[Pythonmac-SIG] donation

[Bob Ippolito]

Well, it's not really paypal's fault that they're a target for  
phishing attacks.  Since the majority of the phishing attacks look  
like warnings of phishing attacks, it's not really useful for them to  
send real warnings these days.  On their site they have plenty of  
information about fraudulent emails, etc.

Anyhow, if you want to mail me a check, then the 10002 address in the  
WHOIS database for pythonmac.org (which should match undefined.org,  
redivi.com) is up to date... though I'm not going to be home for a  
few weeks as I'm out in the bay area for WWDC and other business.

-bob

On May 24, 2005, at 5:19 PM, Lee Cullens wrote:

> I think this is an important enough point to post back to the list,
> and Larry's point is general enough that I'm not violating any
> personal issue.
>
> Good point - I never followed any links to see where they led (which
> can also be misleading).  I follow a policy of initiating a contact
> and checking whatever certificates they have before providing
> anything.  Same as with phone calls - if I get a call from say xxxx I
> ask for a name only (no phone numbers or extensions) then call back
> the actual phone number of xxxx to make sure the call is on the up
> and up, and even then if they need any sensitive info from me I tell
> them to send their request via mail (and verify the return address
> from other correspondence with them).
>
> Even so, (especially with the volume that is evident) a "good"
> organization should warn anyone doing business with them that such is
> occurring.  My bank and my brokerage have both sent me such warnings
> in the past when their was just a hint of phishing scams that I never
> saw.
>
> Better safe than sorry and their spam is enough to turn me off.
>
> Lee C
>
>
> On May 24, 2005, at 7:36 PM, Larry Meyn wrote:
>
>
>> Lee,
>>
>> PayPal does seem to send out spam about once a week.  <snip>.
>> However, the requests for account updates and warnings of account
>> misuse are probably not from PayPal.  They sound like typical
>> phishing scams which one might receive even if they've never had a
>> PayPal account.  They used to be easy to spot because of bad
>> spelling and grammar, but they are getting more polished. <snip>
>>
>> I'm not endorsing PayPal, just pointing out that emails about
>> account updates are most probably phishing spam.
>>
>> Larry
>>
>> On May 24, 2005, at 4:09 PM, 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.
>>>
>>> Lee C
>>>
>>>
>>> On May 24, 2005, at 5:42 PM, Kenneth McDonald wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Bob,
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to make a donation to the pythonmac site--I assume the
>>>> paypal
>>>> recipient, bob at redivi.com, is you, Bob Ippolito? I thought this
>>>> might
>>>> be of interest, so thought I'd ask on the forum; is the percentage
>>>> that PayPal takes large enough that you would prefer donations by
>>>> check?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Ken
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