Manson used his personal e-mail address for the Everyone Everywhere PayPal account, which is how people paid for the pre-orders, and he experienced an influx of e-mails once the sale went online.

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"(W)e can confirm that the funds have been released and we are working directly with the account holder on this matter, " a PayPal representative said via e-mail.

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The link provided in a phishing e-mail would appear to be legitimate, as it is for the PayPal site.

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Paul, Minnesota, man has three online banking accounts, a PayPal account, domain names, Web-hosting accounts, multiple e-mail addresses and many social-networking accounts.

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