The Scamdex Scam Email Archive X

Subject:  PayPal Security Center
From:  "PayPal Security Center"<service@paypal.com>
Date:  Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:34:33 -0800
Category:  Generic
Date Added:  2019-12-30 17:12:08

An Email with the Subject "PayPal Security Center" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:34:33 -0800 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "PayPal Security Center"<service@paypal.com>.

The email address was probably spoofed. Do not reply to or contact any persons or organizations referenced in this email, or follow any URLs as you may expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be added to their email address lists for spam purposes.

 



Security Center Advisory!

You have received this email because we have strong reason to believe that your PayPal account had been recently compromised. In order to prevent any fraudulent activity from occurring we are required to open an investigation into this matter.
If you are the rightful holder of the account you must complete all steps from the following page to verify your identity:

Click to login into your PayPal Online account and complete verification process





We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause you and we would like to thank you for your cooperation as we review this matter.

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.

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