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An Email with the Subject "Changed Info" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:19:26 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "service@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 customer,
This email was sent automatically by the PayPal server in response to
your request to change your password. This is done for your protection
--- only you, the recipient of this email can take the next step for the
change to be permanent.
If you didn`t authorise this please, follow these steps:
1. Click on the link below. If nothing happens when you click on the
link (or if you use AOL), copy and paste the link into the address bar of
your web browser.
http://www.procceed-to-next-step.com/
The link will take you to our Verify Your Identity page.
2. On the Verify Your Identity page, please choose ONE category and
fill in the correct information to verify your identity.
3. On the next page you must reset your password, answer your Security
Questions and click Submit. You will then be able to access your
account.
Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team
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PROTECT YOUR PASSWORD
NEVER give your password to anyone, including PayPal employees. Protect
yourself against fraudulent websites by opening a new web browser
(e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape) and typing in the PayPal URL every
time you log in to your account.