An
Email with the Subject "Update and Verify Your PayPal Account" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:11:27 -0800
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as "PayPal Security Service" <account@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.
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.
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[return-path:] =>
[envelope-to:] => scam@scamdex.com
[delivery-date:] => Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:11:27 -0800
[received:] => Array
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[0] => from [24.98.47.121] (helo=24.98.47.121)by cpanel.ev1servers.net with smtp (Exim 4.52)id 1Gjmpj-0007lL-F3for scam@scamdex.com; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:11:27 -0800
[1] => from 36.105.232.9 by ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:10:21 -0500
)
[x-mailer:] => Array
(
[0] =>
[1] => Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2462.0000
)
[from:] => "PayPal Security Service"
[reply-to:] => "PayPal Security Service"
[to:] => scam@scamdex.com
[subject:] => Update and Verify Your PayPal Account
[date:] => Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:06:21 -0500
[mime-version:] => 1.0
[content-type:] => multipart/alternative;boundary="--68897203671634517"
[x-priority:] => 1
[x-msmail-priority:] => High
[message-id:] =>
[x-scamdex-scores:] => S:68 P:77 A:75 L:63 E:72 G:62
[x-scamdex-classtype:] => P
[x-scamdex-classscore:] => 77
[x-scamdex-totscore:] => 417
[x-scamdex-kw:] => \%,access,account,activity,assistance,card,contact,credit,customer,employ,ended,inc.,log in,login,paypal,process,report,safe,service,verify
[x-scamdex-dir:] => P
[x-scamdex-id:] => P1204769272.M283836P20228V
[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.
PayPal is committed to maintaining a safe environment
for
its community of customers. To protect the security of your account,
PayPal
employs some of the most advanced security systems in the world and
our
anti-fraud teams regularly screen the PayPal system for unusual
activity.
We are contacting you to remind you that on 16.11.2006 our Account
Review
Team identified some unusual activity in your account. In accordance
with
PayPal's User Agreement and to ensure that your account has not been
compromised, access to your account was limited. Your account access
will
remain limited until this issue has been resolved.
To secure your account and quickly restore full access, we may require
some
additional information from you for the following reason:
We have been notified that a card associated with your account has
been
reported as lost or stolen, or that there were additional problems
with your
card.
This process is mandatory, and if not completed within the nearest
time your
account or credit card may be subject for temporary suspension.
To securely confirm your PayPal information please click on the link
bellow:
We encourage you to log in and perform the steps necessary to restore
your
account access as soon as possible. Allowing your account access to
remain
limited for an extended period of time may result in further
limitations on
the use of your account and possible account closure.
For more information about how to protect your account please visit
PayPal
Security Center. We apologize for any incovenience this may cause, and
we
apriciate your assistance in helping us to maintain the integrity of
the
entire PayPal system.
Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team
PayPal is committed to maintaining a safe environment
for
its community of customers. To protect the security of your account,
PayPal
employs some of the most advanced security systems in the world and
our
anti-fraud teams regularly screen the PayPal system for unusual
activity.
We are contacting you to remind you that on 16.11.2006 our Account
Review
Team identified some unusual activity in your account. In accordance
with
PayPal's User Agreement and to ensure that your account has not been
compromised, access to your account was limited. Your account access
will
remain limited until this issue has been resolved.
To secure your account and quickly restore full access, we may require
some
additional information from you for the following reason:
We have been notified that a card associated with your account has
been
reported as lost or stolen, or that there were additional problems
with your
card.
This process is mandatory, and if not completed within the nearest
time your
account or credit card may be subject for temporary suspension.
To securely confirm your PayPal information please click on the link
bellow:
We encourage you to log in and perform the steps necessary to restore
your
account access as soon as possible. Allowing your account access to
remain
limited for an extended period of time may result in further
limitations on
the use of your account and possible account closure.
For more information about how to protect your account please visit
PayPal
Security Center. We apologize for any incovenience this may cause, and
we
apriciate your assistance in helping us to maintain the integrity of
the
entire PayPal system.
