The Scamdex Scam Email Archive X

Subject:  Your account access has been limited - Thu, 16 Feb 2007 23:55:35 -0500
From:  Paypal security department <limited@paypal.com>
Date:  Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:48:56 -0800
Category:  Generic
Date Added:  2019-12-30 17:11:47

An Email with the Subject "Your account access has been limited - Thu, 16 Feb 2007 23:55:35 -0500" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:48:56 -0800 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as Paypal security department <limited@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.


PayPal is constantly working to ensure security by regularly screening the accounts in our system. We recently reviewed your account, and we need more information to help us provide you with secure service. Until we can collect this information, your access to sensitive account features will be limited. We would like to restore your access as soon as possible, and we apologize for the inconvenience.

Why is my account access limited?

Your account access has been limited for the following reason(s):

  • Feb, 2007: We have reason to believe that your account was accessed by a third party. Because protecting the security of your account is our primary concern, we have limited access to sensitive PayPal account features. We understand that this may be an inconvenience but please understand that this temporary limitation is for your protection.

  • To remove the limitation for your sensitive account features we need more information to help us provide you with secure service by clicking the link below:

    https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_limitation_remove

    (Your case ID for this reason is PP-137-143-712.)

    Thank you for using PayPal!
    The PayPal Team

    Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and click the Help link located in the top right corner of any PayPal page.

    PayPal Email ID PP233



    PayPal is constantly working to ensure security by regularly screening the accounts in our system. We recently reviewed your account, and we need more information to help us provide you with secure service. Until we can collect this information, your access to sensitive account features will be limited. We would like to restore your access as soon as possible, and we apologize for the inconvenience.
    Why is my account access limited?

    Your account access has been limited for the following reason(s):

    Feb, 2007: We have reason to believe that your account was accessed by a third party. Because protecting the security of your account is our primary concern, we have limited access to sensitive PayPal account features. We understand that this may be an inconvenience but please understand that this temporary limitation is for your protection.


    To remove the limitation for your sensitive account features we need more information to help us provide you with secure service by clicking the link below:

    https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_limitation_remove

    (Your case ID for this reason is PP-137-143-712.)

    Thank you for using PayPal!
    The PayPal Team

    Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response. For assistance, log in to your PayPal account and click the Help link located in the top right corner of any PayPal page.

    PayPal Email ID PP233