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TheMidnightNarwhal
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I get these message saying need to verify paypal stuff obviously a phisher but the problem is the sender, which is my very own email adress! Is my acc hacked or what?

I just hurl tons of insults at those emails lol

 

Sometimes when I'm bored I also make it look like I'm genuinely interested in the scam and play along until the end and fuck with the scammer by making him waste his time verifying stuff. I always end it by trying to make him/her feel guilty at the end that he/she is preying on innocent gullible people. 

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I get these message saying need to verify paypal stuff obviously a phisher but the problem is the sender, which is my very own email adress! Is my acc hacked or what?

They are just spoofing your e-mail address, no idea why they do your own e-mail address instead of Paypal's etc. but I get junk e-mail from "myself" sometimes as well.

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They are just spoofing your e-mail address, no idea why they do your own e-mail address instead of Paypal's etc. but I get junk e-mail from "myself" sometimes as well.

Oh phew, nothing is in there. I guess they do that so the email isnt in spam box.

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I only get emails from myself.

 

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Yeah, its not actually you, just some random idiot that deserves all the abuse they get.

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