An Email with the Subject "Important : Security Alert On Your Paypal Account !!!" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:50:35 -0800 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as Update Service <update@services.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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It has
come to out attention that your
PayPal
account information needs to
be updated as . part of
.our
continuing.
commitment to protect .your
account
and to reduce the instance of .fraud
on our website. If you .could
please take
5-10 minutes out of your online
experience and update
your personal records
you will not run into any future
problems with the
online services.
However,
failure to update your records will
result in account
suspension.
Please update your records on or
before
Dec 23,
2007.
Once you
have updated. your account
records, your
PayPal session will not
be interrupted and will continue as
normal.
To
update your PayPal
records click on the
following link:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run
PayPal, Inc.
P.O. Box 45950
Omaha, NE 68145
Sincerely,
PayPal
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