I don't think the scammers (aka phishers) even worry about getting PayPal and other address books, Jesse. Just get a large bunch of email addresses and some will be PayPal (or whatever) customers. Charles > Alan, > > Al Messy is correct, that is a scam to get your bank information so they > can > clean you out. Our friends in Nigeria are always coming up with something > new to relieve the unsuspecting populace of their money. They must have > gained access to Paypal's address book and are sending out these messages > to > all their customers. > > Jesse > > >> Alan, this sound like a scam to me. Don't give them >> ANY of your bank information!! MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.