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An Email with the Subject "Update Your Account" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Thu, 05 Jan 2006 09:26:07 -0800 and has been classified as a Phishing, ID Theft Scam Email. The sender shows as <service@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.
Dear valued PayPal member:
It has come to out attention that your
PayPal account informations needs to
be updated as . part of .our continuing. commitment to protect .your
account
and to reduce the instance of .fraud on
our website. If you .could please take
5-10
minutes out of your online experience and update your personal records
you
will not run into any futur problems with the online services.
However, failure to update your
records will result in account suspension.
Please update your records on or
before January 6, 2005.
Once you have updated. your account records, your PayPal
session will not
be interrupted and will continue as normal.
To update your PayPal records click on the following link:
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_home
Thank you for using Paypal !
The PayPal Update Team.
Accounts Management As outlined in our
User Agreement, PayPal will
periodically send you information about site
changes and enhancements.
Dear valued PayPal member:
It has come to out attention that your
PayPal account informations needs to
be updated as . part of .our continuing. commitment to protect .your
account
and to reduce the instance of .fraud on
our website. If you .could please take
5-10
minutes out of your online experience and update your personal records
you
will not run into any futur problems with the online services.
However, failure to update your
records will result in account suspension.
Please update your records on or
before January 6, 2005.
Once you have updated. your account records, your PayPal
session will not
be interrupted and will continue as normal.
To update your PayPal records click on the following link:
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_home
Thank you for using Paypal !
The PayPal Update Team.
Accounts Management As outlined in our
User Agreement, PayPal will
periodically send you information about site
changes and enhancements.