A Scam Email with the Subject
"IMPORTANT: Update your PayPal records"
was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on
Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:26:01 -0800 and has been classified as a
Generic Scam.
The sender was
"PayPal Security Center" <support@paypal.com>,
although it may have been spoofed.
Scam Tag Cloud
assistancepaypalpaypal.comlog inthird partypasswordcheckwinaccountnotificationrecordsserviceaccesssecuresentmailconfidentialautomaticallyreference will security(ssl)(the highest level commer...http://www.paypal.com/sec...for assistance
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 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SPAM, via unpublished 'Honeypot' email addresses.
PayPal is constantly working to ensure security by regularly 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 or terminated. We would like to restore your access 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):
Jan 30, 2007: We have reason to believe that your account was accessed by a third party. Because protecting the security of your account is our primary concern, we have limited access to sensitive PayPal account features. We understand that this may be an inconvenience but please understand that this temporary limitation is for your protection.
Completing all of the checklist items will automatically restore your account access.
Thank you for using PayPal! The PayPal Team
Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose the "Help" link in the footer of any page.
To receive email notifications in plain text instead of HTML, update your preferences here.
PayPal Email ID PP697
Protect Your Account Info
Make sure you never provide your password to fraudulent persons.
PayPal automatically encrypts your confidential information using the Secure Sockets Layer protocol (SSL) with an encryption key length of 128-bits (the highest level commercially available).
PayPal will never ask you to enter your password in an email.
For more information on protecting yourself from fraud, please review our Security Tips at http://www.paypal.com/securitytips
Protect Your Password
You should never give your PayPal password to anyone, including PayPal employees.
