Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Your help is desperately needed

date posted 11th February 2008 18:26

Adam Reynolds wrote:
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> Dom Latter wrote:
>> On Monday 11 February 2008 15:40:48 Adam Reynolds wrote:
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>>> A scam I think. Please prove me wrong.
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>> Steven's been posting here for a while. A quick scan of his posts
>> shows him
>> contributing answers as well asking for advice. So I figure it for a
>> genuine post from a list member, and some sympathy is in order, even
>> if you think
>> that soliciting for financial contributions is an inappropriate use
>> of the list.
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> The problem is as much the url he provided. You'll notice
> www.beyonds.com embedded inside it which is basically a search landing
> page. If somebody genuinely had such an appeal going, then I'd expect
> something of a page on a reputable website. To go directly to a paypal
> payment page with this url embedded into the url is not good.
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> For reference here it is:
> https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=paypal%40beyondss%2ecom&item_name=Help%20Darina%20beat%20Cancer&page_style=PayPal&no_shipping=1&return=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ebeyondss%2ecom%2fppsuccess%2ephp&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=GBP&lc=GB&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8
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> So yes, this is as far as I can determine still a scam. I may be wrong
> but nothing so far indicates otherwise and remember that this sort of
> scam needs a tragic element to it to stop you looking too deeply.
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> Adam
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Adam, and everyone who thinks that this is a scam.

Not everything sent via email asking for donations is a scam. I used the
standard Paypal donation link as I needed the link up and running as
quickly as possible, I see nothing wrong with using the standard paypal
link as that is what it is used for, is it not? I do not feel that I
have to justify my actions. However, I posted this message to the forum,
to ask my peers for some assistance, is that wrong? I do not think so,
If you do not wish assist, or can only come up with some sarcastic
comment, then please do not respond. I am not having a great time at the
moment as it is. As I use this forum quite a bit, do you honestly think
that I would make something like this up?

As for the domain. I inadvertently selected the wrong option when I
registered the domain, and as yet have not got around to changing it.
The under construction page was put there because, as I have been busy
with clients sites and other development work, I have yet to develop my
own site.

Best Regards,

Steve