An
Email with the Subject "Security Center Advisory!" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:18:09 -0700
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as "PayPal Account"<security@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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[from:] => "PayPal Account"
[subject:] => Security Center Advisory!
[date:] => Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:18:04 +0300
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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.
We are currently performing regular maintenance of our security
measures. Your account has been randomly selected for this maintenance,
and you will now be taken through a series of identity verification
pages.
In order to confirm your PayPal records, we may require some specific
information from you.
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.
If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choise but to
temporaly suspend your account.
Thank you for using PayPal! The PayPal Team
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 PP697
Security Center Advisory!
Dear Valued Member,
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.
We are currently performing regular maintenance of our security
measures. Your account has been randomly selected for this maintenance,
and you will now be taken through a series of identity verification
pages.
In order to confirm your PayPal records, we may require some specific
information from you.
Click here to verify your account
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.
If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choise but to
temporaly suspend your account.
Thank you for using PayPal! The PayPal Team
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 PP697
