Off/ dangerous phishing within this list

[Jean Lansford]

You're aware that the odds are very high that your email came from a compromised machine and that the machine owner is unaware that he's sending the emails?

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Jean Lansford
oystrgal at bellsouth.net


-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: trev <judge48 at HOTMAIL.COM>
>
> Yes, I received a dangerous phishing email so I'm warning everyone to be on 
> the look out for "THE ENEMY WITHIN"
> 
> The accounts disputes policing team detected that it came from the USA from 
> the "Texas" area and have just confirmed that it comes from within this very 
> list.
> 
> I can't think of anyone here who is from the "Texas" area offhand, perhaps 
> we should just ask the culprit to step forward voluntarily so that he can be 
> properly "killed" according to the list rules.
> 
> The ADPT have also detected that the name of the culprit begins with COL, 
> but their computer crashed before the full name and address could be fully 
> revealed...They assure me that further attempts will eventually reveal 
> his/her full name...bit by bit...
> 
> I will keep you all updated.
> 
> Trev
> 
> 
> Here is the alert email that they sent me:
> 
> 
> Dear Trevor Thoms
> we regret to inform you that your PayPal account security has been breached
> we have detected an unauthorized withdrawal of $500.00 United States funds 
> from your account
> we deeply regret this has occured and urge you to pursue this matter through 
> our account disputes center and to update your password and personal 
> information
> The PayPal Team
> 
> 
> 
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