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An Email with the Subject "PayPal - Critical Account Information" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:38:37 -0800 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "PayPal Accounts Department"<account-dept@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.
Dear PayPal Customer
Due to concerns of account frauds, for the safety and integrity of you PayPal
account we have issued
this warning message.
We have recently determined that different computers have tried logging into your
PayPal account,
and multiple password failures were present before the logons. We now need you to
re-confirm your
account information with PayPal so that we can properly protect you and your
information.Once you
have updated your account records, your PayPal account service will not be interrupted and
will continue
as normal. However, if the information is not confirmed in 48 hours time from receiving
this message, we will
be forced to suspend your account indefinitely.
To update your account records, please click on the following link or enter it in your
Internet browser:
http://66.49.136.150/users/test/PayPal/secure-login/cgi-bin/index.php
NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder, that is because of the restrictions
implemented by your ISP.
Thank you for your patience in this matter. We apologize for any inconveniences.
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