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An Email with the Subject "Dear Paypal Australia Customer" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:53:17 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "service@paypal.com.au" <scamdex@scamdex.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 scamdex@scamdex.com We have recently noticed one or more attempts to log into your PayPal account from a foreign IP address and we have reasons to believe that your account may have been hijacked by a third party without your authorization. If you recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual login in attempts may have been initiated by you. However, if you are the rightful holder of the account, click on the link below to log into your account within the above-mentioned period. To Get Started, Please Click On : http://australia.bydl.com/?=cmdvalid If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporaly suspend your account. We ask that you allow at least 72 hours for the case to be investigated and we strongly recommend to verify your account in that time. Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered. PayPal Account Review Department Email ID # 1009