Have You All Received an Email From Persopay? It's Some Sort of

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Discussion Overview

The thread discusses the receipt of an email from a service called PersoPay, which claims to facilitate credit card payments for Pampered Chef consultants. Participants express skepticism about the legitimacy of the email and share their experiences regarding its content and implications.

Discussion Character

  • Opinion-based
  • Anecdotal
  • Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • One participant, identifying as a consultant, expressed concern that the email appeared "hokey" and suggested deleting it, noting that Pampered Chef already handles credit card payments.
  • Another participant mentioned that they found the email suspicious and noted that it referred to consultants as "distributors," which is not how Pampered Chef identifies them.
  • Several users mentioned that they did not receive the email but expressed frustration about the potential sharing of their email addresses from the community site.
  • One participant shared their experience of checking the PersoPay website, which was in French, leading them to believe it was a scam.
  • Another participant recounted a past experience of receiving suspicious emails, reinforcing their skepticism about the current email.
  • One participant noted that they contacted the Home Office and were advised to send the email to them for further investigation.
  • Several participants expressed a desire for better security regarding their email addresses within the community.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Views differ among participants regarding the legitimacy of the email, with many expressing skepticism and concern about potential scams, while others are frustrated about the sharing of their email addresses. No clear consensus emerges on the origin of the email or its validity.

Contextual Notes

Participants are primarily consultants within the Pampered Chef community, sharing personal experiences and concerns about unsolicited emails and potential scams.

Who May Find This Useful

Consultants who have received similar emails or are concerned about email security and potential scams may find this discussion relevant.

persopay email
erinyourpclady said:
I got it too! Of course, I came here to see if anyone else had gotten it!
Strange............
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of course y'all knew to delete it I tried to do it, but nothing happened, luckily my system seems to be working fine, also on one of my other users I'm getting really wierd email from dorks.? and can't get rid of it, i delete it, but wish I knew how to filter it, I use outlook.
 
I decided to snoop on here, and I finally found it.....
http://chefsuccess.com/member.php?u=9286
Greg has banned them, it says right under their name.
 
Thank You Greg
 
spams, spoofs, spambots and phishing
Shawnna said:
If you have an email address it can be found by anyone. We received new email addresses for work when we developed our own website. Withing 1 day we were getting spam from drug companies and stock companies. If you know your way around the internet you can find peoples email addresses. It doesn't matter how secure it is, it can be found if someone wants to work at it. I just treated this email like I do all the other spam I get, I clicked spam and it went away.
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Bingo.

E-mail addresses are collected by an automated device known as a "spambot." It is a program that scans websites looking specifically for e-mail addresses. When it finds one, it harvests the address and VOILA! you're on a spam list. What Greg has done to our e-maill addies here is disguise them so spambots do not see your addie as an addie.

Once you're on a list, it matters not what you do. Your e-mail address, like snail-mail addies, are sold and distributed between spammers. You can block a sender's address, but the spammers are so good at disguising their source addresses that banning an address means little. Most spam, incidentally, comes from off-shore.

Another most annoying feature of spammers is called "spoofing" of an address. You will get spam that appears to be from your own address! I get e-mail from myself a couple of times a week, promoting stocks, Nigerian oil well opportunities, not to mention, miracle pills and creams that will make me into a freak of nature.

Since I have my own domain (jrmanning dot com) I get far more spam, spoof and phishing e-mails than most of you can imagine. I get between 20 and 50 phisihing expeditions daily that appear to be from PayPal, various banks and credit unions.

Like the junk snail-mail you get daily, once you're on a list, there's not a lot that can be done about it.
 
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Did anyone else receive a private message from PersoPay's Legal Dept? I'll be deleting ALL my posts that could be considered offensive to the PersoPay Legal Department. I DON"T want to be sued which is what I was threatened with. So I'd suggest each of you do the same.
 
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Hey why didn't I get a spam message from Persopay ;)
Tonia
 
toniascookin said:
Hey why didn't I get a spam message from Persopay ;)
Tonia
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Do you have a Anti spam program on your email? If so that maybe why. It may of went into the junkmail box instead of you inbox. Just a theory. If not I don't know.
 
toniascookin said:
Hey why didn't I get a spam message from Persopay ;)
Tonia
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Neither did I -- I feel left out :(
 
DZmom said:
Did anyone else receive a private message from PersoPay's Legal Dept? I'll be deleting ALL my posts that could be considered offensive to the PersoPay Legal Department. I DON"T want to be sued which is what I was threatened with. So I'd suggest each of you do the same.
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I wouldn't worry about it. If they were that successful a company that they could 'take legal action' against everyone who didn't like them or said something negative about them, they sure wouldn't be snooping around here to try and get some business. Besides that, they are from another country. If they even had the slightest idea of who and what Pampered Chef is they would NEVER have bothered wasting their time and efforts with us. Just ignore them.
 
dannyzmom said:
Neither did I -- I feel left out :(
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Well, with all of their spies....you'll probably get one now! :p
 
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