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 Message 2722 
 August Abolins to Al 
 getting small <$1 unsolicited PayPal pay 
 19 Jun 23 21:11:00 
 
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Hello Al!

** On Monday 19.06.23 - 12:44, Al wrote to Aug:

 >> The first one was on Jun 10 for 4cents.  Then another one today for
 >> 33cents. Different senders each time.

 A> Years ago when I first setup paypal to make payments they deposited two
 A> small amounts in my bank account. Once I confirmed the amounts, something
 A> like 6 cents and another for 8 cents I was able to make payments from my
 A> bank account.

Someone suggested to me that they are phishing.. phishing for  
my curiosity and contacting them to ask what's going on.  Not  
going to do that!


 A> I haven't used paypal for years but that was the only time I saw anything
 A> like that.

I think I read somewhere that they are beginning to charge a  
fee for "inactive accounts".
-- 
  ../|ug

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