[thelist] Credit Card Scams, Legal Measures

[tkissinger at softhome.net]

Hi people, 

I got a Paypal scam mail today, the third or fourth I've got in the last 
couple of months. it was realistic enough that I was blithely filling it in 
(yeah, it arrived before the coffee), until it asked for a bank PIN number. 
I've seen them for other sites too - Amazon, eBay, etc. 

I'm sure that the victims of these scams can get their cards blocked and 
reissued without too much trouble, but do the sites that the scammers are 
using names and livery from have any legal recourse? I'd imagine that Paypal 
have considerably more legal resources than, say, my Dad, if he mistakenly 
fills one in. 

Thanks,
Tom.