I think most of us get the fake Paypal emails fairly often. I get at least one of these per week.
This link is an attempt to get back at the scammers.
http://seven.flash-gear.com/paypal/
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08-07-2006 11:04
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Zapoteth Zaius
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08-07-2006 11:09
Cool! Definatly keeping that open.
Edit to add: I highly reccomend Gmail who catches and filters all those kinda emails for me. _____________________
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Demon Splash
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08-08-2006 03:54
/me presses Ctrl N 100 times
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Zapoteth Zaius
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08-09-2006 07:28
*bump* and a question.. Doesn't this take about 10 times the amount of bandwidth from the site owner as it does from the scammer?
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Madame Maracas
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08-09-2006 15:43
I've recently come across some 419 scam fight-back sites too. Hate those twits! (the scammers)
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