Autumn Arriving
Today is the first day that feels more Fall than Summer, and I am so happy. 90 degree temps can go away for a while. Here are the things that I love about Autumn (even in Las Vegas): brisk air. cool evenings. Standard Time. leaves falling. caramel apples. pumpkins. 3/4 length sleeves. light jackets. boots. Chai Tea. Spiced Cider. Halloween. Thanksgiving. family gatherings. hay rides (I've never been on one, but I am assuming that I would like it.). festivals. darker colors. crock-pot meals. soups. light blankets. feeling cozy. nesting.
This has nothing to do with Autumn, but I thought that it was important to share. If any of you use Ebay and are signed up for PayPal, be very careful about opening emails that are supposedly from PayPal. I just received one, and thankfully Don warned me about this or I might have taken it seriously. Scammers are sending very official looking emails with a supposed link to PayPal's sight in order to gain credit card and bank info from normal PayPal users. You can't even tell that it's a bogus sight. When I logged in I purposefully used a bogus password. If it was really PayPal it shouldn't have accepted it, but this sight did accept my bogus password and directed me to a screen asking for my credit and bank account info to verify my PayPal account. Pretty sneaky. The other clue that this was a scam was that none of the logins were over secured connections. You probably already know this, but whenever you are logging into a sight that you have given sensitive info to, make sure that you see https not just http in the address. There's a lot of dishonesty out there. I guess the key is to be smart and stay alert.
This has nothing to do with Autumn, but I thought that it was important to share. If any of you use Ebay and are signed up for PayPal, be very careful about opening emails that are supposedly from PayPal. I just received one, and thankfully Don warned me about this or I might have taken it seriously. Scammers are sending very official looking emails with a supposed link to PayPal's sight in order to gain credit card and bank info from normal PayPal users. You can't even tell that it's a bogus sight. When I logged in I purposefully used a bogus password. If it was really PayPal it shouldn't have accepted it, but this sight did accept my bogus password and directed me to a screen asking for my credit and bank account info to verify my PayPal account. Pretty sneaky. The other clue that this was a scam was that none of the logins were over secured connections. You probably already know this, but whenever you are logging into a sight that you have given sensitive info to, make sure that you see https not just http in the address. There's a lot of dishonesty out there. I guess the key is to be smart and stay alert.
posted by Unknown at 12:28 PM
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I called Paypal the other day for something that doesn't pertain to this at all, but while I was waiting on hold they mentioned that people are sending emails saying that they are paypal. Paypal says that they would never send any email asking for personal information so be ware of these frauds.
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