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says...
(T.) wrote in message ...
Fri, Jan 2, 2004, 7:42am (EST+5) (EvoDawg)
apparently asks:
Why bother snip

Because if I didn't, they'd win.

I'm impressed that you got though to eBay. I get those fake
eBay and fake PayPal emamils from password/account phishers all
the time, sometimes several in one week and I long ago gave
up on reporting them to PayPal and eBay because they both
refused my email.

I even called PayPal, they gave me an email address to send
it to and that address refused my email.

I agree that when the good guys quit, the bad guys win.
But it is damn frustrating when someone who should be
an ally unilaterally capitulates.

Had the same thing happen to me when I received a similar "Regarding
your Account" that purported to be from Bank of America (I don't have,
and never did have an account there -- I opened the mail to find
filterable material to kill any future spams), asking one to log on and
verify numbers -- since I had not yet seen any warnings regarding this,
I forwarded to B of A, and got back an e-mail saying they did not accept
e-mail with web-bugs. All well and good, but when you are forwarding
abuse notices to abuse@ they darn well ought to accept such material
since it might actually be important. Sent an e-mail again, sans
original material, never did hear back.