A Scam Email with the Subject
"Reminder: Urgent Security Notice"
was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on
Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:05:18 -0700 and has been classified as a
Generic Scam.
The sender was
<paypal@service.com>,
although it may have been spoofed.
Scam Tag Cloud
assistance96 million boxpaypalpaypal.comloginlog inactivityebayauctionpasswordwinsafeaccountnotification millionmindertransactionpaymentresponseserviceinternetaccessurgentsecuresentbuyonlinemailuserreference will mailboxsecurity(e.g. internet explorer o...dearhttps://www.paypal.com/us/)https://www.paypal.com/us...https://www.paypal.com/
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:
<nobody@host68.ipowerweb.com>
envelope-to:
scams@HUN1P0T
delivery-date:
Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:05:18 -0700
to:
scams@HUN1P0T
subject:
Reminder: Urgent Security Notice
from:
<paypal@service.com>
mime-version:
1.0
content-type:
text/html
content-transfer-encoding:
8bit
date:
Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:04:34 -0700
message-id:
REIDs3x1204769284.M639988P20228V-S3X
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SPAM, via unpublished 'Honeypot' email addresses.
Make sure you never provide your
password to fraudulent websites.
To safely and securely access the PayPal website
or your account, open a new web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape) and type in the
PayPal URL to be sure you are on the real PayPal website.https://www.paypal.com/us/) to be sure you are on the real
PayPal site.
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 https://www.paypal.com/us/securitytips
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You should never give your PayPal password
to anyone, including PayPal employees.
Notification of Possible Account Fraud
Dear Paypal
User,
As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the
PayPal system. We recently noticed the following issue on your account:
We have
determined that different computers have logged onto your PayPal account, and multiple
password failures were present before the login.
For your protection, we have
limited access to your account. You won't be able to use your PayPal account until you will
update it with the correct billing information, and Add New PayPal's Anti Fraud
System.
Click the link below to log in to your PayPal account :
Your PayPal account makes sending
online payments fast, easy, and secure. With over 96 million members, it's the best way
to:
Buy from an online auction
Pay on a merchant website
Send money
to anyone with an email address
We use proprietary technology - and constantly
innovate - to help ensure your transactions are safe.PayPal and eBay have over 1000 people
worldwide dedicated to keeping PayPal accounts safe. Thank you for using
PayPal! The PayPal Team
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.
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HTML, update your preferences here.
