French Paypal Scam

December 30, 2007 at 10:55 am (Scam Alert)

y’all know NEVER EVER to click links in these emails where you have to login somewhere, right?
Yes, I thought so.

L’accès à votre compte a été restreint !
Mesures de sécurité par PayPal.
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Cher(e) membre,

Nous avons récemment examiné votre compte et pour vous fournir un service continu, nous aurions besoin de plus d’informations sur votre entreprise. Tant que nous ne pouvons pas collecter ces informations, votre accès aux fonctions confidentielles du compte demeure restreint. Nous souhaitons restaurer l’accès intégral à votre compte dès que possible. Nous vous prions de nous excuser pour la gêne occasionnée.
Pourquoi l’accès à mon compte est-il restreint ?

L’accès à votre compte a été restreint pour la ou les raisons suivantes :

* 29 Décembre 2007: Votre compte a peut-être été utilisé par un tiers. Parce que la sécurité de votre compte est notre principale priorité, nous avons restreint l’accès à certaines fonctionnalités stratégiques du compte PayPal. Nous savons que cette restriction temporaire peut occasionner une gêne pour vous mais sachez que nous agissons pour garantir votre sécurité.

(Votre nom de dossier pour ce motif est le PP-375-914-245.)

Comment puis-je restaurer l’accès à mon compte ?

Veuillez consulter le lien ci dessous et suivre la procédure de suppression des restrictions.

https://www.paypal.com/fr/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=letiges-view

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I think it will ruin the whole effect

December 29, 2007 at 11:37 am (fredlet)

if they actually *release* this now…
Its part of the game now to keep putting it off and putting it off…

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Best food review evah…

December 29, 2007 at 11:02 am (heh, linky)

“Hopefully this trip will bring good things; and if not those, at least a nice crab dinner (post-industrial capitalism now makes sure that crab is available year round in such places… Such nice and equitable exchanges for autonomy and the health of the planet).”
[Larval Subjects]

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have yourself a meowy little christmas

December 29, 2007 at 10:24 am (fredlet)



Bad kitty…, originally uploaded by lectio.

yeah, I know, I couldn’t resist.

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Leo horoscope today 12/27

December 27, 2007 at 10:19 pm (I'm a Leo., fredlet)

TODAY’S FORECAST LOOKS AT YOUR WORK AND MONEY FOR 2008:

WORK AND MONEY NEWS: OK so now I do have to mention Saturn again as the planet of hard work and hard news is currently in your Money Box where he will stay for some time. Steady saving and slow spending now will help you amass if not a small fortune then at least a very healthy nest egg which you will be able to use later down the track. At work you have the chance to shine now, to really stand out and be noticed. Try not to fall into bad habits at work where you expect the daily grind to be dull and boring – the first six months of 2008 bring a whole new vibe into your chart. The tedious gruelling endlessness of the past few years is well and truly becoming a thing of the past as you start to return not just back to form but back to the best you can be. Jupiter’s move into your Daily Work and Health Zone means you should start to enjoy your daily rhythms again. For some Leos January to June 2008 will bring the first time in a long time when you’ve truly been able to say that you feel like The Really Truly Fabulous Leo That You Are. Welcome back!

[Via my Google page from Tarot.com]

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Roth IRA is my new boyfriend.

December 26, 2007 at 10:03 pm (How To Life, fredlet, moola) (, )

So I was all over the web today trying to figure out if there was a combo limit of what I can contribute to a 401k and a Roth IRA, and in my net search, I found out a few things about a Roth IRA.

1. its not like a traditional IRA in that once you put the moola in there, its a penalty to withdraw (you can’t touch the interest, but you can touch the stuff you originally put in).

2. After you’ve had one for 5 years and it has enough in it, you can borrow as much as 10k from it for a down payment on your primary residence.

OK, why didn’t anyone tell me this? No one EVER mentioned that a Roth IRA is more reasonable than even a CD because with a CD it is inaccessible for the duration of the period you selected. The Roth IRA is available to you the whole time… which covers your emergency stash requirements.

Now I need to rearrange my whole list of things to do next year (no, I am NOT calling them resolutions-that’s just an invitation to break them.)

Bless my little mercenary heart, money is FUN!

Now what I have to figure out is whether I can max out for 2007 by April 2008 and then still max out for 2008, I suspect the answer is no (and I also suspect that the answer is “not if you want to eat this year”).

One other thing, I was planning to go to Paris in 2008, but I thought it rather indicative that I was relieved in my decision not to go as I was doing the “year of the cheap bastard” and I will just go in 2009 and have my canards suitably in a row by then.

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I got yer holiday spirit right here.

December 24, 2007 at 4:53 pm (earworm, obsession) ()

this song has been stuck in my head for 3 days solid. (aside from the times I was drooling over Dermot Mulroney… and even then…)

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This person is adorable…

December 24, 2007 at 3:32 pm (heh, linky)

“My days in grad school, now known to geologists as the Pleistocene, were remarkable both for their signal lack of productivity and for their relentless mortification of the flesh.

In those days, I learned all about rice and beans and dal and rice and ramen noodles and whatever. I learned about Black Label pounders in returnable bottles and rolling my own cigarettes. I learned about making my own Melitta coffee filters.

I had a Melitta eight-cup coffee pot in grad school that required special cone shaped filters, Number 6. When you can find them, which isn’t often. Sure, you can always find the Number 4 filters, but these are so short, you must needs stand there and titrate the water drop by drop so as not to overwhelm the cone. Once you locate the Number 6 filters, they’re three and four bucks for a box of forty. Absurdity. Without Ceres and Bacchus, Apollo grows cold.”
[The Fitful Flog:A Folder’s Intermittent Weblog]

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Search results:”fat haiku”

December 23, 2007 at 11:38 pm (scary ass haiku)

Hmmm, challenging.

Chocolate ganache.
Swirling eddies of happy.
I want the whole cake.

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channeling britney

December 23, 2007 at 5:51 pm (oh my!) ()

well, I didn’t shave my head, but one minute I was in the bathroom brushing my hair out and the next I knew I had the scissors in my hand.

Ah, I thought, I’ll be having a haircut now.

Nothing off the length in the back, (its at my butt, don’t be that impressed I have the shortest torso ever invented.) but having previously grown it out to all one length, I have long layers all over now. The 9″ chunks I cut off gave me a millisecond’s pause, but I just kept going.
Its fluffier now.
Its generally so heavy that it looks a bit drab when it is all one length.
Its still the worst color in the world (with inside light – outside, the red highlights make themselves known.) but I don’t fancy buying 4 boxes of hair color right now. Not to mention the hours involved in doing it (you have to go in sections with my hair) and then the upkeep.
I could also just drag my happy ass outside and let the sun do it, but I insist on wearing a ball cap to keep the sun out of my eyes (visors bug me) so that defeats the purpose.
(I think I might be at an impasse on that color situation.)

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Lego Fredlet

December 23, 2007 at 12:46 pm (heh)

legofredlet.jpg
The new Lego video game coming out soon: Lego Project Manager!

(and here’s screenshot from the prequel game “DarthFredlet:Before Coffee” the object of the game is to survive my wrath until I drink my coffee when you have to deliver the bad news about the project status. I’m a bitch with that dual light saber (bokken/aikido training & field hockey madness, you see.))
darthlegofredlet.jpg
You think I’m kidding.

[via my plaything, KarlElvis]
Make your own!

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hee

December 23, 2007 at 12:07 pm (heh)

wardrobesmall.jpg“Single Rail Wardrobe, in the shape of the Tardis, which holds more clothes than seems dimensionally possible.

Durable canvas. 187cmx84cmx84cm”
[BBC]

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Ten Thoughts to Ponder for 2008

December 22, 2007 at 8:35 pm (heh)

(sent to me by my dad)

Number 10
Life is sexually transmitted.

Number 9
Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

Number 8

Men have two emotions:
Hungry and Horny.
If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich .

Number 7
Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day, teach a person to use the internet and they won’t bother you for weeks.

Number 6
Some people are like a Slinky . Not really good for anything, but you still can’t help but smile when you shove them down the stairs.

Number 5
Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.

Number 4
All of us could take a lesson from the weather.
It pays no attention to Criticism.

Number 3
Why does a slight tax increase cost you $200.00 and a substantial tax cut saves you $30.00?

Number 2
In the 60’s, people took acid to make the world weird.
Now the world is Weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.

And The Number 1 Thought For 2008:

We know exactly where one cow with Mad-cow-disease is located among millions and millions of cows in America but we haven’t got a clue as to where millions of illegal immigrants and terrorists are located.
Maybe we should put the Department of Agriculture in charge of Immigration.

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Owen Wilson

December 22, 2007 at 5:22 pm (Texas, fredlet) (, )

So I was re-reading one of my old Texas Monthly mags the other day and I started in on this article about Owen Wilson.
I knew he was another Texas boy, but I didn’t realize that he and I were all over the same places on campus at UT at the same time.
One specific instance was his haunting the on campus theater running all the funky movies. I was there almost every night I wasn’t working or finishing art projects (yes, 12 hours a day in the art building) watching all the Jackie Chan movies I could afford.

I wonder if I ever saw him. I don’t really remember him and frankly, I don’t know that I would have had cause to talk to him in any class as I was arts/french and he was RTF (radio television film-they were a breed apart).

interesting.

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Secret

December 22, 2007 at 2:26 pm (earworm)

Watch the sunrise
Say your goodbyes
Off we go
Some conversation
No contemplation
Hit the road

Car overheats
Jump out of my seat
On the side of the highway baby
Our road is long
Your hold is strong
Please don’t ever let go Oh No

I know I don’t know you
But I want you so bad
Everyone has a secret
But can they keep it
Oh No they can’t

I’m driving fast now
Don’t think I know how to go slow
Where you at now
I feel around
There you are

Cool these engines
Calm these jets
I ask you how hot can it get
And as you wipe off beads of sweat
Slowly you say “I’m not there yet!”

I know I don’t know you
But I want you so bad
Everyone has a secret
But can they keep it
Oh No they can’t

I know I don’t know you
But I want you so bad
Everyone has a secret
But can they keep it
Oh No they can’t

-Maroon 5

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