An
Email with the Subject "Security Alert - Please Confirm Your PayPal Information" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:03:30 -0800
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as "PayPal"<security@service.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
paypallogincreditverificationcontactdrawaccountnotificationpaymentcustomerserviceprocesscustomfundsecureonlinemail will securitydear
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:] => Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:03:30 -0800
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[1] => from User ([71.140.125.37]) by pricebrothersdist.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:05:38 -0800
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[reply-to:] =>
[from:] => "PayPal"
[subject:] => Security Alert - Please Confirm Your PayPal Information
[date:] => Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:03:15 -0800
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[x-mimeole:] => Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000
[bcc:] =>
[x-originalarrivaltime:] => 13 Feb 2008 06:05:42.0984 (UTC) FILETIME=[7743A480:01C86E06]
[x-spam-status:] => No, score=6.6
[x-spam-score:] => 66
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[x-scamdex-kw:] => account,card,contact,credit,customer,fund,login,notification,payment,paypal,process,service,user,verification
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[x-scamdex-id:] => P1204769291.M134952P20228V
[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'
Community Action - SPAM/non-Scam Report
Occasionally, incorrectly categorized emails get into the Scamdex Scam Email Database and need to be removed. If this
email has Personally Identifiable Information (PII), or is, in your opinion, from a bona-fide entity, let us know.
Scamdex will, as soon as is practicable, take-down any emails that in our opinion should not
be in our database. Note that ALL emails in the Scamdex Scam Email Database were received as Unsolicited Commercial Email, aka UCE or
SPAM, via unpublished 'Honeypot' email addresses.
We are unable to activate your account because we have just upgraded our online security parameters to make your PayPal account and informations more secured from online frauds,so we request that you reconfirm your online account details with the one we have on file before you will be able to send and receive money online. Your account may be place on restricted status. Restricted accounts continue to receive payments, but they are limited in their ability to send or withdraw funds. To lift this restriction, you need to login into your account, then you have to complete our verification
process. You must reconfirm your credit card details and your billing information as well. All restricted accounts have their billing information unconfirmed, meaning that you may no longer send money from your account until you have reconfirm your billing information on file.
Click here to Sign in to your PayPal account to reactivate your account now.
Thank You. Because your reply will not be transmitted via secure e-mail, the e-mail address that generated this alert will not accept replies. If you would like to contact PayPal with questions or comments, please sign in to your PayPal account and visit the customer service section.
