Windfall from Paypal!

[Ariel Badger]

Just received a payment of just over £500 but I have not sold jack all! There is a helpfull link that I can click to take me to the transaction so should I click it? The email it has emanated from looks 100% kosher.
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[daverave999]

I had similar saying I had a payment of '£050.27'. Er yeah, OK.
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[Ste]

Free internet money? winrar!!!

[Ariel Badger]

mine is for 508.70, I sell better quality imaginary items than daverave999.
Ste, feel free to play with that email address.
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[Rogue_Shadow]

Login through the official Paypal site if you're really interested to see the transaction history
Just don't click any links sent via email

[Ste]

[Ariel Badger]

[Rogue_Shadow]

Didn't see the attached picture

[metalangel]

"Send it me now and you can have my blood diamonds!"
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[daemonoid]

Odd,

I got exactly the same. I have a domain set up and have lots of email addresses for filtering purposes. This one came through to all the common ones that have been previously active so some scammer who's got hold of a decent email list.
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[andyscooter]

i want 500 quid form an egyption prince
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[Rogerborg]

<Checks email>
<Checks spam box>
<Is sad because is not being send £050.27 for his best attentions>

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[lihp]

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Isn't it about time people stopped finding these scams that amusing that they want to share it with others on an Internet forum?

419eater was funny around 15 years ago. If people still fall for these then they are either stupid and/or greedy.

There are far better scams out there nowadays where the sender researches the target, finding out convincing information about them and sends an email using Thunderbird, which has the ability to spoof the sender's email address in everything but the headers.
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[Wonko The Sane]

Someone else didn't look at the pic then.

New school year at the Nigerian scammer school?
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[daemonoid]

[lihp]

[Bubbs]

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[yambabe]

I have just had the very same email.

Apparently I have sold a "Postman Pat and PC Selby Car and Figures" to someone for £300.70 plus £14.25 postage.

It all looks very genuine.

Oh apart from the small fact that the email address they have sent it to has never been used for paypal and doesn't have a paypal account associated with it........
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[Wonko The Sane]

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[P.addy]