does the Postmaster General now regulate the internet? What am I missing here?



Author: Clueless Guest
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 4:32 am
Post subject: Paypal Scam



1. This type of scheme is illegal

2. lol @ the guest that managed to read the entire post, sign up, and find out this "actuallly worked" within one minute of the original post.

3. Anybody who does actually fall for this deserves to be locked up almost as much as those behind it.

4. Reported to PayPal + the IFCC




Author: nativechild48
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 8:50 pm
Post subject: Paypal scam



Thanks for THE CORRECT INFO PALE RIDER AND CLUELESS, I hope people don't fall for these pyramid schemes.
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Ira
Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 2:00 am
Post subject: Paypal Scam



Wow! Haven't heard one this blatently illegal in years.

This is known as a chain letter and chain letters are illegal. Why is it a chain letter? Because you are being asked to send money but you receive nothing of value in return. I'd sure like to see this person's bank statement showing the $42,000.00 deposit!

Last edited by Ira on Wed Mar 17, 2004 10:09 pm; edited 1 time in total





Author: Busted Guest
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 3:42 pm
Post subject: Paypal Scam



this is a ponzi scheme nice try





elephant3823
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 10:48 pm
Post subject: Paypal Scam


Got my laugh for the day. But hey if you want to get rid of $6 I will take it





Author: Credithelp
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 2:50 pm
Post subject: Paypal scam


I used to get those letters in the mail all of the time. I guess someone sold my address somewhere.





Author: Frost
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 12:00 am
Post subject: Paypal scam



i found this post on a website and wanted to post it here

Quote:

This is the CHEAPEST, FASTEST and EASIEST way
to make serious money online - PERIOD!
There are a lot of companies out there offering to put you in your own business, but I'm so certain you will make a SERIOUS INCOME with what I am going to tell you that I'm willing to roll up my sleeves and help you begin - RIGHT NOW!!
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It doesn't matter how old or how young you are. And you certainly won't need any special knowledge or talent. You won't need to run a website, or make phone calls, or make photocopies, or send out letters through the mail, or pay for advertising, etc. The only things you will need are:
-An Email Address
-A Business PayPal account with at least $10 deposited in it
-Approximately 30 minutes of your time
This program takes just half an hour to set up. After that, there is absolutely no work whatsoever to do on your part. And yet, you will stand to gain many thousands of dollars within the next few weeks from those 30 minutes of easy work! Yes, I know, it sounds too good to be true! I thought exactly the same thing myself until I actually tried it out!
Please be sure to read all of this page . . . take your time, come back to it . . . go over and over it, you won't be sorry.
All you need is a PayPal account and an email address!
Just about everyone has heard about "PayPal" (if you haven't you will soon!) and when I came across this concept I knew it would work because, as a member of PayPal, I had already experienced their efficiency and excellent standing. PayPal is the simplest method of making and receiving payments online that anyone has ever seen! Anyone with an email address can join for FREE! Once you have a PayPal account, you can send and receive credit card payments to or from anyone - anywhere in the world! Please read further before you go there... You can complete this whole process within just half an hour and you will NEVER forget the day you decided to do so!!!
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"I was shocked when I saw how much money came flooding into my paypal account. Within 3 weeks my account balance has ballooned to $23,490. At first I thought there had been some sort of error with my account!"
Richard J. Bennett, OH
Just a few months ago, each of these people were doing the same thing as you are at this very moment - reading this! But because they decided to follow the simple instructions given below, they are now considerably better off as a result. And there's no reason whatsoever why you can't share in this success. You've got nothing to lose, and EVERYTHING to gain!
Let's get started, just follow the instructions exactly as set out below and then prepare yourself for a HUGE influx of cash over the next 30 days!

Here's what you need to do. . .
STEP 1
Ok, the very first and most important thing you need to do is SAVE this page in your Favorites so you can come back to it if you lose it. Done that? Ok, if you're not already a PayPal user, you need to click on the PayPal link below and SIGN UP. It takes just 2 minutes!
Be sure to use the link below so you can sign up for a free BUSINESS account. You'll need to have a BUSINESS account (and not a PERSONAL account) otherwise you won't be able to receive credit card payments from other people. (Tip: Cut and paste the link and open it in a new window so you don't lose this page)
Here's the link: https://www.paypal.com

STEP 2
It is an undeniable law of the universe that we must first give in order to receive.
So the first thing to do when you have your Business PayPal account is to send a $10 payment from your PayPal account to the FIRST email address in the list below. To do this successfully, follow these simple steps:
1. Login to PayPal and click on the Send Money tab;
2. In the 'Recipient's Email' field enter the FIRST email address of list of 5 below;
3. In the 'Amount' field enter 10 (this is your $10 payment);
4. In the 'Type' field select Service (though it doesn't really matter what you put here, this is for PayPal's own records)
5. In the 'Note' field enter "PLEASE ADD ME TO YOUR MAILING LIST." (Be certain to add this note, as this is what keeps this program legal).
6. Finally, click on the Continue button to complete the payment. That's it!
When you send your $10 payment to the first address in the list, do it with a great big smile on your face because "as you sow, so shall you reap!"
Here's the current list:

1. eisus63@aol.com
2. raqtbllplyr7@cs.com
3. grayguru@hotmail.com
4. Trasher88@excite.com
5. heypotatoe@yahoo.com

After you have transferred a $10 payment to the email address at the top of the list, something very eerie happens. It gives you an indescribable, overwhelming sense of certainty, belief and conviction in the system. You’ve just proved to yourself that, because you have done it, there must be a great number of other people ready to do exactly the same. Thus you have now seen for yourself, first hand, that this business actually works!

STEP 3
Once you've sent a $10 payment to the address at the top of the list (along with your note - this is VERY important!), the next thing you need to do is to obtain a copy of the contents of this page, as you'll be sending it out (as an email message or by advertising your page, like I have done) to at least 40 people (keep in mind that 40 is a good number of people to reach, but with all the different ways of advertising for free on the internet the amount of views and signups under you could well exceed into the hundreds or thousands if you wish....the more people who join the more profitable for everyone on the list, including you). The copy that you will send out will contain YOUR email address at number 5 in the list - having deleted the address at Number 1 in the list, and moving the others up a position.
The best way to do this is you can copy and paste into emails to your family and friends. You can copy and paste it and put ad's on the internet on message boards etc. Or you can create your own free website, by copying and pasting. There are many free webpages you can build on the web. For example 2 good ones are www.geocities.com or http://www.cmlb.net. Both of these are simple to use. And the best part of having this info on a website for people to follow is you can post links to your site on paid to click websites or paid to read email sites, for great advertising. There are countless ways to get more people like me and you involved in this amazing program.
A. Go to the toolbar at the top of the window and select "Edit" and then "Select All".
B. Go to the toolbar again and select "Edit" and then "Copy".
C. Start (compose) a new email message (PLAIN TEXT so everyone can view it!).
D. Fill in your email address and subject line, and then click in the main message area.
E. Go to "Edit" and "Paste" to paste the text into your new email message. Now you can edit and format the message text in any way you want! However, it's best to just leave the text as it is because you want your email to be read by everyone who receives it!
The only thing you need to make sure of is that YOUR email address is at Number 5 in the list in STEP 2. Of course, the address that was previously at Number 1 should have been removed, and the other email addresses should have been moved up a position to accommodate yours at Number 5. As long as you have done this correctly, your email is ready for sending!

A word of warning! Don't be tempted to add your email address to position 1 in order to earn money fast! It doesn't work like that! If you do that, you will ONLY reach the people you directly send emails to, and then your address will be immediately removed from the Number 1 place and you won't reach thousands of people! But, if you add your name to the Number 5 position, there will be literally tens of thousands of people receiving and sending emails later - when your name is at the Number 1 spot!!!
F. Once you've got your email message ready, send out a minimum of 40 copies of the email - but only to people you know, or to people who respond to MLM offers, or to people who've sent YOU offers. By sending this letter and the payment via EMAIL, the response time is EXTREMELY fast.......... ELECTRONIC TRANSFER INTERNET FAST!!! That's why it takes only a few days for those $10 payments to start flooding into your PayPal account!

THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT! The whole process should take you about 30 minutes to complete.
BE PREPARED TO GET EXCITED.... YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED!!! Half an hour of easy work is all that's needed - no capital outlay, no postage stamps, no printing, copying or waiting, and the concept is 100% legal.
Within 30 days, over $30,000 cash will pass through your PayPal account. And that’s GUARANTEED. Keep a copy of your email safe so that you can use it again whenever you need more cash!

Here's how it works:
When you send out your emails, your email address will initially be at Number 5 in the list. That's the best position it can be in at this stage if you want to make serious money. The response-rate for this program is much higher than any typical email marketing campaign for a number of reasons, which are explained later. As long as you send your emails to people who are likely to be interested in this program, on average, you can expect a response from about 25% of the people you send to. But let's be extremely conservative here and assume that you receive an average response rate of only 12.5%. . .
If you send out your email to 40 different people, you can expect at least 5 of those people to do exactly what you did (12.5% of 40 = 5). By this time, your email address will have moved up to Number 4 in the list, and this list will now have reached around 200 people (5 x 40).
Out of those 200 people, you can expect at least 25 of them to participate (12.5% of 200 = 25), so that's a further 1,000 emails (25 x 40) being sent out and your email address will have risen to Number 3 in the list.
Out of those 1,000 people, you can expect at least 125 of them to participate (12.5% of 1,000 = 125), so that's a further 5,000 emails (125 x 40) being sent out with you now at the Number 2 position.
Out of those 5,000 people, you can expect at least 625 of them to respond (12.5% of 5,000 = 625), so that's 25,000 emails (625 x 40) being sent out with YOUR ADDRESS at the Number 1 spot!
Now, out of those 25,000 people, you can expect around 3,125 of them to respond (12.5% of 25,000 = 3,125). And since you will now be at NUMBER 1 in the list, you will receive: $31,250 (3,125 x $10).
So, when your name starts to hit the Number 1 position within the next few days, it will be YOUR turn to collect the money! Over the course of 30 days, this money will be sent to you by a few thousand people just like yourself - who are willing to invest half an hour to receive around $30,000 or more in cash! The first payments will arrive within a few days, and they will continue at the rate of about 100 payments per day for about 30 days. After that time, the volume of payments begins to taper off as your email address vacates the Number 1 position.
That's all you need to do! There will be around $30,000 in $10 payments waiting for you in your PayPal account within the next few weeks. $30,000 for just 30 minutes work! This is real money that you can spend on anything you wish! Just deposit it to your own bank account or spend it directly from your PayPal account!!! It's just that easy!!!
I think it's WORTH IT, don't you?
Remember, the 12.5% example above is assuming that 35 out of the 40 people you send your email to will do absolutely nothing except delete your email. However, if you follow the plan correctly and send your emails only to people who are likely to want to participate, you can expect a typical response-rate of around 25%. Hence, the 12.5% example is only given as a worst-case-scenario. Additionally, the above example assumes that each participant will only send out 40 emails. Imagine what would happen if each participant sent out 1,000 emails instead of just 40! Believe me, many people will do this and much more!

Unlike many other MLM programs, this 5-LEVEL PROGRAM costs you only $10. That's right, only $10 ONCE, which is much more realistic and provides much, much faster results. Only the first person on the list gets your $10 gift, but everyone in the list will rise to that Number 1 position as thousands of emails are being sent out. No cheating can occur (don't be fooled by claims that this system can be cheated) as Paypal only allows one account per person. Because it is so easy, the response rate is VERY HIGH and VERY FAST - Internet email FAST, and you will start seeing dramatic results in less than one week! JUST IN TIME FOR NEXT MONTH'S BILLS!
Remember, you need only mail out 40 copies to start with. This will be enough to generate a substantial lump sum within 30 days. For example, send to personal contacts and reply to people who send their programs to you, as they are already working on the web. They know these programs work and they are already believers in the system! This is NOT considered SPAM if you are responding to other people's offers, or sending to friends, family and contacts, or if you are using a legitimate mailing list.
So, email your letters out today, and then prepare yourself for a huge influx of cash within the next 30 days!!!

4 factors that make this program so successful. . .
EXTREMELY FAST RESPONSE
EXTREMELY HIGH RESPONSE RATE
UNLIMITED PROFIT POTENTIAL
QUICK, SIMPLE AND CHEAP TO GET STARTED
Because of the VIRTUALLY ZERO INVESTMENT, SPEED, and HIGH PROFIT POTENTIAL, this program has a VERY HIGH RESPONSE RATE! And all from just a simple email and one simple $10 PayPal transaction! In fact, this program has faster results and a higher response rate than any other Internet program you could possibly participate in! For most email marketing campaigns, the average response rate is between 0.5% and 5%. However, this particular program typically generates a response rate of between 20% and 30%. This is because this program is so easy to implement, it costs next to nothing, it takes just 30 minutes to implement, and the results can be seen within days.
I've been watching this type of MLM program for years and this is about as easy and fast as you can get it. No stamps, no envelopes, no printed copies to be made - just a little effort and faith!!! This program really keeps it "short and simple"!
UNLIMITED income potential!
This program is structured for everyone to send only 40 emails each to start. However, you are certainly not limited to 40. Send out as many emails as you want. Every 40 emails you send has a return of AT LEAST $30,000 WITHIN 30 DAYS. So, if you can email 50, or 100, or whatever, GO FOR IT! THE MORE YOU PUT INTO IT, THE MORE YOU GET OUT OF IT!
However, you MUST remember that sneaking your name higher up on the list will NOT produce the results you think, and it only cheats the other people who have put in the effort and have earned the right to be there. So please, play by the rules and the serious money will come to you!
You are probably skeptical of this, especially with all the different programs out there on the Web, but if you don't try this you will never know. I felt exactly the same as you probably do right now. I wanted to believe but i just couldn't help thinking that there was some sort of catch. But then I realized that I had absolutely nothing to lose. After all, I was only being asked to invest a measly $10, and yet I could earn many thousands of dollars within a month. And all for just half an hour of my time! Therefore I went ahead and did exactly as the email requested. This took me around 30 minutes in total, and I'm so, so, glad I did that!
To get started, just click on the link below:
https://www.paypal.com
But please play by the rules! This program doesn't cost anything but $10 and about half an hour of your time, and if everyone plays fair, everyone WINS!!
So there it is. You now have the knowledge that will enable you to make over $30,000 within the next few weeks. The only thing that can hold you back now is a lack of faith or a lack of self-belief. However, any doubts you may currently have will disappear within a few days of putting this plan into practice. Trust me on this! You certainly won't regret it.

Some notes from the PayPal site which you may find useful
PayPal lets you pay anyone with an email address and is the world's Number 1 online payment service. PayPal is accepted on over 3 million eBay auctions as well as a countless number of online shops. You can also use PayPal to pay your friends - for example, it's a convenient way to split the phone bill with your room-mate, send cash to your kids in college, or send cash to someone in another country.
When you send money through PayPal, you can fund your payments with your credit card or cheque account. You won't have to worry about your privacy, because PayPal keeps your accounting information safe and secure. Making a purchase with PayPal is far more secure than mailing a check or giving your credit card number to a stranger. That's why over 9 MILLION people from around the world use PayPal to move money. Signing up for a PayPal account is free, easy, and it takes only a couple of minutes.

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