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Re: A Paypal Payment Scam Arrives

WEND — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:19:01 -0000

this is a scam. my brouser wont even let me on it
it comes up warning this site may try to scam you
and tells me not continue to go to it.
paypal is not based in singapore
check the paypal.com security encryption thing. it says pAYPAL US thats real. tahts where paypal is based. paypalmarketing says 'PAYPAL LMT SINGAPORE'
paypal is not based in singapore do not even test it. its not legit

Re: A Paypal Payment Scam Arrives

WEND — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:16:35 -0000

it is not legit. WHEN I TYPE THE WEBSITE IN MY BROUSER. IT COMES UP. WARNING THIS SITE MAY SCAM YOU. and it tells me to not continue to the site. and the continue to the site bit says 'NOT RECOMENDED' dont do it, click on the verify thing. it says paypal singapore. paypal is set up in america. paypal-marketing is not legit.

Re: A Paypal Payment Scam Arrives

Simeon — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:55:34 -0000

Wow, how can you condemn a legit app like that? This app has been around for months. Shouldn't you confirm with PayPal first? It is borderline unethical. You may want to take this off before PayPal comes after you for damages.

Re: A Paypal Payment Scam Arrives

Dominick — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:46:48 -0000

Don't be so quick to shout about it being fake. While the pages look very, very suspect, I got an email from PayPal announcing this application, which would have been very hard to fake. It had my full name (admittedly not hard to find) and a link to http://email1.paypal.co.uk/... , which redirects to https://www.paypal-marketin... . If somebody has hacked PayPal's redirect system, then Facebook apps are the least of our worries.

Also, a WHOIS on www.paypal.com and www.paypal-marketing.co.uk come up more or less the same.

If it is a scam, someone has gone to some monumental effort. I'm more inclined to think that someone at PayPal just screwed up and set off all the wrong alarms on our ends, though.

Re: A Paypal Payment Scam Arrives

Matt Huggins — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:46:32 -0000

What a coincidence, we just ripped this apart on the Facebook developer forums this morning!

http://forum.developers.fac...

Re: A Paypal Payment Scam Arrives

theharmonyguy — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:17:28 -0000

The app is legit - there's also a link to it from PayPal's sponsored group on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/gro...

Re: A Paypal Payment Scam Arrives

James Smith — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:58:55 -0000

Guys - this is the real app. PayPal has had this app for like six months. The facebook platform crashed last night. It's not a scam. Be careful when making conclusions like this.

Re: A Paypal Payment Scam Arrives

allen stern — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:39:10 -0000

thanks - i've added a link to this post for my readers - the whois data on the url shows paypal.com for the dns if that matters.