[Pythonmac-SIG] donation

[Robert Kern]

Lee Cullens wrote:
> Maybe, for those of us that won't use PayPal, Bob could note a  
> desired payee and address for a check.
> 
> I made a donation with PayPal sometime last year and when several  
> months ago they sent me something about updating my account, and I  
> ignored it, their emails became more frequent and frantic (now they  
> are saying I have to update my account because it is being misused in  
> Europe ).   Their tactics turned me off and they were demoted to junk  
> mail.

All of those are spam not sent by PayPal. They are phishing attacks 
designed to get you to give the senders your financial information. 
Check the URLs of the links; they don't go to www.paypal.com.

-- 
Robert Kern
rkern at ucsd.edu

"In the fields of hell where the grass grows high
  Are the graves of dreams allowed to die."
   -- Richard Harter