An
Email with the Subject "Message from PayPal Customer Support: Your account has been limited" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:49:37 -0700
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as "PayPal" <service@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.
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.
EEEEEstdClass Object
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[return-path:] =>
[envelope-to:] => submissions@scamdex.com,employment-scams@scamdex.com,news@scamdex.com,mxw@scamdex.com,affiliates@scamdex.com,submitted@scamdex.com,submissions@scamdex.com
[delivery-date:] => Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:49:38 -0700
[received:] => Array
(
[0] => from [222.231.24.96] (helo=222.231.24.96)by sun.newsblaze.com with smtp (Exim 4.52)id 1GazR3-0006HW-3o; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:49:37 -0700
[1] => from 38.145.188.74 by ; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:47:35 -0200
)
[x-mailer:] => Array
(
[0] =>
[1] => MIME-tools 5.503 (Entity 5.501)
)
[from:] => "PayPal"
[reply-to:] => "PayPal"
[to:] => submissions@scamdex.com, submitted@scamdex.com, affiliates@scamdex.com, mxw@scamdex.com, news@scamdex.com, employment-scams@scamdex.com, submissions@scamdex.com
[subject:] => Message from PayPal Customer Support: Your account has been limited
[date:] => Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:43:35 -0200
[mime-version:] => 1.0
[content-type:] => multipart/alternative;boundary="--205604319642205133"
[x-priority:] => 1
[x-msmail-priority:] => High
[status:] => O
[x-status:] =>
[x-keywords:] => NonJunk
[x-uid:] => 146975
[message-id:] => REIDs3x1204769271.M798343P20228V-S3X
[x-scamdex-scores:] => S:71 P:77 A:83 L:67 E:77 G:65
[x-scamdex-classtype:] => A
[x-scamdex-classscore:] => 83
[x-scamdex-totscore:] => 440
[x-scamdex-kw:] => \%,access,account,bank,card,check,credit,customer,ebay,employ,first,inc.,log in,login,notification,paypal,safe,sell,sent,share
[x-scamdex-dir:] => A
[x-scamdex-id:] => A1204769271.M798343P20228V
[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.
This email is to inform that we had to block your PayPal account because this ip 64.10.160.4 tryed to access your account 3 times. We apologise for the inconvinience but the safety of your account is our main priority.
To remove the limitation, read carefully and complete all steps listed in the link above. !!
Your Account
Tips to Protect Your Account
PayPal's world class fraud investigators share
5 important actions you can take to help prevent identity theft and protect your account.
Update Your Profile
If you've closed a credit card or bank account recently, remember to go to PayPal's website
to update your profile.
Identity Protection Highlights
New spoof tutorial
Learn how to spot and avoid fraudulent "spoof" emails and websites with PayPal's handy
5-step spoof tutorial.
Protect yourself with tools
Guard yourself against "spoof" emails with the SafetyBar, and against fraudulent websites
with the eBay Toolbar.
Checklist if you are a victim...
When you suspect a problem with your identity, you have to act fast. Use PayPal's checklist
for what you should do.
This email is to inform that we had to block your PayPal account because this ip 64.10.160.4 tryed to access your account 3 times. We apologise for the inconvinience but the safety of your account is our main priority.
Click here: To remove the limitation immediately
To remove the limitation, read carefully and complete all steps listed in the link above. !!
Your Account
Tips to Protect Your Account
PayPal's world class fraud investigators share
5 important actions you can take to help prevent identity theft and protect your account.
Update Your Profile
If you've closed a credit card or bank account recently, remember to go to PayPal's website
to update your profile.
Identity Protection Highlights
New spoof tutorial
Learn how to spot and avoid fraudulent "spoof" emails and websites with PayPal's handy
5-step spoof tutorial.
Protect yourself with tools
Guard yourself against "spoof" emails with the SafetyBar, and against fraudulent websites
with the eBay Toolbar.
Checklist if you are a victim...
When you suspect a problem with your identity, you have to act fast. Use PayPal's checklist
for what you should do.
Click here: To remove the limitation immediately
Thank You for using PayPal!
This notification was sent to you by PayPal. To modify your notification preferences,
log in to your PayPal account, click the Profile sub-tab, then click the Notifications link under
Account Information. Changes may take up to 10 days to be reflected in our mailings. PayPal will
not sell or rent any of your personally identifiable information to third parties. For more information
about the security of your information, read our Privacy Policy at
https://www.paypal.com/privacy.
