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Ditch Fahrenheit

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  1. It's a fair question. I am at an all - day conference. But when I arrive back home, I am going to forward the email to someone that wants to analyze it. I respond to most of my emails via Outlook using Communicator as the Web interface. So I received the response from the "father" that he wanted to talk with me, the message appeared harmless. When looking at it now via Samsung Galaxy, one of the words in the email contains a hyperlink where there is no need to be one. This may be what allowed for the account details capture. This is one I have never experienced before. "VERY TRICKY" is putting it lightly. Another possibility is that the virus did in fact come from the father's account, but he was unaware of the infection. I didn't know my account was infected until someone emailed me back and asked why I was sending them links to websites that sold erectile dysfunction drugs.
  2. Bosco, Are you sure this is cause and effect? I ask because I had something similar happen to me about a year ago. Somehow my Yahoo account became infected with a virus and sent spam out to everyone with whom I had ever had a conversation. I've also been the recipient of these spam emails from people that had infected accounts. The subject titles were similar to yours. Not to defend this guy, but I wonder if this might only be a coincidence.
  3. As of late 2013, the USPS moved all claims processing online, to include the uploading of all evidence (photos, scans of receipts, snapshots of USPS documentation). Someone sent me a small envelope of $75 books with no protection, and within one week of opening the case and submitting all evidence the USPS had reviewed the claim, approved the insurance coverage, and had mailed a check out. I was just as shocked as anyone else would be. Yeah but he's still facing the problem of no tracking in the system. I can sit at home - pay and print up as many labels I want but if they show no tracking in the system USPS will say they never received the packages if I try to make a claim on packages that were never dropped off in the first place. Right. And if Kindle only insured for $100, then he had no intention of pursuing an insurance claim.
  4. I am not sure how Paypal handles the back end of a claim; however, at this point, Marc did not fund the refund- used to "allocate to other assets". Paypal may be able to pursue him but they did not get any money from him for the refunds. PayPal will usually place the assets on hold unless you already have a credit card attached to the account. They do this specifically to avoid this problem. In many instances, depending on the activity of the account, they also have social security numbers because of tax reporting. So since he was able to withdraw $10K+ from his account, I'm guessing that he had the collateral back up attached to his account and that his intent was just to have access to funds beyond his means for some other purchase. PayPal will most definitely pursue him and will most likely get their funds back from him.
  5. These guys want HOS, and I'm inclined to agree since it apparently involved multiple people with intent to deceive. We haven't heard Kindle's side of this, but I don't think we probably will given his response through PM.
  6. Ah, so he may have been the buyer of the eBay book, not the seller? Right. The eBay book was sold on 12/11/13. I wonder if he was talking about this book in this thread. http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=322220&Number=7229345#Post7229345 Very likely. The timing is in line with the purchase.
  7. It was that same book but Kindle's images were taken with a different camera and different background setting which leads me to believe he was the buyer in the eBay sale. So it sounds like he may have used you two guys as a temporary $10K+ loan at 0% interest for some other item he was purchasing.
  8. Ah, so he may have been the buyer of the eBay book, not the seller? Right. The eBay book was sold on 12/11/13.
  9. Kindle joined the AF15 club on 12/21/13 with a 2.0 OW/W . LINK Pics are gone. Was it the same book?
  10. Me too. I slowed it down and gave it the most blending I could without going over 20kb. I think it looks a little better.
  11. Thank you You're welcome! It looks good on you! Let me know if you want me to change its speed.
  12. Just found my first animated avatar. It was kind of annoying.
  13. It would look better, but then we lose the Jerk part of Jerkfro.
  14. I googled Jerkfro. Not much comes up. Although it turns out that the anagram for J Alfred Prufrock is... Flap Crud Jerk Fro
  15. OMG! The images that it brings up! I hadn't thought of it that way.
  16. So I can find this later. Origin of Jerkfro, also known as CF Meltdown #734G. LINK