[meteorite-list] Spoof warning Additional, State Parks

From: Walter Branch <branchw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:16:32 2004
Message-ID: <003501c35f59$29fbc600$a7c09f44_at_b4b9e1>

Hi Sarah,

Glad to see you made it back okay. A similar event happened to my wife and
I a few years ago as we were approaching Claxton, GA. It's a nerve rattling
feeling.

-Walter
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www.branchmeteorites.com
Walter Branch, Ph.D.
Branch Meteorites
PO Box 60492
Savannah, GA 31420



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jensan Scientifics/ Sci-Mall" <jensan_at_pcii.net>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 10:43 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Spoof warning Additional, State Parks


> Hello list,
>
> Life is not what it should be in the PayPal world, but that also applies
> to vacations and state parks.
>
> For those of you going West for vacation fun, as I usually do, the road
> can be hazardous.
>
> I had always wanted to visit Mt. St. Helens and so my kids and I decided
> to make a vacation out of it. We went up to see the crater at an
> observation point, then decided to helicopter into the crater to take a
> closer look. This is REALLY cool. There is actually a small waterfall
> in the crater. The helicopter guide pointed out some interesting
> features of the area. Alot of it was definitely more interesting from
> the air.
>
> Then I decided to take a back road from exit 504 headed to Yakima,
> Washington. So we get on the back side of Mt. St. Helens headed to
> Spirit Lake. Beautiful, luxurious overgrowth, small waterfalls,
> semi-pristine appearing land. This was about 7 o'clock at night, still
> had a 3 hour drive ahead. Still wanted to see the back side, though,
> having driven all the way from Wisconsin to "see it all."
>
> Out of nowhere comes this conversion van with headlights on trying to
> touch my bumper, two big guys driving it. I hit the gas and again it
> does the same thing. Again and again I hit the gas. They never touch
> my bumper but try to get me to stop. In karate they teach you that your
> vehicle can be your weapon, if you do not have others. You never stop or
> put yourself in position to stop. I took the center of the road where
> they could not get along side of me. It finally dawned on me that
> car-jacking is real popular along the west coast and they wanted my
> Suburban. Fortunately it is a modern Suburban, but it also had
> modifications that made it faster then regular Suburbans. We were doing
> hairpin turns from 50-80 in a State Park. No one else on the road.
> Weird- No, planned on their part. In areas when we had roaming ability
> from our cell phone, they seemed to back off, but in void areas they
> were persistent.
>
> Later I found out from researching the web that there are at least 700
> people that are missing in Washington state alone, and 100 unidentified
> bodies. According to many sources drugs are being grown on state park
> land, and hiking in beautiful places may not be so cool.
>
> They chased me all the way down the mountain and obviously never got
> me. I highly recommend fast driving skills through many parts of
> America, unfortunately. I was glad my teenage son was not driving. (He
> even admits that) Something like this makes a vacation a NOT vacation.
> I was glad to get home.
>
> The object of this post is like paypal, even meteorites, sometimes,
> things are not as simple as they should be. Trust your instincts. Even
> resorts may not be resorts. And where is a policeman (or state park
> trooper) when you need one?
>
> Best,
> Sarah
> Jensan Scientifics/ Science Mall
>
> -------------------------------
>
> "Charles R. Viau" wrote:
> >
> > The thing to remember about messages from PayPal, is that they rarely
> > ever send you unsolicited mail, and if they do, there is never a link in
> > the message that invokes a login to the site. If you do ever get a
> > message from them requesting information from you, just examine the mail
> > header (in Outlook, just right-click on the message in the inbox folder
> > and select "options"). Look at the "received:" line information and you
> > can see if the sender was original, or faked. The real Domain name and
> > the IP address of the actual sender will show up linked to any phony or
> > forged sender address. Also, never go into PayPal in your browser,
> > unless the URL starts with "https//" (not http//) like in:"
> > https://www.paypal.com..." It is almost impossible for hackers like
> > this to be able to use SSL to authenticate their bogus web sites. You
> > can prove this by first making sure you disable Active-x and Java
> > scripting in your browser, then attempt to invoke the bogus PayPal link.
> > The address box in the top of the browser will show "http://", and the
> > rest of the URL may start with something like "playpal.com" followed by
> > a bunch of directory entries that wind up pointing you to a bogus ASP
> > script that will suck up your password. (you have disabled scripting, so
> > the page will not show up the way it normally would).
> >
> > CharlyV
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com
> > [mailto:meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Michael
> > Farmer
> > Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 2:07 AM
> > To: Matson, Robert; meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT: PayPal spoof warning
> >
> > This has been going around for some time. I never let money pile up in
> > my
> > account. I had my card number stolen in Brazil, and they got me for $800
> > in
> > just a few minutes. It was refunded, but remember, PAYPAL is a cash
> > account,
> > debit, so money can be stolen from it, that is what these scumbags are
> > doing.
> > Mike Farmer
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Matson, Robert" <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_saic.com>
> > To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 10:58 PM
> > Subject: [meteorite-list] OT: PayPal spoof warning
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I probably don't need to warn most of you, but just to cover the
> > bases I thought I would post a message here since many of you
> > probably use PayPal. Some "enterprising" individual(s) is/are
> > attempting to trick PayPal customers into revealing detailed
> > account information. Usually these "spoofs" are pretty
> > unsophisticated, but the one I got today looked official enough
> > that someone might get fooled. It starts off with:
> >
> > "This e-mail is the notification of recent innovations taken by
> > PayPal to detect inactive customers and non-functioning mailboxes.
> >
> > "The inactive customers are subject to restriction and removal in
> > the next 3 months.
> >
> > "Please confirm your email address and credit card information by
> > logging in to your PayPal account using the form below:"
> >
> > - - - -
> >
> > A form appears with boxes for email address, password, name,
> > credit card #, expiration date, and ATM PIN (for bank verification).
> > It finishes with the somewhat official-looking paragraphs:
> >
> > "This PayPal notification was sent to your mailbox. Your PayPal account
> > is set up to receive the PayPal Periodical newsletter and product
> > updates
> > when you create your account. To modify your notification preferences
> > and
> > unsubscribe, go to https://www.paypal.com/PREFS-NOTI and log in to your
> > account. Changes to your preferences may take several days to be
> > reflected in our mailings. Replies to this email will not be processed.
> >
> > CopyrightC 2003 PayPal Inc. All rights reserved. Designated trademarks
> > and brands are the property of their respective owners."
> >
> > - - -
> >
> > If they hadn't been so stupid to ask for my ATM PIN, I might have
> > been a little less suspicious. Just wonder if this should this be
> > reported somewhere that handles fraud cases? --Rob
> >
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