Important: Beware Of PayPal Criminals!!!

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Dear Mylotters, I just tell you what happened to me day before yesterday, so you all can be on your guard... I received an email from Paypal in which was noted that a laptop was bought on my account of approx. $1000... The purchase would be paid through my creditcard. The text was in english, whilst I usually get emails in Dutch, me living in the Netherlands. I panicked! I confess... H***, someone was trying to steal from me! So I did not pay attention to the english text... Under the text was a link: To contest this purchase, click this link. (The more experienced amongst you get chivers down the spine right now)... Well, I certainly was going to contest that purchase, of course I was... I did think it a little odd that that link was there, it never was/is in the Dutch version, but hey... I was being robbed here, right? Wrong. Nothing had happend so far... the bait was thrown out, somebody was waiting to haul the fish in.... Fortunately, the fis came to her senses in time... I clicked the link (oh oh, stupid stupid) and while Paypal asked for my login data, two things happened: I came to my senses and VERY apprehensive, and at the same time Symantec warned me for a "phishing expedition". Brrrrr I did not log in of course! What I did do was block my credit card for internet payments (you can do that and still physically use your card. every tme you want to make an online payment, you have to phone them and you can do it). So I safed, but only just... Moreinfo warned us before: NEVER click a link from any financal company you do business with, they don't work that way... So Moreinfo has been a bit of my guardan angel when I suddenly became so apprehensive, I guess. I phoned the police today, and the like me to come to the precinct and file a charge... So I will tomorrow. So BE WARNED, the criminals are out there to phish your data and then rob you blind....!!