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Phishing & Fake PayPal e-mails

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There are a lot of fake Pay Pal e-mails going around but I don’t think I’ve mentioned them before so I am now.

The practice of trying to trick someone into giving out their personal information, such as bank account, social security number, even your name and address, is called phishing. The goal of phishing is identity theft.

I received this e-mail last night. First lets, take a look at the e-mail itself and then I will point out some items of interest and common techniques used by phishers. And finally, what you can do to help in the fight against phishers.
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