Subject: Receipt of payement to paypal@creative.com
From: PayPal <service@paypal.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 11:12:36 -0500
A Scam Email with the Subject
"Receipt of payement to paypal@creative.com"
was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on
Sat, 28 Oct 2006 11:12:36 -0500 and has been classified as a
Generic Scam.
The sender was
PayPal <service@paypal.com>,
although it may have been spoofed.
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.
return-path:
<service@paypal.com>
envelope-to:
scams@HUN1P0T
delivery-date:
Sat, 28 Oct 2006 11:12:36 -0500
received:
from [62.43.160.123] (helo=62-43-160-123.user.ono.com)by cpanel.ev1servers.net with smtp (Exim 4.52)id 1GdqnT-0008Be-SQfor scams@HUN1P0T; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 11:12:36 -0500
Domain Names used for collecting scam email ("Honeypot email accounts") have been obscured and replaced with the token 'HUN1P0T'
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