BlinX Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 (edited) From msfn. org: I recently contacted PayPal in regards to an account issue, after the reply was given I have been receiving emails from PayPal to rate their service. On the bottom of these emails is an Unsubscribe to the survey, the link for this goes like; http://ebay.benchmarkportal.com/paypal/opt...*&client=paypal Now if you just remove the last bit and change the numbers you are given the email addresses of thousands of PayPal customers are displayed, eg; http://ebay.benchmarkportal.com/paypal/opt...?id=400100000** http://ebay.benchmarkportal.com/paypal/opt...?id=40010****** Here are examples and I wonder If paypal will fix this cause Its been **** in the past couple of months.: http://ebay.benchmarkportal.com/paypal/opt_out.taf?id=40010000001 http://ebay.benchmarkportal.com/paypal/opt_out.taf?id=40010000003 http://ebay.benchmarkportal.com/paypal/opt_out.taf?id=40010000004 http://ebay.benchmarkportal.com/paypal/opt_out.taf?id=40010000006 Fixed Links Edited January 22, 2005 by BlinX Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/274873-paypal-giving-customers-emails-to-spammers/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
john smith 1924 Veteran Posted January 22, 2005 Veteran Share Posted January 22, 2005 try it now, the codes either over-whelmed or patched up. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/274873-paypal-giving-customers-emails-to-spammers/#findComment-585337361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hupp Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 super weak... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/274873-paypal-giving-customers-emails-to-spammers/#findComment-585337372 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlinX Posted January 22, 2005 Author Share Posted January 22, 2005 Fixed the 2 links. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/274873-paypal-giving-customers-emails-to-spammers/#findComment-585337373 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rix Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 ouch >.< Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/274873-paypal-giving-customers-emails-to-spammers/#findComment-585337548 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnerhkjp Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 bugger Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/274873-paypal-giving-customers-emails-to-spammers/#findComment-585337568 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aem4162 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 great. i forward all the spoofs i get and then they turn around and give out my address to spammers...******s :angry: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/274873-paypal-giving-customers-emails-to-spammers/#findComment-585337577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callaway Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 well that's nice. halfway to logging into someone's paypal account. :angry: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/274873-paypal-giving-customers-emails-to-spammers/#findComment-585337587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j4020 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 I hope they fix this quickly. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/274873-paypal-giving-customers-emails-to-spammers/#findComment-585337589 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowcra Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 me too :sad: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/274873-paypal-giving-customers-emails-to-spammers/#findComment-585337612 Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 lol the donnu about .htaccess teaches them for not reading the apache man. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/274873-paypal-giving-customers-emails-to-spammers/#findComment-585337624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 hehe time to put some people on the do not mail list OH NOES THEY KNOW HAVE MY IPS oooops should of done that Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/274873-paypal-giving-customers-emails-to-spammers/#findComment-585337631 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjphilogelos Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Wow, I think they got me. I keep getting these e-mails from Paypal that say my account has been flagged and tell me to "click here" to verify my information. But there is no link to click on. I've gotten like 10 of them in the past 24 hours. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/274873-paypal-giving-customers-emails-to-spammers/#findComment-585337915 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slipdisc210 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Another very good reason why paypal sucks Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/274873-paypal-giving-customers-emails-to-spammers/#findComment-585337968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pHaez Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Yes, here is a proof of concept... and no the url does not work anymore, so don't try. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/274873-paypal-giving-customers-emails-to-spammers/#findComment-585338287 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomwarren Veteran Posted January 22, 2005 Veteran Share Posted January 22, 2005 Pretty bad stuff. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/274873-paypal-giving-customers-emails-to-spammers/#findComment-585338310 Share on other sites More sharing options...
artichokee Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 :huh: The links work for me... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/274873-paypal-giving-customers-emails-to-spammers/#findComment-585338314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 :huh: The links work for me... 585338314[/snapback] They don't for me... I get the following error :huh: ErrorAn error occurred while processing your request: File: opt_out.taf Position: find_email Class: DBMS Main Error Number: 170 [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver] Line 1: Incorrect syntax near '*'. 42000 File: opt_out.taf Position: find_email Class: Internal Main Error Number: -101 General error during data source operation. File: opt_out.taf Position: find_email Class: Internal Main Error Number: -101 General error during data source operation. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/274873-paypal-giving-customers-emails-to-spammers/#findComment-585338319 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Siberian_kiss0 Subscriber¹ Posted January 22, 2005 Subscriber¹ Share Posted January 22, 2005 Try this one http://ebay.benchmarkportal.com/paypal/opt...?id=40010000006 and to see more email addresses just replace some of the numbers. :angry: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/274873-paypal-giving-customers-emails-to-spammers/#findComment-585338333 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlinX Posted January 22, 2005 Author Share Posted January 22, 2005 They don't for me... I get the following error :huh: 585338319[/snapback] Got to replace ** with a number or 2. If you want to see If 1 works, you got to replace ** with "01" Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/274873-paypal-giving-customers-emails-to-spammers/#findComment-585338418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nivek7 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 This is pretty bad... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/274873-paypal-giving-customers-emails-to-spammers/#findComment-585338476 Share on other sites More sharing options...
anir Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 I wonder if it's legal (US american law) to "harvest" them now... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/274873-paypal-giving-customers-emails-to-spammers/#findComment-585338520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtualmadden Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 All the links still work for me, good I don't use paypal. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/274873-paypal-giving-customers-emails-to-spammers/#findComment-585338559 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjphilogelos Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 better my email address than any other personal info, at least i can change that easily if i need to. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/274873-paypal-giving-customers-emails-to-spammers/#findComment-585338575 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Floyd Veteran Posted January 22, 2005 Veteran Share Posted January 22, 2005 that is thy I dont use ebay and I hope they wont get my infos by paypal when I subscribed to neowin that was the first time I used paypal and the last too! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/274873-paypal-giving-customers-emails-to-spammers/#findComment-585338582 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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