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Thursday
14Jan2010

New Paypal Scam for the New Year. Good one too.

This is a great scam, really high quality. Only four flags went off. The 1st is the from address. No attempt to pretend to be from Paypal, instead pretending to be some SEO type company. I would more call this a yellow flag. The next red flag is ... we don't use support@furrymoon.com for our paypal account. The next red flag was way at the bottom; even had he dropped my guard the use of "Pls" and not "Please" followed by a link told me it was not a professional-grade email. Grammar in such an offical email would not be truncated except by someone who did not proofread and normally types in chat room speak or LOLspeak. Finally, the link does not even lead to a recognizable domain. tiny.pl? What the heck is .pl, and tiny does not make me think big profits.

From: PowerExtremeMailer@netcitycn.com
Time: 9:29AM
To: Subscriber <support@furrymoon.com>

Internet marketing takes a major jump
with the release of :

PayPal Extreme Mailer

Advertise as many products, services or websites as
you like directly from our servers.

- Over 44 million verifiied Paypal email addresses
- 190 Countries Worldwide
- All ads are guaranteed 100% deliverable
- Guaranteed Safe, Simple & Fresh :100% Double-Opt
in
Subscribers Only.
- Uses 1 Click Technology. NO Set-up or programming .
- No concern of spam complaint.

You simply log in to access your members area,
fill out our simple to use submission form and hit send.

Pls GO HERE for further detail.

Finally, we have compiled a huge list of bonuses and
extras to help you market more effectively.

Warm regards,

Eden B M.
Affiliate Marketer


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Let's rate this scam.

Consistency - 9 of 10

Personalization 4 of 10

Believability 7 of 10

Tech Smart 7 of 10

Entertainment 1 of 10

72% of what is takes to be perfect. I'm very impressed.

I look forward to all new challenges the new year throws my way. I hope everyone who reads this is a better "human becoming" from it. Have a Cute day.