An Email with the Subject "New Security Feature The SRC CODE" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:52:17 -0800 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as PayPal <security@paypal.com>.
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Dear
valued PayPal member:
We are glad to present you the SRC CODE
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.
What is the SRC CODE ?.
The
purpose of the SRC CODE is to colect your network card mac address and
to establish a secure connection to your account
Once you have activated the SRC CODE PayPal
will accept the login to your account only from the computer where you
made the SRC CODE active in this way your account is 100% protected from
any kind of abuse PayPal session
will not be
interrupted and will continue as normal.
Your PayPal
SRC code is : 57339492
To Add This Feature To your Account Click Here
Thank You.
PayPalSecurity TEAM
Accounts Management As outlined in our User
Agreement, PayPal
will
periodically send you information about site changes and
enhancements.
Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any
questions.
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/ua/policy_privacy-outside
Dear
valued PayPal® member:
We are glad to present you the SRC CODE
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.
What is the SRC CODE ?.
The
purpose of the SRC CODE is to colect your network card mac address and
to establish a secure connection to your account
Once you have activated the SRC CODE PayPal
will accept the login to your account only from the computer where you
made the SRC CODE active in this way your account is 100% protected from
any kind of abuse PayPal® session
will not be
interrupted and will continue as normal.
Your PayPal®
SRC code is : 57339492
To Add This Feature To your Account Click Here
Thank You.
PayPal® Security TEAM
Accounts Management As outlined in our User
Agreement, PayPal®
will
periodically send you information about site changes and
enhancements.
Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any
questions.
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/ua/policy_privacy-outside