An
Email with the Subject "Your accont has been flagged" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:27:52 -0700
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as "PayPal Inc." <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.
Scam TagCloud
paypalpaypal.comthird partywinaccountserviceinc.accesssecurerespect will security(your case id for this re...https://www.paypal.com/cg...
NO CHART DATA - EMAIL HAS NOT YET BEEN ANALYSED
Scam Email Headers
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:] => scams@scamdex.com
[delivery-date:] => Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:27:52 -0700
[received:] => Array
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[0] => from [202.87.16.2] (helo=mail.au1.net)by bartok.o7e.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256)(Exim 4.63)(envelope-from )id 1Hc8hk-0004ja-Fhfor scams@scamdex.com; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:27:52 -0700
[1] => from User (dsl-244-33-89.telkomadsl.co.za [41.244.33.89])by mail.au1.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 158B726C3E2;Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:09:10 +1000 (EST)
)
[reply-to:] =>
[from:] => "PayPal Inc."
[subject:] => Your accont has been flagged
[date:] => Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:18:37 +0200
[mime-version:] => 1.0
[content-type:] => text/html;charset="Windows-1251"
[content-transfer-encoding:] => 7bit
[x-priority:] => 1
[x-msmail-priority:] => High
[x-mailer:] => Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
[x-mimeole:] => Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000
[message-id:] => <20070412230910.158B726C3E2@mail.au1.net>
[to:] => undisclosed-recipients:;
[x-scamdex-scores:] => S:27 P:33 A:33 L:25 E:30 G:25
[x-scamdex-classtype:] => A
[x-scamdex-classscore:] => 33
[x-scamdex-totscore:] => 173
[x-scamdex-kw:] => access,account,first,inc.,paypal,service,third party,user
[x-scamdex-dir:] => P
[x-scamdex-id:] => P1204769284.M306951P20228V
[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'
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Scamdex will, as soon as is practicable, take-down any emails that in our opinion should not
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SPAM, via unpublished 'Honeypot' email addresses.
PayPal is constantly working to ensure security by regularly screening the accounts in our system. We recently reviewed your account, and we need more information to help us provide you with secure service. Until we can collect this information, your access to sensitive account features will be limited. We would like to restore your access as soon as possible, and we apologize for the inconvenience.
Why is my account access limited?
Your account access has been limited for the following reason(s):
April, 2007: We have reason to believe that your account was accessed by a 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.
(Your case ID for this reason is PP-257-057-154.)
To remove the limitation click on the following link:
PayPal is constantly working to ensure security by regularly screening the accounts in our system. We recently reviewed your account, and we need more information to help us provide you with secure service. Until we can collect this information, your access to sensitive account features will be limited. We would like to restore your access as soon as possible, and we apologize for the inconvenience.
Why is my account access limited?
Your account access has been limited for the following reason(s):
April, 2007: We have reason to believe that your account was accessed by a 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.
(Your case ID for this reason is PP-257-057-154.)
To remove the limitation click on the following link:
