An
Email with the Subject "PayPal Notification: Possibile Account Theft" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 23:37:41 -0800
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as "PayPal Security Service." <support@PayPal.com>.
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.
Scam TagCloud
paypalpaypal.comlog incontactaccountnotificationrecordsserviceinc.reportsellmailreferencesincerelyrespect will securityhttps://www.paypal.com/xr...https://www.paypal.com/pr...
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 investigating or law enforcement agencies on request.
EEEEEstdClass Object
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[return-path:] =>
[envelope-to:] => mxw@scamdex.com
[delivery-date:] => Mon, 18 Dec 2006 23:37:41 -0800
[received:] => Array
(
[0] => from [69.152.5.11] (helo=192.168.2.1)by cpanel.ev1servers.net with smtp (Exim 4.52)id 1GwZXh-0004k8-LUfor mxw@scamdex.com; Mon, 18 Dec 2006 23:37:41 -0800
[1] => from 92.7.226.183 by ; Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:33:27 -0200
)
[x-uid:] =>
[from:] => "PayPal Security Service."
[reply-to:] => "PayPal Inc."
[to:] => mxw@scamdex.com
[subject:] => PayPal Notification: Possibile Account Theft
[date:] => Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:28:27 -0600
[x-mailer:] => Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700
[mime-version:] => 1.0
[content-type:] => multipart/alternative;boundary="--9848892663792285"
[x-priority:] => 1
[x-msmail-priority:] => High
[message-id:] => REIDs3x1204769275.M310259P20228V-S3X
[x-scamdex-scores:] => S:45 P:49 A:50 L:41 E:44 G:39
[x-scamdex-classtype:] => A
[x-scamdex-classscore:] => 50
[x-scamdex-totscore:] => 268
[x-scamdex-kw:] => account,contact,first,inc.,log in,notification,paypal,records,service
[x-scamdex-dir:] => A
[x-scamdex-id:] => A1204769275.M310259P20228V
[x-scamdex-copyright:] => This Email is Copyright Scamdex.com 2009, Reproduction Prohibited
)
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.
The security questions and answers for your PayPal account were changed on December 18, 2006.
If you did not authorize this change,please contact us immediately using this link :
However, You will need to update some of your records in our Resolution center
if not will result account suspension.
For more information on protecting yourself from fraud, please review the
Security Tips in our Security Center. Please update your records.
Sincerely,
PayPal
To modify your notification preferences, log in to your
PayPal account, click the Profile sub-tab, then click the Notifications link under Account Information. Changes
may take up to 10 days to be reflected in our mailings. PayPal will not sell or rent any of your personally identifiable
information to third parties. For more information about the security of your information, read our Privacy Policy at
https://www.paypal.com/privacy.
The security questions and answers for your PayPal account were changed on December 18, 2006.
If you did not authorize this change,please contact us immediately using this link :
https://www.paypal.com/xreport/f2=default
However, You will need to update some of your records in our Resolution center
if not will result account suspension.
For more information on protecting yourself from fraud, please review the
Security Tips in our Security Center. Please update your records.
Sincerely,
PayPal
To modify your notification preferences, log in to your
PayPal account, click the Profile sub-tab, then click the Notifications link under Account Information. Changes
may take up to 10 days to be reflected in our mailings. PayPal will not sell or rent any of your personally identifiable
information to third parties. For more information about the security of your information, read our Privacy Policy at
https://www.paypal.com/privacy.
