The Scamdex Scam Email Archive X

Subject:  PayPal Account Update
From:  PayPal Service <service@online-payp.com>
Date:  Sun, 09 Sep 2007 20:08:44 -0700
Category:  Generic
Date Added:  2019-12-30 17:12:07

An Email with the Subject "PayPal Account Update" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 20:08:44 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as PayPal Service <service@online-payp.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.


Dear PayPal Member,

It has come to our attention that your PayPal Billing Information records are out of date. That requires you to update the Billing Information.
Failure to update your records will result in account termination. Please update your records within 24 hours. Once you have updated your account records, your PayPal session will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Failure to update will result in cancellation of service, Terms of Service (TOS) violations or future billing problems.

You must click the link below and enter your login information on the following page to confirm your Billing Information records.

Click here to activate your account



You can also confirm your email address by logging into your PayPal account at https://www.paypal.com/us/. Click on the "Confirm email" link in the Activate Account box and then enter this confirmation number: 1542-9210-4796-0162-9135



Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal TeamPlease 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 choose the Help link located in the top right corner of any PayPal page.

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PayPal will never ask you to enter your password in an email.

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