An Email with the Subject "Important Message from PayPal Security Center" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 01:23:29 -0800 and has been classified as a Generic 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.
Dear
PayPal
Customer
,
This is your
final warning
about the safety
of your PayPal
account. If you do
not update your
billing
informations your
access on
PayPal features will be
restricted and the
user deleted. This
might be due to
either
following
reasons:
-
A recent
change in your
personal
information (i.e.
change of
address)
-
Submiting invalid
information during the
initial sign up
process.
- An
inability to
accurately verify
your selected option
of payment due
an internal error
within
our processors.
Please update your PayPal
profile in order to restore your online access:
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/ema/index-outside
If your account
information is not updated,
your ability to use your PayPal account will become restricted.
Thank
you,
PayPal
Billing
Department
PayPal treats
your perxsonal
information with the
utmost care, and our
Privacy Policy is
designed to protect
you and your
information.
PayPal will
never ask their
users for personal
information, such
as bank account
numbers, credit
card numbers, pin
numbers, passwords,
or Social
Security numbers
in an email.
For more
information on how
to protect your
PayPal
password and
your account, please
visit User Account
Protection.
This
PayPal notice was sent
to you based on
your PayPal
account
preferences and
in accordance with
our Privacy
Policy. To change
your noxtificaxtion
preferences, click here.
If you would
like to receive
this email in text
format, click
here.
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2005 PayPal
Inc. All Rights
Reserved.
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respective
owners.
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PayPal
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