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Post Icon Posted: July 15 2005,7:54 pm Post # 1 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Someone got in and tapped one of my accounts for about 3 Big Ones..... :angry   Wells Fargo caught it right away and called to inquire... :good  Had to close out two accounts and spend most of the day tracing down stuff... :rolleyes

Apparently they have had a rash of issues lately...possibly an inside database theft.  If you don't regularly review / change your online password & ATM Pin info, think about it now.

Don't due ANY UPDATES ON-LINE; go to the bank or do it over the phone.  Banks, Investments, PayPal, etc.

Regularly run your Anti-Virus / Internet Security software.  Spend the money for good, solid applications like Norton, MacAfee, etc., including a solid firewall.  Don't trust those on-line "Anti-Spyware" tools; they are garbage....

Just my (ripped-off) 2 cents....
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Post Icon Posted: July 16 2005,1:09 pm Post # 2 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
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Don't due ANY UPDATES ON-LINE; go to the bank or do it over the phone.  Banks, Investments, PayPal, etc.

Just my (ripped-off) 2 cents....

You are so right! :good

Usually I receive those phony "update your info" regarding PayPal, eBay or Citi Bank, but just the other day I got one supposedly from Wells Fargo.

It smelled :confused right away because the email address I received the request from Wells Fargo on has NEVER BEEN SUBMITTED :comp to them by me.

Just for shits and giggles I did check out the web page and sure as all get out it looked EXACTLY like Wells Fargo's home page, however the IP in the address bar was not Wells Fargo.

I forwarded the email to Wells Fargo's fraud dept and copied the return path info in an attachment so they can trace it.

Wells Fargo did indeed email me back and confirmed it was bogus.

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Yep I get all kinds of crap like that, but if you stop and think before you respond you can see that it's all BS!.. :angry
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Post Icon Posted: July 16 2005,10:22 pm Post # 4 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I just had one from paypal or so it looked like. the thing was loaded with spywear.. if you have any doubts on email for e bay or paypal you can forward the back to them without even lookin at them to spoof@paypal.com or spoof@ebay.com. so be carefull

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Yep I get all kinds of crap like that, but if you stop and think before you respond you can see that it's all BS!.. :angry

Yep, I F'd up somehow...!!!  Fockers xfer'd on-line to a bank in Texas, so it should be a no-brainer to reverse the funds... :rolleyes   Just pisses ya off...."violated" and no  :kiss  :D
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Post Icon Posted: July 17 2005,7:40 am Post # 6 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
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Quote (GoFastRacer @ July 16 2005,10:05 pm)
Yep I get all kinds of crap like that, but if you stop and think before you respond you can see that it's all BS!.. :angry

Yep, I F'd up somehow...!!!  Fockers xfer'd on-line to a bank in Texas, so it should be a no-brainer to reverse the funds... :rolleyes   Just pisses ya off...."violated" and no  :kiss  :D

Yep you have to be careful, some are real convincing but somwhere along the line there's always something that gives them away!.. :beat
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Post Icon Posted: July 17 2005,6:44 pm Post # 7 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I get them every once in a while and report them back to AOL. I don't know if it does any good though.

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Post Icon Posted: July 18 2005,6:20 am Post # 8 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (Carrera Elite @ July 17 2005,6:44 pm)
I get them every once in a while and report them back to AOL. I don't know if it does any good though.

Probably not!. :D  :laugh
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Post Icon Posted: July 18 2005,2:06 pm Post # 9 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I see those "update your info" emails all the time from various banks...........Never have or never will respond to an email like that....especially since some of those supposed banks I don't even bank at.......they all begin to look the same and its easy to smell out the rat.

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Post Icon Posted: July 18 2005,2:44 pm Post # 10 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I got one of those ameils from Wells Fargo too. I gave them all my account info also. Only  problem for them is that I don't have a WF account. :D
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Post Icon Posted: July 19 2005,1:06 pm Post # 11 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
That should work!! :laugh :D

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Post Icon Posted: July 19 2005,1:11 pm Post # 12 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Just do what I do; Keep all your accounts hovering around $0 and they won't be tempted... :D

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Post Icon Posted: July 19 2005,1:24 pm Post # 13 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
That's worked for me, so far, as well!! :D

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Post Icon Posted: July 19 2005,2:07 pm Post # 14 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
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Just do what I do; Keep all your accounts hovering around $0 and they won't be tempted... :D

Hell, all it takes to do that is a BOAT and an X and you're on the right path  :beer
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What I have found recently through conversation with friends, is if you use P2P networks/software you are vulnerable. Just for the hell of it, if you do use LimeWire, Kaza, etc. type "tax return" in the search window and you'll see how foolish people really are. From there you can pick up SS#, address, b-day, account #'s if they do electronic filing, etc. Kinda scary.
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I've tried just about all of them and Lime Wire and Kaaza got to be the worse, Kaaza being the worst of all :beat And any of those programs has a shitload of folders picked out as default to share, you need to deselect all of them. I found Warez to be a good one, it has only one item and when you install the program you do it manually and deselect it and you don't have any problems!. Also another way to be safe is to build a junker like I did and have nothing of value on it, and it's a good way to test e-mails that don't look right, get some interesting stuff that way!.. :D  :laugh
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Great thinking GFR, also there is WinMX.com  Not too sure what they're all about but I have heard good things so far  :good
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Great thinking GFR, also there is WinMX.com  Not too sure what they're all about but I have heard good things so far  :good

Yeah I have WinMX too and it is pretty good not putting garbage on your computer, still have to install it manually though(at least the older version). The only thing I found about it is the search results weren't as good as the others, it's been a while since I used it though, maybe better now??? :stupid
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