[Woodcarver] Fw: Notice (003747343)

[Merrilee Johnson]

Although I don't have earthlink my son was doing business on Ebay through 
Paypal and received such an email.  He responded  to question it and within 
the hour they had closed his account- took $4,000.00 from my credit card and 
$999.00 from my bank savings account.  It took almost 4 months to get the 
money back and I had over $200.00 in service charges from my bank even 
though they knew it was happening I still had to pay the overdraft charges.  
Luckily he was watching and contacted Paypal within the hour to stop it but 
the damage had been done.  A legimate business will never email you for your 
account information.  Do not respond - that is how they get your information 
and close your account so you can't do anything about it.  As bad as it was 
I was lucky to only have had that much taken and I did get it back.
Merrilee


>From: "Ol' Don" <oldon at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
>To: "Carvers Porch" <WoodCarversPorch at yahoogroups.com>
>CC: Bill Judt's List <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
>Subject: [Woodcarver] Fw: Notice (003747343)
>Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 19:32:13 -0500
>
>To make a DONATION to the List using PayPal OR regular mail, click this 
>link: http://wwwoodcarver.com/WWWList/WWWList.html
>Be forewarned--  I just received this bogus message and thought I'd
>alert any fellow carvers who might receive such an e-mail.  Do not
>reply to this message if you receive one !!!!!!  It is a scam to get
>your credit card information--
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "EarthLink" <billing at earthlink.net>
>Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 5:57 PM
>Subject: Notice (003747343)
>
>
>Dear EarthLink MemberDear Earthlink Member,
>
>The credit card we have on file for your Earthlink Internet service
>was
>declined when we attempted to bill you for 21.95 on 04/09/2004 for
>your
>most recent service fees.  For this reason, your service could be
>suspended.
>Please visit our Account Information pages, located at
>http://account.earthlink.com, and update your credit card information
>as soon as possible.   Once your credit card information is updated,
>you will be charged
>immediately, as soon as payment is received.
>
>Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.  We look forward
>to
>continuing to serve you.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Earthlink Customer Care
>
>
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