An
Email with the Subject "Paypal Account Security Measures" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:06:43 -0700
and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email.
The sender shows as Paypal <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.
Scam TagCloud
paypalpaypal.compasswordaccountservicemail will securityhttps://www.paypal.com/us...
NO CHART DATA - EMAIL HAS NOT YET BEEN ANALYSED
Scam Email Headers
This a (redacted) view of the raw email headers of this scam email.
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) has been suppressed, but can be
supplied as received to appropriate investigating or law enforcement agencies on request.
EEEEEstdClass Object
(
[return-path:] =>
[envelope-to:] => scamdex@scamdex.com
[delivery-date:] => Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:06:43 -0700
[received:] => Array
(
[0] => from [74.53.9.66] (helo=vps1.mvpalac1.com)by bartok.o7e.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256)(Exim 4.63)(envelope-from )id 1IL6PL-0005qr-Mwfor scamdex@scamdex.com; Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:06:43 -0700
[1] => from nobody by vps1.mvpalac1.com with local (Exim 4.63)(envelope-from )id 1IL6P4-0002o6-Tafor scamdex@scamdex.com; Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:06:26 -0500
)
[to:] => scamdex@scamdex.com
[subject:] => Paypal Account Security Measures
[from:] => Paypal
[reply-to:] => service@paypal.com
[mime-version:] => 1.0
[content-type:] => text/html
[content-transfer-encoding:] => 8bit
[x-uid:] =>
[date:] => Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:06:26 -0500
[x-antiabuse:] => Array
(
[0] => This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report
[1] => Primary Hostname - vps1.mvpalac1.com
[2] => Original Domain - scamdex.com
[3] => Originator/Caller UID/GID - [99 99] / [47 12]
[4] => Sender Address Domain - vps1.mvpalac1.com
)
[x-source:] =>
[x-source-args:] =>
[x-source-dir:] =>
[message-id:] =>
[x-scamdex-scores:] => S:52 P:56 A:58 L:46 E:55 G:46
[x-scamdex-classtype:] => A
[x-scamdex-classscore:] => 58
[x-scamdex-totscore:] => 313
[x-scamdex-kw:] => account,assistance,box,employ,inc.,log in,password,payment,paypal,records,report,response,service
[x-scamdex-em:] => service@paypal.com
[x-scamdex-dir:] => A
[x-scamdex-id:] => A1204769290.M644138P20228V
[x-scamdex-copyright:] => This Email is Copyright Scamdex.com 2009, Reproduction Prohibited
)
Domain Names used for collecting scam email ("Honeypot email accounts") have been obscured and replaced with the token 'HUN1P0T'
Community Action - SPAM/non-Scam Report
Occasionally, incorrectly categorized emails get into the Scamdex Scam Email Database and need to be removed. If this
email has Personally Identifiable Information (PII), or is, in your opinion, from a bona-fide entity, let us know.
Scamdex will, as soon as is practicable, take-down any emails that in our opinion should not
be in our database. Note that ALL emails in the Scamdex Scam Email Database were received as Unsolicited Commercial Email, aka UCE or
SPAM, via unpublished 'Honeypot' email addresses.
Make sure you never provide your password to fraudulent websites.
PayPal will never ask you to enter your password in an email.
For more information on protecting yourself from fraud, please review our Security Tips at https://www.paypal.com/us/securitytips
Protect Your Password
You should never give your PayPal password to anyone, including PayPal employees.
Update Your Information
It has came to our attention that your PayPal billing information are out of date. This require you to update your billing information as soon as possible.
This billing update is also a new PayPal security statement which goes according to the established norms on our terms of service (TOS) to reduce the instance of fraud on our website.
Please update your records . A failure to update your records may result on a suspension of your account.
To update your PayPal records click on the following link:
This new security statement will helps us continue to offer PayPal as a secure and cost-effective payment service. We appreciate your cooperation and assistance.
Sincerely,
The PayPal Team
Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose the Help link located in the top right corner of any PayPal page.
PayPal Email ID PP295
Protect Your Account InfoMake sure you never provide your password to fraudulent websites.
PayPal will never ask you to enter your password in an email.
For more information on protecting yourself from fraud, please review our Security Tips at https://www.paypal.com/us/securitytips Protect Your PasswordYou should never give your PayPal password to anyone, including PayPal employees.
Update Your Information