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.

DZmom
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Have you all received an email from PersoPay? It's some sort of payment website so Direct Sellers can accept credit card payments.

It looks VERY hokey to me. I'm not sure who they are but if I were you all, I'd just delete the message. We don't need help accepting CC! PC does that for us.
 
Did you notice that they are out new members?:eek:

I was thinking the same thing

I won't do anything under I hear drom PC
 
I googled it and nothing came up. So, what kind of website can it be????

I would venture it's probably a scam. Luckily we don't need to worry about such things with PC handling all of that! :) Good idea to just delete... see? Us PC consultants are soooo smart! :)
 
I also received it. They must be getting our email addresses from this site.
 
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Here's a copy of the email I received.

Dear Pampered Chef Consultants,

A new payment tool, PersoPay.com, is now available to all consultants !

Specifically designed for you or your consultants, it will allow all your clients and distributors to order easily, safely, and quickly your key products (such as the Super Starter kit), simply by credit card !

This tool is of course usable on the web (it also gives you an online personalized presence), but you can also use it from home to accept payments made by credit cards.

Here is a sample PersoPay page:
http://www.persopay.com/users_e/kit1pc/

For information, write to [email protected], or visit:
http://www.persopay.com/index_e.htm

Wishing you all success in your activity,
With our kind regards.
The PersoPay.com team

ps: This is not spam, please forgive us in case of duplicate messages.

--
PERSOPAY Support Department
(C) 2006 - persopay.com
 
Hmmmm... I went to www.persopay.com and it's in French.....

Well, we don't need anything like that! Hmmmm...
 
The rule of thumb is unless you hear it from the direct source don't buy into it! I learned the hard way and had to get a new computer (a long time ago):(
I received the email too and deleted it immediately!
 
I just received it,too. I went to Pampered Chef's Tool bar and typed in persopay and NOTHING came up. This sounds way fishy to me.
 
I did not receive it but if I do, I'm going to be mad.:mad: I'm so tired of people getting my email from this site and sending me hokey emails. I know that its a public bard and all but when you get to the main page here it says "A community for PAMPERED CHEF CONSULTANTS".:eek:
 
Okay, I lied, the email was in my junk mailbox. UGH!:rolleyes:
 
I received it too. Very odd.
 
They got our emails from this site?:mad: That frustrates me Greg!
I knew the email was fishy when they referred to us as "distributors". PC does not call us that. Greg if you're reading this....I do not want my email given out to people!
 
I got this too and thought there was something wrong. PC would email us first if there was something new to use.
 
When I recieved it I went to their website and it is in French. I just deleted it, I'm with the others...if it comes direct from PC then I'll check into it.
 
I got it too! Of course, I came here to see if anyone else had gotten it!
Strange............
 
I got it too....and I'm in Canada. Someone mentioned they are all of a sudden a new member to this board. That REALLY pisses me off! I also sent it to the Canadian HO about an hour ago. :mad:
 
I like the "ps this is not spam" LOL. I got it too.
 
Well I guess I can be included into this boat. I got it this morning too. It has to be a scam...
 
I called HO and they had me send the e-mail I got from PersoPay to there supervisior. They said that they haven't received any information about this company. So I sent it to them and now I am waiting on any information if they send my any to me.

One other thing, do they realize that they signed up of here on Friday the 13th. Do they think we are stupid? Do they think that we wouldn't check them out first?

Ok, I know it was 3 things, I can count but my fingers just keep typing.
 
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I got it and once I saw the subject I deleted it.
 
I opened it and saw it was in French and just thought it was odd. Sorta like when I got an e-mail from Coca-cola last month saying i had won a million dollars or yesterday when i got one that said someone had died and the banker in africa decided i was going to get some money. He said you get 30%, I get 60%(since i'm the banker) and 10% is left for fees(if there is any)

I laughed my butt off, do they think we are all stupid.

I went to the super starter kit order thingy and it showed that it was 130 euros. Not sure how that changes over to how money, but I definitely thinks this is a scam. Just to odd.

BTW, I logged on over here asap to see if anyone else had received this e-mail...lol
 
Glad to see that I am not the only one who received this and was surprised why PC didn't tell us anything about this. I did not click on the links and ran here to see what others had to say. I guess from reading this board PC wouldn't have a need for us to have this since they handle our credit card orders from our customers.

We do however need to find out how is giving out our e-mail addresses and put a stop to this. Some newbie might not realize this is a form of spam and get involved in this scam.
If it is from this sight I think we may want to tell Greg he needs better security for us. I know to join other message boards you have to give your consultant number and some even ask you questions that only a consultant would have to access to the answers through the Recipe for Success.
 
My only concern is if this has a virus that will send it out to my customers. I did not go to the link but I know my husband has said viruses can be spread by opening an email, and I doesn't have to be an attachment anymore. I can't get in touch with him. Is anyone computer savvy?
 
britishchef said:
I like the "ps this is not spam" LOL. I got it too.
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Right! "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."
 
I just received this email and immediately deleted it.
 
Okay they have to be getting the emails from this group. Because the reason I say this is out of all my groups this group is the only one that uses my gmail account with and I didn't receive the email in any of my other email accounts. And I just checked with my upline and she is not a memeber of this board and she didn't receive the email.
 
I also received it, and also deleted it...
 
lacychef said:
They got our emails from this site?:mad: That frustrates me Greg!
I knew the email was fishy when they referred to us as "distributors". PC does not call us that. Greg if you're reading this....I do not want my email given out to people!
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Please do not make misinformed accusations.

pamperedharriet said:
If it is from this sight I think we may want to tell Greg he needs better security for us. I know to join other message boards you have to give your consultant number and some even ask you questions that only a consultant would have to access to the answers through the Recipe for Success.
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Your email addresses on chefsuccess are safe. Protected in our secure database.
The only way a spammer could get your email is if you add it to your signature.

Note: your email addresses are not protected on your personal PC website. Example:
http://www.pamperedchef.biz/joannedesrosiers?page=contact-me
 
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Sorry Greg, I wasn't meaning to put the blame on you. Someone else suggested that we got this because people got our emails from this site, and that upset me. It was early this morning! I don't know how I got the email, my email address is not in my signature here....it is in my regular email sig, but I'm still not sure how these people got my name.
I did copy the email & sent to HO...
 
Admin Greg said:
Please do not make misinformed accusations.



Your email addresses on chefsuccess are safe. Protected in our secure database.
The only way a spammer could get your email is if you add it to your signature.

Note: your email addresses are not protected on your personal PC website. Example:
http://www.pamperedchef.biz/joannedesrosiers?page=contact-me
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Greg,

My email address is not in my signature for this site. My email is in the Consultant Directory. It seems to me that someone that signs up for our site could then go there to get our email info. Right?
 
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