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An Email with the Subject "Notification from Billing Department" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:02:00 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "PayPal"<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.
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<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Dear valued <strong>PayPal<sup></sup></strong>
member</font>: <br>
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<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Identity protection
matters. And <strong>PayPal<sup></sup></strong> works day
and night to help keep your identity safe. That's why it has
come to our attention that your <strong>PayPal<sup></sup></strong>
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 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.<br>
</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">However, failure to update
your records will result in account suspension.<br>
</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Once you have updated your
account records, your <strong>PayPal<sup></sup></strong>
session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">To login to your <strong>
PayPal<sup></sup></strong> account and update your records
click on the following link:<br>
</font></p>
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https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run</font></a><br>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Thank You for using PayPal!<br>
</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">The <strong>PayPal</strong><sup></sup>
Team</font></p>
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<p>Accounts Management will periodically send you
information about site changes and enhancements, as outlined
in our User Agreement.</p>
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<p>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 click the Help
link located in the top right corner of any PayPal page.</p>
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<p>PayPal Limited is authorised and regulated by the
Financial Services Authority in the United States as an
electronic money institution.</p>
<p>PayPal Email ID PP359</font></td>
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