A Scam Email with the Subject
"Important News!"
was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on
Wed, 02 Aug 2006 20:49:49 -0700 and has been classified as a
Generic Scam.
The sender was
"support@paypal.com" <support@paypal.com>,
although it may have been spoofed.
Scam Tag Cloud
belloassistancepaypal.compaypalloginlog increditactivityendedcontactwinsafeaccountcustomeraccessprocesscustomsecurereportuser will securityhttps://www.paypal.com/cg...
NO CHART DATA - EMAIL HAS NOT YET BEEN ANALYSED
Scam Email Headers
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SPAM, via unpublished 'Honeypot' email addresses.
PayPal is committed to maintaining a safe environment for
its community of customers. To protect the security of your account, PayPal
employs some of the most advanced security systems in the world and our
anti-fraud teams regularly screen the PayPal system for unusual activity.
We are contacting you to remind you that on 30 July 2006 our Account Review
Team identified some unusual activity in your account. In accordance with
PayPal's User Agreement and to ensure that your account has not been
compromised, access to your account was limited. Your account access will
remain limited until this issue has been resolved.
To secure your account and quickly restore full access, we may require some
additional information from you for the following reason:
We have been notified that a card associated with your account has been
reported as lost or stolen, or that there were additional problems with your
card.
This process is mandatory, and if not completed within the nearest time your
account or credit card may be subject for temporary suspension.
To securely confirm your PayPal information please click on the link bellow:
We encourage you to log in and perform the steps necessary to restore your
account access as soon as possible. Allowing your account access to remain
limited for an extended period of time may result in further limitations on
the use of your account and possible account closure.
For more information about how to protect your account please visit PayPal
Security Center. We apologize for any incovenience this may cause, and we
apriciate your assistance in helping us to maintain the integrity of the
entire PayPal system.
