An Email with the Subject "Security Center - PayPal Account Notice" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:16:32 -0700 and has been classified as a Phishing, ID Theft Scam Email. The sender shows as "PayPal"<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 PayPalўз member:
Due to concerns, for
the safety and integrity of the paypal
account we have issued this warning message.
It has come to our attention that
your PayPalўз account information 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 future problems with the online service.
However, failure to update your
records will result in account suspension.
Please update your records on or before
June 24, 2006.
Once you have updated your account records your paypal account
service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
To update your PayPalўз records click on the following link:
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run
Thank You.
PayPalўз UPDATE TEAM
Accounts Management As outlined in
our User Agreement, PayPalўз will
periodically send you information about site changes and
enhancements.
Dear valued PayPalўз member:
Due to concerns, for
the safety and integrity of the paypal
account we have issued this warning message.
It has come to our attention that
your PayPalўз account information 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 future problems with the online service.
However, failure to update your
records will result in account suspension.
Please update your records on or before
June 24, 2006.
Once you have updated your account records your paypal account
service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
To update your PayPalўз records click on the following link:
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run
Thank You.
PayPalўз UPDATE TEAM
Accounts Management As outlined in
our User Agreement, PayPalўз will
periodically send you information about site changes and
enhancements.