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		<title>Manchester and Tameside Van and Man Service</title>
		<link>http://real-deal-blog.com/2012/05/09/manchester-and-tameside-van-and-man-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 16:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[man and van]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Man and van Manchester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manchester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[removals Manchester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[removals tameside]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[M60 Transport are professional van and  man Manchester removal company. Removals to and from Manchester, Tameside, Stockport &#038; NW England

We are a leading small, private removal company offering a man and van service throughout NW England, including Oldham, Salford, Tameside, Stockport, Manchester, Pennines and Derbyshire. Van and man hire can also be made by arrangement to the rest of the UK and Europe.

We offer affordable prices for removals with no charges for VAT, fuel or depot to depot costs and have a reputation for high standards of customer service. Please contact us for a quote or with any questions.

As well as a Manchester and Stockport van &#038; man domestic removal service, we also offer commercial office moves to companies. Our services includes:
Help with packing if required (please specify this when you call).
Flat or House rubbish clearances - moving contents into storage or disposing of unwanted items.
Removal service during the day, evening or weekend.
Removals from Manchester, Stockport, Tameside, Salford and Cheshire.
Same day light removals to elsewhere in England, plus Wales.
Removals to  France, Spain and Ibiza.
Drivers in Manchester, Stockport and Tameside man and van.
How we're different from other light removal companies.

Guaranteed Service, punctual, reliable and professional. Trading since 1988.

No depot to depot charges. Some man and van companies charge to come out to you. We do not. Time starts when we arrive and ends when we have finished the job.

Our van man service comes with no fuel supplements or charges for VAT.

We use biofuel where it is available. We use Luton Vans or LWB Mercedes Vans. Multiple vans and 1 or 2 extra men are available to help with larger moves.
We carry tools for flat packing furniture, removals blankets, removals trolleys, first aid kit and GPS Satellite Navigation.
We drive, load and unload. You can help if you want to save on time and money.
We can accommodate up to 2 passengers in the cabin.
Our Manchester light removals company works 7 days (including Sundays and bank holidays). We do evening drop offs and collections.

We have a team of van men and vans, so if anything starts to go wrong, can always provide an alternative solution.
In summary, we are an affordable Manchester removal company, offering a professional man in van service, giving you peace of mind for your house or office move anywhere in Manchester, Stockport, Oldham, Tameside, Salford, Pennines or Cheshire.]]></description>
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		<title>How to centralise a Paypal button with HTML</title>
		<link>http://real-deal-blog.com/2012/05/07/how-to-centralise-a-paypal-button-with-html/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 18:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[centralise Paypal button]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to centralise a Paypal button? For some reason, Paypal buttons when pasted into HTML on a web page always default to the left. You can insert as many &#60;align=&#8221;center&#8221;&#62; tags as you like and it wont make a blind bit of difference. Centralising a Paypal button using HTML has always been a pain. Until recently, even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paypal Access Card Problems: Transaction Declined &#8211; Money Taken</title>
		<link>http://real-deal-blog.com/2012/04/04/paypal-access-card-problems-transaction-declined-money-taken/</link>
		<comments>http://real-deal-blog.com/2012/04/04/paypal-access-card-problems-transaction-declined-money-taken/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eBay Information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paypal access card]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you having problems with your Paypal Access MasterCard?

I have started to refer to mine as the "no access" card. Rather often I am getting 'transaction declined' notices for no clear reason. Who needs a debit card that is unreliable?

If you have a Paypal Access Mastercard (PrePay Solutions), do PLEASE be aware that <strong>it wont always work and you must always have back up funds on you! Never rely on this card for subscriptions to anything either.]]></description>
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		<title>Review: The New Chrysler 300C Has Arrived in the UK.</title>
		<link>http://real-deal-blog.com/2012/03/24/new-chrysler-300c-uk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 Chrysler 300c]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chrysler 300c review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chrysler manchester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new chrysler 300c]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just recently, a handful of the  new Chrysler 300C demonstrators have been doing the rounds at dealers across the UK for potential customers to inspect.

Numerous journalists and previous Chrysler customers were invited to their local dealer to take a look. Somehow we got a look in, and being car enthusiasts, we went to take a look and pen a mini review.

The old 300C's were famed for their sheer presence on the road. You were unlikely to be missed driving one. The new one has been toned down ever so slightly.



The back end is more reminiscent of the model it replaces.



The new car appears slightly larger then its predecessor, and it is offered in two versions, the better appointed one being called the "executive".

For now, it is only available in a three litre diesel version in the UK. The salesman claimed that the new engine was a Mercedes/Fiat hybrid. I can't say that the  name "Fiat" filled me with eager anticipation, nor did it create mental images of wafting quietly from place to place with the Teutonic reliability that a wholly Mercedes engine might.

Although nowadays, with the Daimler-Chrysler union in the past, Fiat has control of Chrysler, and Fiat has big ideas to merge the two brands using the best that each group has to make better products; so lets give them a chance.

Having seen a few press photos of the new Chrysler 300C already, I already knew pretty much what it was going to look like in the metal. The outside was no tremendous surprise, but the inside certainly was!



Gone are the American-style acres of terrible grey plastic that plagued this cars predecessor. In their place is subtle dark colours, dark leather and soft blue backlit instruments.



At last, Chrysler have grasped the taste of European buyers. I guess we must give the Italians from Fiat the credit for that, because this interior certainly wasn't designed by Hank and Chuck in Michigan. This interior has the fingerprints of Giuseppe and Antonio all over it. From the key-less entry through to the push button start, this car is oozing with gizmos and gadgets that you would usually expect to find on more expensive brands.

There is also a very impressive touch screen multi media centre to be found in the centre console.



This is not only the Sat Nav and the music centre, all kinds of other stuff can be done from here too. Raising and lowering the electric rear window blind for example. It all seems pretty intuitive to use without poring over the instruction book. It reminded me of an iPhone in that regard.

Better than the model it replaces? Almost certainly. What you have lost in Soprano's style front end presence is more than made up for by the way better interior. Perhaps it is better to be a little more understated. When you pulled up in the old model, everyone assumed the drugs had arrived. 

One of the most surprising things about this car is the price. Way more than the old one. An executive one will cost you an eye-watering £42,000. Lesser models start in the mid thirties. They are pitching it to rival the Mercedes E Class, Audi A6 and the BMW five series. Will it? Chrysler as a brand doesn't have the same cachet as a Mercedes or an Audi, so my bet is prices will come down by late summer. In two or three years, used ones will likely represent a great value used buy.

In surveys from the US, where the car has been on sale for a while, overall reviews have indicated pretty good results. Even the Top Gear review gave it an overall 7/10, which isn't bad for Clarkson &#038; Co. Worth a look in our view but haggle with them a bit is my advice. 

The car we photographed here was kindly made available for viewing by Kings Manchester. If you are in or around Manchester, and want to get a closer look at the 2012 300C, or book a test drive, get in touch with David Howell on 0161 432 6000. ]]></description>
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		<title>+44 703 188 3026 Purchasing email Scam from Sharjah.</title>
		<link>http://real-deal-blog.com/2012/03/16/44-703-188-3026-purchasing-email-scam-from-sharjah/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Internet Saddoes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[+44 703 188 3026]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[86.96.59.104]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[craigmatthewsimms@yahoo.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lambart7@gmail.com]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When one is flushing out an email scammer, and doesn't have time to draw the scammer out, one turns to Google for help.

I received an attempted email scam recently, which only had scant hallmarks of a scam, but could have cost us a lot of cash in any event. As I only found the merest clue on Google, it looks as if nobody else has yet flushed this incarnation of this guy out - so I will.

At our business email, I received a fairly innocuous email that said this:

Hello,

I need to know if you have the below items for sale and also the last asking price.

[list of our stock inserted here]

Do get back to me about this because we really need it urgently.

Thanks and i await your utmost response.

Regards,

Craig.

+44 703 188 3026

This email came from craigmatthewsimms@yahoo.com

We are in the UK, and that is a UK mobile number. However, something about that grammar didn't smell right. (I wont spell out exactly what as I don't want to train scammers).

So I checked the headers in his email, his IP address is 86.96.59.104 which traces to an Emirates Telecommunications Corporation connection in Sharjah in the UAE. Maybe a British guy in the UAE you think? Innocent up to now you think? Lets keep digging.....

I replied our hopeful purchaser advising him we didn't supply to his country. I got this reply:

Thanks for the reply and about the phone number am currently here to open a new branch and we would be operating from here also you would not be shipping here we would make the payment and after all is been settled our shipper will come over for pick up. My phone is roaming now Thats why.
If this is okay by you please do get back to me so we can conclude on this.

Regards,

Craig.
Yup. Definitely not British English grammar. I decided not to participate further with this one. However, thinking he might have one on the hook, he sent me a further email pestering for contact. Good luck with that.....

So here is the tell tale line before we investigate further: our shipper will come over for pick up

So here is how this would go: Scammer places large order, and wants to arrange his own couriers to pick up. Scammer then "pays" either by cheque/draft (which is fake) or using stolen credit card data. You release the goods to his courier, shortly thereafter you learn the cheque/draft is fake or the credit card payment gets reversed. You cannot halt the consignment delivery because it was picked up by people unknown. Slick huh? 

However, I am not one to be judge, jury and executioner [before the event] without further evidence. So what does Google tell us? His email, email address and IP number Googles clean. But what of that +44 703 188 3026 phone number? Google yields one entry on that and it is here. On that link we get the information that this phone number is connected to another email address: lambart7@gmail.com. Googling that new email address finds it in a list of published email addresses on this site. 

Lo and behold, the trail leads us to modelling scams. Likely operated by Nigerians, or perhaps the UAE. Busted! 

Naturally, if Craig emails you in his honky plonky non-British grammar, politely decline his polite offer to patronise your business or simply ignore his email. But don't tell him how you found out, better not to teach these people. ]]></description>
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		<title>Peter Hitchens: If Not Putin, Who?</title>
		<link>http://real-deal-blog.com/2012/02/26/peter-hitchens-if-not-putin-who/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Hitchens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peter Hitchens is UK Daily Mail columnist. I tend to find him a bit 'holier than thou' and he usually writes in such a finger wagging style, and from such a moral high ground that you would think he never ran a red light or parked on a yellow line even. 

However, he has spent a lot of time in Russia, and in todays Mail on Sunday, he wrote what I thought was a very interesting article. Here is an excerpt with a link to read the rest: 

-------------------------------------

If not Putin, who? It's because I love my own country that I can see the point of this sinister tyrant who so ruthlessly stands up for Russia

For months Western commentators have been predicting the fall of Vladimir Putin and lauding pro-democracy demonstrators. 

But here Peter Hitchens returns to the country where he spent two years as a foreign correspondent - and offers a very different and provocative view of next week’s vital election.

I like Vladimir Putin. I wish I did not. But I cannot help it. I know that by saying so, I will trigger the lofty wrath of the right-thinking lobby which wants to portray modern Russia as the Evil Empire in a new Cold War. 

In that war, which they are trying so hard to start, they will see me as a traitor. But it is exactly because I love my own country that I can see the point of Mr Putin. 

He stands – as no other major leader does in the world today – for the rights of nations to decide their own business inside their own borders.

He has underlined that by refusing to join in the rash American-backed effort to destabilise the Assad regime in Syria. He has dared to wield a real veto (unlike David Cameron’s disposable cardboard one) and face the consequences.

He has used his country’s huge oil and gas reserves to maintain an independent state. And he has rejected the current mania for privatisation and market forces as the cure for all ills. 

Russia, he believes, has had quite enough privatisation. And that is why the searing beam of selective outrage is being turned on him by the global media and many Western foreign ministries, not to mention the ‘activists’ who roam the world deciding which governments are bad and which good.

That is why you are being invited to rejoice at the anti-Putin demonstrations in Moscow, while dozens of other equally justified protests in other countries go unreported.


Read more here: Peter Hitchens on Putin

For our native Russian speakers, here is a translated version: Russian Version]]></description>
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		<title>Dyson ‘Special Offer’ Service Telephone Calls are a Scam.</title>
		<link>http://real-deal-blog.com/2012/02/13/dyson-special-offer-service-telephone-calls-are-a-scam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dyson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dyson accessories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dyson dc07]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dyson DC07 workshop manual]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do we say to you that cold-calling telephone sales people who want to service your Dyson are a scam? 

Well, first of all - they are NOT from Dyson! 
When you have the "fly-by-night" cowboys in your home to do a twenty minute Dyson DC07 service, they will not do a proper job.

"Why not?" you may ask. Well, the reason is, that with a Dyson DC07, a professional service involves stripping the cyclone down and cleaning it - preferably with a power washer or a steam cleaner - to restore optimal performance.

You may not know this, because if you have read your Dyson instruction manual you won't know what needs to be done. If you have read your Dyson DC07 Workshop Manual you will know what needs to be done.

I stripped a Dyson DC07 down a few days ago and it was blocked up in such a way that no "at home" service would be able to fix it. Look at this photo when I took off the cyclone top:



I spent thirty minutes cleaning and power-washing it so it looked like this:



Which is what it is supposed to look like if you expect it to work.

Today, I was reading over the old Dyson Medic site that was written a few years ago, and I was surprised that amongst the motor swap, belt change and filter service guides we wrote back then, that we didn't discuss cyclone cleaning more.

It was covered very comprehensively in the Dyson DC07 Repair Manual, but not everyone has one of those. Some guys only like "free" download stuff and don't want to pay for anything. Similarly, we at Dyson Medic sometimes hold a little something back that we will give you in one of our written books.

As Dyson Medic is one of the biggest and most-trusted after-market Dyson brands in the world, we hope you'll buy something off us one day. If only to learn a few 'trade secrets'  that we wont publish on our websites. :-)

Anyway, the point of this short article was to implore you not to skimp on a Dyson DC07 service. Do NOT employ people who 'do it in your home' as they won't have the facilities to clean your cyclone properly. Look at the photographs again - those cyclones block up and need cleaning properly!

A warning: Never accept anyone coming to your home to service or repair your Dyson who cold calls you. That is always a scam company who will rip you off! 

Read about the Dyson scammers who 'service in your home'  on the Dyson forums here: Dyson ‘special offer’ telephone calls are a scam.]]></description>
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		<title>Manchester Dyson Repairs and Service</title>
		<link>http://real-deal-blog.com/2012/01/21/manchester-dyson-repairs-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cheap Dyson Manchester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dyson Doctor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dyson internet shop]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dyson Service Manchester]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manchester Vacs  was founded as a Dyson spare parts and service specialist based in Manchester. Since that time, they have grown to be one of the North West’s largest independent and trusted service professionals for Dyson vacuum cleaners.

With over 30 years experience in the vacuum cleaner industry, Manchester Vacs has become renowned for excellent service. They pride themselves on providing good value to their ever-expanding customer base. 

Their website offers much free information on DIY repairs to Dyson vacuum cleaners. With their wealth of Dyson knowledge, and their fast, friendly service, makes Manchester Vacs your one stop Dyson shop for Manchester, Stockport, Salford, Cheshire, Oldham, Lancashire and Tameside. If you are looking for a Dyson service in Manchester, look no further than Manchester Vacs. 

Manchester Vacs is the original Manchester Vacs - click the red button below to visit the website. 



Beware Unscrupulous Dyson Service Companies!
Such is their success in the Manchester area in recent years, that a few other individuals have set up copycat sites using similar themes, logos and fonts. These unscrupulous operators usually plagiarise the Manchester Vacs website for their material - which is illegal - and Manchester Vacs have been successful in having several copycat websites closed down to date. 

Unfortunately, rogue Dyson 'service' companies are abundant in Manchester and Tameside. Most of the rogue Dyson service companies operate without commercial premises and prefer to ply their trade in your home. This way, they can take your machine to pieces and try to sting you for sometimes as much as £100 for a simple repair that would cost maybe a fifth of that with a reputable Dyson repairer. 

Dyson have been made aware of more than 25 bogus companies and has been contacting customers personally to warn them of the scams. Trading standards have investigated several dubious Dyson service and repair companies in the Manchester area masquerading as legitimate operations. Most operate amateur built websites that are full of stolen images, Dyson's trademark and one site we know of have even stolen Dyson's official videos and overlaid them with their own text in order to dupe customers on Google into thinking that they may be in some way official Dyson agents. 

If you seek service or repair for your Dyson in the Manchester or Tameside area, choose a trusted professional that have a bricks and mortar shop and and a good local reputation. Choose Manchester Vacs. ]]></description>
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		<title>Indian: 100 Everyday Recipes (Love Food) 9781445430423 &#8211; Book review</title>
		<link>http://real-deal-blog.com/2011/12/30/indian-100-everyday-recipes-love-food-9781445430423-book-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[9781445430423]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian recipe book]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian: 100 Everyday Recipes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parragon Books]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So you want to learn to cook Indian food?

There is a little hardback book called 'Indian: 100 Everyday Recipes'. It has no apparent author other than 'Love Food' (which on the inside cover is claimed to be an 'imprint' of the publisher) and is published by Parragon Books. Its ISBN number is 9781445430423.

Its a small book, a mere 15cm x 12cm and 208 pages of Chinese printed garbage enclosed in a hardback with a dust jacket for some reason.

My wife picked this book up for me recently. Tonight I tried a recipe in it (against common sense screaming otherwise). Oh my god!

Here is an example: Page 46. Lamb and spinach curry for 2-4 people.

300ml of vegetable oil it says. What for two people? A third of a litre? OK, lets carry on. A quarter bunch of fresh coriander. Hmm, how big is a "bunch" when its at home? How about a weight?

We get a weight with the spinach: One kilogramme! 2lb 4oz or spinach for two people? Well, not unless they are Popeye!

To this you add 700ml of water and just 1tsp of chilli powder and a few other fractions of teaspoons of other spices.

So we have a full litre of fluid going on here, but only one teaspoon of chilli powder. How is that a "curry"? That is mildly flavoured liquid with some meat floating in it - a third of which is oil mixed with a KILO of spinach. If your stomach is the constitution of Popeye's crossed with a Ford Fiesta engine, this may work for you. You don't need to be Gordon Ramsay to know that for anyone of a normal constitution, this is a recipe for a Gaviscon dessert.

Leafing through the book reveals similar recipes where the weights and measures were guessed by primary school kids rather than diligently noted by an experienced chef.

There is a reason this book is only a fiver; because it ain't no good. Buy something else instead. Something written by a chef and not translated by dyslexic people on April Fools Day.

Save yourself a trip to the shops and just put the £5 note straight into your paper recycling bin. The end result will be the same. ]]></description>
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		<title>patrick1178@btconnect.com &#8211; notice@security.org &#8211; Another Attempted Paypal Fraud</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Phishing fraudsters pretending to be from Paypal email me most days. Sometimes, they even have my real name (eBay transactions with the Muslim community is usually to blame for the name getting out there). However, you likely landed here after Googling "notice@security.org" or "patrick1178@btconnect.com"

Paypal do not send out emails from a "security.org" address - certainly not a fake one. The domain security.org is a site about lock-picking Medeco locks (whatever they are). Nothing to do with Paypal anyway.

This email comes addressed to "Dear Paypal Customer" - which is wrong. Paypal know your name. If they are writing to you, they will use it.

Apart from the bullsh*t domain, wrong email and not knowing the name of the customer, this one has other howlers: Sending attachments - Paypal don't do that. Specifying which browser you must open the attachment with - yeah, Paypal don't do that either. That just means the virus they are sending you only works in insecure browsers. Spelling mistakes: A true sign of a non-English speaking scammer. I wont highlight them so they cannot correct them when they read this.

So, here is the email:

Dear PayPal Customer,

You have added patrick1178@btconnect.com as a new email address for your Paypal account.

If you did not authorize this change, check with family members and others who may have access to your account first. If you still feel that an unauthorized person has changed your email, submit the form attached to your email in order to keep your original email and restore your Paypal account.

NOTE: The form needs to be opened in a modern browser which has javascript enabled (ex: Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 3, Safari 3, Opera 9)

Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience.

If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporary suspend your account.

Sincerely, PayPal Account Review Department.



Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose the "Help" link in the footer of any page.




Copyright © 1999-2011 PayPal. All rights reserved.



All rubbish of course. DO NOT open the attachment called "PersonalProfileForm-payPal.htm" - that is full of viruses! If you did, change your Paypal passwords immediately and do a virus check on your computer.

So lets see where this fake email was sent from:

It comes from the IP 96.57.179.66 which is traced to a company called Allen Linen in North Brunswick in the USA.

Here is their contact details:

Allen Linen Supply
407 20th Ave.
Paterson, NJ 07513
Phone: (973) 742-6131
linenguy@allenlinen.com

Why not contact them and ask why someone is sending phishing emails off their server? That is surely a crime in the land of the free.

However, more digging reveals that "109.203-211-146.static.qala.com.sg" is the sender. That resolves to someone in Barnaul in Russia but has Singapore tags on it. The plot thickens when "www.edenhotelsandresorts.com 203.211.146.108" is introduced into the mix - also from the email headers. That does trace to Singapore. The site www.edenhotelsandresorts.com doesn't work and also traces to Singapore. Here is teh domain info:

Domain Name:edenhotelsandresorts.com
Record last updated at 2011-09-20 06:05:47
Record created on 1/18/2006
Record expired on 01/18/2014

Domain servers in listed order:
ns1.webdesignwebdev.com ns2.webdesignwebdev.com

Administrator:
Unit 107, Marina Residence, No.8, Kabaaye Pagoda Rd
Yangon
YGN,
MM
Mayangone

name:(Eden Group Co., Ltd.)
mail:() +95.01650624
+95.01650624
Eden Group Company Limited
Technical Contactor:
#3/1, Myanmar Info-Tech, Universities Hlaing Campus
Yangon
YGN,
MM
11052

name:(Zaw HTUT)
mail:() +95.01652250
+1.7079880300
Myanmars.NET
Billing Contactor:
Unit 107, Marina Residence, No.8, Kabaaye Pagoda Rd
Yangon
YGN,
MM
Mayangone

name:(Eden Group Co., Ltd.)
mail:() +95.01650624
+95.01650624
Eden Group Company Limited

Registration Service Provider:
name: Myanmars.NET
tel: +95.01652250
fax: +1.7079880300
web:http://www.myanmars.net

So what we have here is likely a scammer from Singapore routing through a proxy server in Russia, and again through another via an innocent linen company in the US to send you his Paypal scam email. Now don't go writing about his scheme on the internet will you? Dammit........ I just did!]]></description>
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