An Email with the Subject "Attention! Your PayPal account has been limited!" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:59:52 -0800 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as PayPal <paypal@billing-sec.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.
Information Regarding Your account:
Dear PayPal
Member:
Attention! Your PayPal account has been limited!
As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system.We recently
contacted you after noticing an issue on your account.We
requested information from you for the following reason:
Our system detected unusual charges to a credit card linked to your PayPal account.
Reference Number: PP-559-197-791
This is the Last reminder to log in to PayPal as
soon as possible. Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to
restore your account access.
Once you log in, you will be provided with steps to restore your account
access. We appreciate your understanding as we work to ensure account
safety.
We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand
that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your
account. We apologise for any inconvenience..
Sincerely,
PayPal Account Review Department
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