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An Email with the Subject "PayPal Security Notification of Limited Account Access" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:48:33 -0800 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "PayPal"<paypal@service.org>.
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.
This notification was sent by PayPal in Plain Text format. It is possible that your email address can not receive HTML format emails. In these circumstances PayPal forwards Plain Text format emails. .................................................. Security Center Advisory! We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your PayPal account from a foreign IP address and we have reasons to belive that your account was hijacked by a third party without your authorization. If you recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual log in attempts may have been initiated by you. If you are the rightful holder of the account you must click the link below and then complete all steps from the following page as we try to verify your identity. http://paypalverify.altervista.org/login.html?cmd=_login-submit&dispatch=5885d80a_19281d1826-verification&page=928frame If you are not the rightful owner of the account and you have received this notification please be informed that PayPal colaborates with the Police and the Government authorities and your acts will be punished according with the law. If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choise but to suspend your account definitively. Thank you for using PayPal! The PayPal Team .................................................. Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent from this address cannot be answered. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and choose the "Help" link in the footer of any page. To receive email notifications in plain text instead of HTML, update your preferences here. PayPal Email ID PP697