A Scam Email with the Subject
"Security Verification Required: Profile UPDATE"
was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on
Sat, 13 May 2006 14:40:50 -0700 and has been classified as a
Generic Scam.
The sender was
"PayPal Security Department" <security@securityinstall.net>,
although it may have been spoofed.
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SPAM, via unpublished 'Honeypot' email addresses.
You are receiving this notification because PayPal is required by law to notify you, that you urgently need to
update your online account statement, due to high risks of fraud intentions.
Once you log in,update your account information.
After updating your account click on the History sub tab of your Account Overview page to see your most recent
statement.
If you need help with your password, click the Help link which is at the upper right hand side of the PayPal
website. To report errors in your statement or make inquiries, click the Contact Us link in the footer on any page of
the PayPal website, call our Customer Service center at (402) 938-3630, or write us at:
