Subject: PayPal:Notification of Limited Account Access
From: "Security.PayPal.com"<info@paypal.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:43:06 -0700
A Scam Email with the Subject
"PayPal:Notification of Limited Account Access"
was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on
Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:43:06 -0700 and has been classified as a
Generic Scam.
The sender was
"Security.PayPal.com"<info@paypal.com>,
although it may have been spoofed.
Scam Tag Cloud
assistanceboxpaypalpaypal.comlog inverificationactivitypasswordwinsafeaccountnotificationresponseinternetaccesssecuremailreference will mailboxsecurity(e.g. internet explorer o...https://www.paypal.com/ro...https://www.paypal.com/row/.for assistance
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.
return-path:
<info@paypal.com>
envelope-to:
webmaster@HUN1P0T
delivery-date:
Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:43:06 -0700
reply-to:
<No-replay@paypal.com>
from:
"Security.PayPal.com"<info@paypal.com>
subject:
PayPal:Notification of Limited Account Access
date:
Fri, 6 Jul 2007 23:05:02 +0800
mime-version:
1.0
content-type:
text/html;charset="Windows-1251"
content-transfer-encoding:
7bit
message-id:
reIDScdx00001204769288.M100287P20228V-S2X
Domain Names used for collecting scam email ("Honeypot email accounts") have been obscured and replaced with the token 'HUN1P0T'
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Notification of Limited Account Access
As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system. We recently noticed the following issue on your account:
Unusual account activity has made it necessary to limit account access until additional verification information can be collected. Case ID Number: PP-071-362-996
For your protection, we have limited access to your account. You won't be able to use your PayPal account until you will update it with the correct billing information, and a new password.
You can also fill in the
verification information
by logging into your PayPal account at https://www.paypal.com/row/. Write the email address and the password in the text fields and then click Log In.
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