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The association for the philatelically minded |
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Notice Board |
          1st March 2009 |
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We would like to bring attention to our members and visitors something that a lot of people get alarmed about. It is the amount of spoof e-mail’s pertaining to come from, Pay Pal, eBay, banks and certain credit card companies. Its a dog eat dog world on the Internet, and there are many inscrutable people trying their utmost to make it rich by conning innocent victims (ordinary working people trying to earn a living ). These fraudsters or spoofers are relentless in their objectives and will not stop until they are prosecuted. They hide their tracks very cleverly, and to date have been difficult to apprehend. PhilaPro can do nothing to prevent these types of emails, but we do advise all our members and visitors to report every spoof e mail that you receive through your in box to the appropriate authorities. The companies concerned, (namely Pay Pal and eBay), are trying to do their bit, but unfortunately it is this is a hard task. Trying to find these fraudsters on the WWW is like looking for a needle in a haystack. There is no doubt that these emails dupe a lot of Internet users, they are very cleverly constructed with logos, and secure log in motives, some are a mirror image of the company they are pertaining to represent, and it is sometimes very difficult to know what is genuine and what is spoof. Always follow the advice given by Pay Pal, and eBay NEVER click on the link provided by the spoof, or give out your personal information, even if you may think the e-mail is genuine or says it originates from eBay or Pay Pal . What to do if need be, log on to your account in a different browser, but before doing this forward a copy of the suspect e-mail to either spoof@ebay.com or spoof@paypal.com. so they can at least know that fraudsters are operating, they will send you a reply and this will inform you if the e-mail was sent by them or not. AFTER DOING THIS: Block the fraudster from sending repeat mails, and delete the e-mail. Help PhilaPro to help you .... follow these instructions for every spoof e-mail.... and a harder place for fraudsters to operate. 
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