HOAXER on AOL!!

06-24-2006, 11:39 AM

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Don M · 06-24-2006, 03:23 PM

tac,

Same thing happened to me. I knew that the credit card I use for AOL was about to expire so it seemed legitimate at first but when I saw they wanted my Social Security number..........!

Pete Ebbink · 06-24-2006, 03:35 PM

TAC...

Same scam runs every month or so regarding one's Pay Pal account...a Pay Pal-looking email with all the right logos and colors comes in asking for you pertinent info. to "re-active" your recently suspended account...

Parabellus · 06-24-2006, 04:03 PM

Pete, Tac, Don, et al,

I get that every month and I don't even have a PayPal account. Do NOT follow the links! If in doubt you should contact PayPal, AOL, your bank, or whatever by telephone or snail-mail.
But you already know this. Still, evidently enough people fall for these phishing trips to make it worthwhile for the criminals to keep doing it.

Russell

Luke · 06-24-2006, 08:58 PM

TAC . . .

Eight dollars a gallon ? ? ? ! ! ! !

Gasp ! ! !

Parabellus · 06-24-2006, 11:53 PM

Hollllld on there pardner!

Last I heard Japan has to import all of it's orl at high OPEC prices whereas the UK is awash in that light sweet crud from the North Sea, or something like that. Seems not only laws of physics but also laws of economics have been turned upside down. Says Mrs. P, 'How can this be?'

Russell

Parabellus · 06-25-2006, 12:30 AM

Guess so Tac,

That tax business sure is a great tool for price control.

Russell

Luke · 06-25-2006, 07:49 AM

Dear TAC,

As my wife is Canadian I am familiar with both the Imperial Gallon and the later metric system used in Canada. Even taking that into consideration, I was shocked at the price of gasoline in your Country. The last time I was there (back in the dark ages :-)) gasoline was only about $4 . . . if I remember correctly.

Our large SUVs (17 mpg in US gallons) would not do so well over there.

Best Regards,
Luke

lew1 · 06-25-2006, 08:35 AM

It pays not to drive a SUV

06-24-2006, 11:39 AM	#1
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06-24-2006, 03:23 PM	#2
Don M Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,429 Thanks: 67 Thanked 292 Times in 191 Posts	tac, Same thing happened to me. I knew that the credit card I use for AOL was about to expire so it seemed legitimate at first but when I saw they wanted my Social Security number..........! __________________ Regards, Don donmaus1@aol.com Author of History Writ in Steel: German Police Markings 1900-1936 http://www.historywritinsteel.com

06-24-2006, 04:03 PM	#4
Parabellus User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: SF Bay Posts: 195 Thanks: 16 Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts	Pete, Tac, Don, et al, I get that every month and I don't even have a PayPal account. Do NOT follow the links! If in doubt you should contact PayPal, AOL, your bank, or whatever by telephone or snail-mail. But you already know this. Still, evidently enough people fall for these phishing trips to make it worthwhile for the criminals to keep doing it. Russell __________________

06-24-2006, 08:58 PM	#5
Luke User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: NC - USA Posts: 1,239 Thanks: 0 Thanked 18 Times in 6 Posts	TAC . . . Eight dollars a gallon ? ? ? ! ! ! ! Gasp ! ! ! __________________ "Peace, if possible; truth, at any cost." . . . Martin Luther

06-24-2006, 11:53 PM	#6
Parabellus User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: SF Bay Posts: 195 Thanks: 16 Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts	Hollllld on there pardner! Last I heard Japan has to import all of it's orl at high OPEC prices whereas the UK is awash in that light sweet crud from the North Sea, or something like that. Seems not only laws of physics but also laws of economics have been turned upside down. Says Mrs. P, 'How can this be?' Russell __________________

06-24-2006, 03:35 PM	#3
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	TAC... Same scam runs every month or so regarding one's Pay Pal account...a Pay Pal-looking email with all the right logos and colors comes in asking for you pertinent info. to "re-active" your recently suspended account...

06-25-2006, 12:30 AM	#7
Parabellus User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: SF Bay Posts: 195 Thanks: 16 Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts	Guess so Tac, That tax business sure is a great tool for price control. Russell __________________

06-25-2006, 07:49 AM	#8
Luke User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: NC - USA Posts: 1,239 Thanks: 0 Thanked 18 Times in 6 Posts	Dear TAC, As my wife is Canadian I am familiar with both the Imperial Gallon and the later metric system used in Canada. Even taking that into consideration, I was shocked at the price of gasoline in your Country. The last time I was there (back in the dark ages :-)) gasoline was only about $4 . . . if I remember correctly. Our large SUVs (17 mpg in US gallons) would not do so well over there. Best Regards, Luke __________________ "Peace, if possible; truth, at any cost." . . . Martin Luther

06-25-2006, 08:35 AM	#9
lew1 Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,108 Thanks: 82 Thanked 204 Times in 112 Posts	It pays not to drive a SUV