An
Email with the Subject "Fwd: Attention! Your PayPal account has been limited" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:24:25 -0700
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as michael hernandez <wdalaskan@yahoo.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.
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Scam Email Headers
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[date:] => Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:24:25 -0700 (PDT)
[from:] => michael hernandez
[subject:] => Fwd: Attention! Your PayPal account has been limited
[to:] => SCAM/FRAUD , SCAMS , SCAMS
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Information Regarding Your account:
Dear PayPal Member:
Attention! Your
PayPal account
has been limited!
As part of our security
measures, we regularly screen activity in the
PayPal system.We recently
contacted you after noticing an issue on your
account.We requested information
from you for the following reason:
Our system detected unusual charges
to a credit card linked to your
PayPal account.
Reference Number:
PP-259-187-991
This is the Last reminder to log in to PayPal as soon
as possible. Once
you log in, you will be provided with steps to restore your
account
access.
Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to
restore your account access. We appreciate your understanding as we work to
ensure
account safety.
Click
here to activate your account
We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please
understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your
account. We apologise for any inconvenience..
