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Guess what everyone i have been sent a confirmation e-mail saying that i have purchased 2 adult tickets to some movie called over the edge at hoyts burwood. But the problem is i didnt order them! someone is typing in my e-mail address to order things online. This isnt the first time either. One day i got sent an e-mail saying.

Hello sarah

something something please click this link to verifie your paypal account becuase someone has been getting into your paypal account. It was a real e-mail from paypal, but there was 2 problems, 1. my name is not sarah and 2. i dont have a paypal account Another day i got an e-mail from a guy saying he would like to settle this dispute over paypal and all this other crap and i dont even know who he is. It's another case of someone using my e-mail address to sign up  for things.

Does this happend to anyone else? If so post your storie here.

blah, i get the paypal one all the time, i just forward them to spoof at paypal.com

The paypal one is to fraud you

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Originally posted by Voldemort
The paypal one is to fraud you

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No it was a real e-mail from paypal the e-mail address and web link it had in it was not fake.

I thought you usually got a confirmation email which you have to accept before being able to purchase things like movie tickets or have a paypal account (don't have a paypal account so I'm not 100% sure, just guessing from past experience).

No,

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Originally posted by Voldemort
The paypal one is to fraud you

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Paypal, and most other online services, send you a confirmation e-mail when you sign up. Since you haven't signed up to Paypal, how could you have confirmed the address?

Hello.

Because it says Support@paypal.com or whatever.

Still does not mean Paypal sent it.

It's called Email Spoofing.

And is easily done by changing Headers in emails.

Brayden.

Discrate, could you right click the link in the email and go on 'copy shortcut', then paste it to me (PM me it).

Yeh post the link up here. It was on the news few weeks back. People are spoofing emails and making fake ebay sites that look exactly like the real one, and it asks you to sign in.
Damn gits aint getting hold of my stuff lol

I dont have the e-mails anymore, they were not fraud e-mails. They were real e-mails but people were signing up with my e-mail address.