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(Message started by: athos on Jul 30^th, 2004, 5:48am)

Title: anyone else get this?
Post by athos on Jul 30^th, 2004, 5:48am

Dear Ken Olsen,

IF YOU OPENED A PAYPAL ACCOUNT BETWEEN OCTOBER 1999 AND JANUARY 2004, YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO A PAYMENT FROM A CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT.

PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN JOSE DIVISION

In re PayPal litigation
Case No. CV-02-01227-JF (PVT)

NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF CLASS ACTION AND PROPOSED SETTLEMENT

1. WHY DID I GET THIS NOTICE?
You have been sent this Notice because the records of PayPal, Inc. indicate you are a current or former PayPal account holder. This means you may be eligible to receive a payment from the proposed class action settlement in the lawsuit In re PayPal Litigation, Case No. 02 1227 JF PVT, pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose. This Notice provides a summary of the terms of the proposed settlement. It also explains the lawsuit, your legal rights under the settlement, what benefits are available to you under the settlement, and how to get them.

Title: Re: anyone else get this?
Post by suzy617 on Jul 30^th, 2004, 6:03am

Yes I got that email yesterday also but I havent really read the whole thing yet.

Suzy

Title: Re: anyone else get this?
Post by jhammer on Jul 30^th, 2004, 8:22am

I got that this morning...didn't open it though 'cause I thought it contained a virus. There was an attachment with that e-mail...wasn't there?

~Jake

Title: Re: anyone else get this?
Post by floridian on Jul 30^th, 2004, 9:25am

Paypal did send out a notice regarding a class action suit against it on Wednesday. http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y04/m07/i30/s01

I occassionaly use paypal, but don't think they have ripped me out of much money (if at all). I paid a modest fee for a few transactions and am satisfied with them. The ATM racket, on the other hand, I have some gripes with.

Got sent an email with a clever virus this week - it was forged as being from the postmaster at my work domain, said my machine was infected and being used as a spam relay, please follow the enclosed instructions to remedy the problem. Of course, my company is pretty small and this letter was too generic - a real notice would have included a name of a person I knew (and would have come through groupware, not email). But I bet some people at big companies fell for it.

Title: Re: anyone else get this?
Post by Gator on Jul 30^th, 2004, 10:44am

Thanks floridian, for that link. This is from that link and basically says it all concerning any e-mail messages anyone receives:

Quote:

PayPal account holders should be wary of hoaxes that attempt to capitalize on confusion stemming from the settlement notice and subsequent publicity. Users should not click on links in an email to access any site purporting to be from PayPal or involving the lawsuit. Do not click on links in this or any other email, rather, type in the URL, https://www.paypal.com/settlement. The settlement forms do not require detailed account information, personal financial information or passwords.

Be careful out there!

Gator

Title: Re: anyone else get this?
Post by Little Deb on Jul 30^th, 2004, 11:52am

I got it too, but didn't open it. DELETE when in doubt.
LD

Title: Re: anyone else get this?
Post by Karla on Jul 30^th, 2004, 12:13pm

Yes I got it also.

Title: Re: anyone else get this?
Post by Racer1_NC on Jul 30^th, 2004, 12:19pm

on 07/30/04 at 09:25:22, floridian wrote:

Got sent an email with a clever virus this week - it was forged as being from the postmaster at my work domain, said my machine was infected and being used as a spam relay, please follow the enclosed instructions to remedy the problem. Of course, my company is pretty small and this letter was too generic - a real notice would have included a name of a person I knew (and would have come through groupware, not email). But I bet some people at big companies fell for it.

I received it as well......supposedly from my ISP. Totally bogus, but a very good spoof....all the header info was correct, or very close to correct. I imagine it had a very good success rate.....damn it.

Bill

Title: Re: anyone else get this?
Post by Jimmy_B on Jul 30^th, 2004, 2:23pm

Athos,

Here's another link from Snopes...re: the settlement. Hopefully it gives you some more indepth info:

www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/paypal.asp

Jimmy

P.S. Also the link Snopes gives:

www.settlement4onlinepayments.com

Title: Re: anyone else get this?
Post by Charlie on Jul 30^th, 2004, 5:39pm

It's been awhile but I got a thing that said some clown screwed me with Paypal for a billhead he won at ebay. Evidently he screwed them too.

I was supposed to give them the specifics of that ebay deal. Not me. It would have taken me all damn day to find it and write it up. Not worth it for $8.95. Jeesh.

Maybe I dodged a bullet?

Charlie

Title: Re: anyone else get this?
Post by Carl_D on Jul 31^st, 2004, 12:51am

My brother explained the whole thing to me tonight with the whole "class action suit" (he's a tekkie) and said, it is for persons who had thier Paypal account suspended for a period due to forgotten passwords, etc.
The settlement amounts to something incredible like a whopping check for a couple of dollars and some change.
He was suspended at one point when he forgot his password, and the only way he could get it reactivated was to receive his info by snail-mail. No big whoop.

But do be wary, as the official notices went out to affected persons LAST WEEK, and todays may have been a copycat.

Delete and disregard emails that are suspicious or have attachments.

Peace,
Carl D