An
Email with the Subject "You've sent a payment" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:09:48 -0800
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as PayPal <security@onlineupdate.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.
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
(
[return-path:] =>
[envelope-to:] => scam@scamdex.com
[delivery-date:] => Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:09:48 -0800
[received:] => Array
(
[0] => from host18-96-static.112-2-b.business.telecomitalia.it ([2.112.96.18]:38481 helo=mailbox.cablog.it)by lester.newsblaze.com with esmtp (Exim 4.80)(envelope-from )id 1TdSPa-0000gz-Owfor scam@scamdex.com; Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:09:48 -0800
[1] => from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])by mailbox.cablog.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FFEC33AB9Dfor ; Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:09:45 +0100 (CET)
[2] => from mailbox.cablog.it ([127.0.0.1])by localhost (mailbox.cablog.it [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024)with ESMTP id Qh9fad3etE4u for ;Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:09:45 +0100 (CET)
[3] => from onlineupdate.com (unknown [202.2.92.98])by mailbox.cablog.it (Postfix) with ESMTPA id C2BFA33AB98for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:09:42 +0100 (CET)
)
[from:] => PayPal
[to:] => scam@scamdex.com
[subject:] => You've sent a payment
[date:] => 28 Nov 2012 07:39:41 +1030
[message-id:] => <20121128073941.9AE93FECF7DD8819@onlineupdate.com>
[mime-version:] => 1.0
[content-type:] => text/html;charset="iso-8859-1"
[content-transfer-encoding:] => quoted-printable
[x-spam-status:] => No, score=2.8
[x-spam-score:] => 28
[x-spam-bar:] => ++
[x-ham-report:] => Spam detection software, running on the system "lester.newsblaze.com", hasidentified this incoming email as possible spam. The original messagehas been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or labelsimilar future email. If you have any questions, seethe administrator of that system for details.Content preview: You've sent a payment Transaction ID: 5WR54413KR350193D Dear PayPal Customer, You've sent a payment for $120.00 to John Austin. Please note that it may take a little while for this payment to appear in the Recent Activity list on your Account Overview. View the details of this transaction online Your monthly account statement is available anytime; just log in to your account at https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_history. To correct any errors, please contact us through our Help Center at https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_contact_us. [...] Content analysis details: (2.8 points, 4.0 required) pts rule name description---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 1.6 RCVD_IN_BRBL_LASTEXT RBL: RCVD_IN_BRBL_LASTEXT [2.112.96.18 listed in bb.barracudacentral.org] 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message 1.1 MIME_HTML_ONLY BODY: Message only has text/html MIME parts 0.0 MIME_QP_LONG_LINE RAW: Quoted-printable line longer than 76 chars 0.0 T_REMOTE_IMAGE Message contains an external image
[x-spam-flag:] => NO
)
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.
You've sent a paymentTransaction ID: 5WR54413KR350193DDear PayPal Customer,You've sent a payment for $120.00 to John Austin.Please note that it may take a little while for this payment to appear in the Recent Activity list on your Account Overview.View the details of this transaction
online Your monthly account statement is available anytime; just log in to your account at https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_history. To correct any errors, please contact us through our Help Center at https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_contact_us.
