An Email with the Subject "PayPal Payment Deactivation Notice !" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 18:44:32 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "PayPal Billing" <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:
Identity protection
matters and PayPal works day
and night to help keep your
identity
safe. That's why 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 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 login to your PayPal account and update your records click on the following link:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run
Thank You for using PayPal
The PayPal Team
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Accounts Management will
periodically send you
information about site changes and
enhancements, as outlined
in our User Agreement.
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Please do not reply to this
email. This mailbox is not
monitored and you will not receive
a response. For
assistance, log in to your PayPal
account and click the Help
link located
in the top right
corner of any PayPal page.
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PayPal Limited is authorised
and regulated by the
Financial Services Authority in
the
United States as an
electronic money institution.
PayPal Email ID PP359
Dear valued PayPal member:
Identity protection
matters and PayPal works day
and night to help keep your
identity
safe. That's why 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 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 login to your PayPal account and update your records click on the following link:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-runThank You for using PayPal
The PayPal Team
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Accounts Management will
periodically send you
information about site changes and
enhancements, as outlined
in our User Agreement.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please do not reply to this
email. This mailbox is not
monitored and you will not receive
a response. For
assistance, log in to your PayPal
account and click the Help
link located
in the top right
corner of any PayPal page.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PayPal Limited is authorised
and regulated by the
Financial Services Authority in
the
United States as an
electronic money institution.
PayPal Email ID PP359