This email with the subject
"PayPal:Update our records"
was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on
Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:34:40 -0700
and has been classified as a
Generic Scam.
The sender was
PayPal <update@paypal.com>,
although it may have been spoofed.
Scam Tag Cloud
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Scam Analysis
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 agencies.
return-path:
<cgi-mailer-bounces-99978434@perfora.net>
envelope-to:
gas@HUN1P0T
delivery-date:
Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:34:40 -0700
date:
Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:34:39 -0400
precedence:
bulk
to:
gas@HUN1P0T
subject:
PayPal:Update our records
from:
PayPal <update@paypal.com>
reply-to:
abuse@paypal.com
mime-version:
1.0
content-type:
text/html
content-transfer-encoding:
8bit
status:
RO
message-id:
REIDs3x1204769268.M233753P20228V-S3X
Domain Names used for collecting scam email ("Honeypot email accounts") have been obscured and replaced with the token 'HUN1P0T'
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PayPal Account Limited
Dear PayPal Member,
Paypal is constantly working to ensure security by regulary 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 acces 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):
We would like to ensure that your account was not accessed by an unauthorized third party.Becouse protecting the security of your account is our primary concern,we have limited access to sensitive Paypal account features.We understanding that this may be an inconvenience but please understand that this temporary limitation is for your protection.Case ID Number:PP-072-838-482
You must click the link below and enter your information to review your account:
Please do not reply to this
email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not
receive a response. For assistance, log
in to your PayPal account and choose the Help
link located in the top right corner of any PayPal
page.
