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An Email with the Subject "Limited Account Notification" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 02:21:35 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as PayPal.com <service@paypal.com>.
The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in this email, or follow any URLs as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be added to their email address lists for spam purposes.
Dear PayPal
Member,
Our comprehensive fraud-prevention program is one of the key reasons PayPal is a safe
way to pay online. We believe that innovation and careful analysis is the way to beat
fraud. That's why PayPal has developed industry-leading models to review every
transaction, and help detect suspicious activity.
Our Fraud Investigation Team recently detected suspicious activity in your account.
In order to continue to operate the PayPal service and to reduce the risk of fraud,
PayPal Corp. ("PayPal" or "we") must ask you to provide us information about yourself
and your credit card and/or bank account.
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To do so please follow the link below.
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run
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Thank
you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is
a
security measure meant to help you and protect your account. We apologize
for any
inconvenience.
Sincerely,
PayPal Fraud Investigation
Department
PayPal Email ID PP562
Dear PayPal
Member,
Our comprehensive fraud-prevention program is one of the key reasons PayPal is a safe
way to pay online. We believe that innovation and careful analysis is the way to beat
fraud. That's why PayPal has developed industry-leading models to review every
transaction, and help detect suspicious activity.
Our Fraud Investigation Team recently detected suspicious activity in your account.
In order to continue to operate the PayPal service and to reduce the risk of fraud,
PayPal Corp. ("PayPal" or "we") must ask you to provide us information about yourself
and your credit card and/or bank account.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To do so please follow the link below.
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thank
you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is
a
security measure meant to help you and protect your account. We apologize
for any
inconvenience.
Sincerely,
PayPal Fraud Investigation
Department
PayPal Email ID PP562