Nancy I have never dealt with Paypal, and some time ago I routinely received notices like that. I've never dealt with eBay either. In those cases I could be assured that the e-mail was a phishing thing. Sometimes one can determine whether the page is a phishing job is is to place your cursor over the "cancel" (but do not click) or other action links. On my WinXP and IE Browser, placing the cursor over a button, blued name, or blued link would cause the name of the ACTUAL or true link to appear at the bottom of the window or screen. The link disclosed at the bottom of the screen or window was often different or incompatible with the button or link one was to click on. But sometimes the above doesn't work. One can also place the cursor over the suspect button, blued name, blued link, or photo and and right click, and then click on "properties". That will reveal the true URL for that button, blued name, blued link, or photo. I don't know the answer to your question about Paypal. I checked and found that there is a domain name for a legit outfit at http://www.creative.com, so the [email protected] could be a ligit address. MIght contact the people on the http://www.creative.com and ask for advice. Woody ================================ [email protected] writes: Paypal has sent me a notice that I have paid paypal at [email protected] $423.?? with a "ship to" person and address I have never heard of. Is this a phishing thing? I have the option to confirm or cancel the transaction. Nancy Wright in Louisiana

Thanks Woody, I am pretty sure this is a phishing thing. It is impossible to contact creative.com It seems to be a retail outlet for electronic things. The contact us goes around and around in circles. I did fianlly get to where I could type a message but then was not allowed to send it. It requested I choose a subject, but no matter what I selected, I could not send the message. I will contact the credit card companies so they will not allow this charge. I haven't dealt with e-bay, but I have dealt with Amazon.com and that seems to be where this came from. Too bad! Somethings are only available from Amazon. The Cancel Transaction button is in blue, but you cannot click on it. Nancy From: <[email protected]> > Nancy > > I have never dealt with Paypal, and some time ago I routinely received > notices like that. I've never dealt with eBay either. In those cases I > could be assured that the e-mail was a phishing thing. > > Sometimes one can determine whether the page is a phishing job is is to > place your cursor over the "cancel" (but do not click) or other action > links. On my WinXP and IE Browser, placing the cursor over a button, > blued > name, or blued link would cause the name of the ACTUAL or true link to > appear > at the bottom of the window or screen. The link disclosed at the bottom > of > the screen or window was often different or incompatible with the button > or link one was to click on. > > But sometimes the above doesn't work. One can also place the cursor over > the suspect button, blued name, blued link, or photo and and right click, > and then click on "properties". That will reveal the true URL for that > button, blued name, blued link, or photo. > > I don't know the answer to your question about Paypal. I checked and > found that there is a domain name for a legit outfit at > http://www.creative.com, so the [email protected] could be a ligit > address. MIght contact the > people on the http://www.creative.com and ask for advice. > > Woody > ================================ > [email protected] writes: > Paypal has sent me a notice that I have paid paypal at > [email protected] > $423.?? with a "ship to" person and address I have never heard of. Is > this a phishing thing? > > I have the option to confirm or cancel the transaction. > > Nancy Wright in Louisiana > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SENIOR-NEWBIE > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >