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A Scam 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. The sender was "PayPal"<service@paypal.com>, although it may have been spoofed.
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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>
<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>
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<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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