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An Email with the Subject "Update Your PayPal Account" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 08:39:34 -0700 and has been classified as a Phishing, ID Theft Scam Email. The sender shows as "PayPal Department"<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.
You have received this email because you or someone had used your account from different locations. For security purpose, we are required to open an investigation into this matter.
PayPal is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community of customers. To protect the security of your account, PayPal employs some of the most advanced security systems in the world and our anti-fraud teams regularly screen the PayPal system for unusual activity.
Our Account
Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account. In
accordance with PayPal's User Agreement and to ensure that your account
has not been compromised, access to your account was limited. Your
account access will remain limited until this issue has been resolved. To securely confirm your PayPal information please click on the link bellow:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run
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