An
Email with the Subject "PayPal - URGENT: Security Measures." was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:34:30 -0800
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as "PayPal" <confirm@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.
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PayPal Security Departament
PayPal is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its
community of
buyers and sellers. 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.
Recently, 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. This
is a fraud prevention measure meant to ensure that your account is not
compromised.
In order to secure your account and quickly restore full access, we may
require some specific information from you for the following reason:
We would like to ensure that your account was not accessed by an
unauthorized third party. Because protecting the security of your account
is our primary concern, we have limited access to sensitive PayPal account
features. We understand that this may be an inconvenience but please
understand that this temporary limitation is for your protection.
Case ID Number: PP-056-641-789
We encourage you to log in and restore full access as soon as possible.
Should access to your account remain limited for an extended period of
time, it may result in further limitations on the use of your account or
may result in eventual account closure.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that
this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account. We
apologize for any inconvenience.
Please update your records on or before, March 28 2006.
To keep your account active, click here:
Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department
your account.
Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this
address cannot be answered. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose the "Help"
link in the footer of any page.
To receive email notifications in plain text instead of HTML,
update your preferences here.
PayPal Email ID
PP579
Protect Your Account
Info
Make sure you never provide your password to
fraudulent persons.
PayPal
automatically encrypts your confidential information using the Secure
Sockets Layer protocol (SSL) with an encryption
key length of 128-bits (the highest level commercially
available).
PayPal will never ask you to enter your
password in an email.
For more information on protecting yourself
from fraud, please review our Security Tips at
http://www.paypal.com/securitytips
Protect Your
Password
You should never give
your PayPal password to anyone, including
PayPal employees.
