An
Email with the Subject "Update Your Account" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:49:50 -0700
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as "PayPal Support" <info@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
atm goldpaypalpaypal.comcreditthird partyverificationwinaccountaccessprocesssecureverifymailsecurity(your case id for this re...(ssn)
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Scam Email Headers
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Personally Identifiable Information (PII) has been suppressed, but can be
supplied as received to appropriate investigating or law enforcement agencies on request.
Domain Names used for collecting scam email ("Honeypot email accounts") have been obscured and replaced with the token 'HUN1P0T'
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SPAM, via unpublished 'Honeypot' email addresses.
You received this e-mail because
your account access
has been limited.
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Why
is my account access limited?
Your account access has been limited for the following reason(s):
We have reason to believe that your account was accessed
by a third party. Because protecting the security of your account
is our primary concern, we have limited access to sensitive e-gold
account features. We understand that this may be an inconvenience
but please understand that this temporary limitation is for your
protection.
(Your case ID for this reason is EG-127-451-207.)
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To fully restore your account please complete the secure form below with all the details required.
This process is free and it's purpose is only to verify your credit card not to charge it.
Restore Full Account Access
You received this e-mail because
your account access
has been limited.
.................................................................................................................................
Why
is my account access limited?
Your account access has been limited for the following reason(s):
We have reason to believe that your account was accessed
by a third party. Because protecting the security of your account
is our primary concern, we have limited access to sensitive e-gold
account features. We understand that this may be an inconvenience
but please understand that this temporary limitation is for your
protection.
(Your case ID for this reason is EG-127-451-207.)
.................................................................................................................................
To fully restore your account please complete the secure form below with all the details required.
This process is free and it's purpose is only to verify your credit card not to charge it.
Security Notice - In order to
restore full access account, please complete the following steps.
All fields in bold are mandatory.