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Old 26th August 2006, 12:24 PM
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Re: Online fraud - please help/advise!!!

Originally Posted by Paul
If I was the victim of phishing, where did they get my e-mail address and how did they know I was a paypal customer? Also, how can I stop this info getting out again?
It's the numbers game Paul. They send out 50,000 emails, it's a fair bet a high proportion of those people have both ebay and paypal accounts.

As to how they get people's email addresses, I don't know but one of the boffins on here will.
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