This email with the subject
"Update your PayPal records"
was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on
Fri, 05 Jan 2007 11:39:49 -0800
and has been classified as a
Generic Scam.
The sender was
"PayPal Security Center" <acc-overview@paypal.com>,
although it may have been spoofed.
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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.
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 you see
email which you consider to have personally identifiable information (PII), or that is for a bona-fide business or person
or for some other reason, use this form to notify us.
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SPAM, via an unpublished 'Honeypot' email address.
It has come to our attention that your PayPal® account information needs to be
updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to
reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes
out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into any future problems with the online service.
However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension.
Please update your records before January 10, 2007.
Once you have updated your account records, your PayPal® account activity will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
