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An Email with the Subject "Update PayPal Online" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:57:49 -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 PayPal® member:
It has come to our attention
that your PayPal®
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.
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=_login-run
Thank You.
PayPal®
UPDATE TEAM
Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, PayPal® will periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements.