An
Email with the Subject "Dear Member" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 17:52:29 -0800
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as "service" <member@aa.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.
Scam TagCloud
assistancepaypalpaypal.comloginlog inactivitypasswordsafeaccountserviceinc.internetaccesssecuresentbuysellmailusersincerelyrespect will security(http://paypal.com/)dearhttp://paypal.com/)https://www.paypal.com/us...for assistance
NO CHART DATA - EMAIL HAS NOT YET BEEN ANALYSED
Scam Email Headers
This a (redacted) view of the raw email headers of this scam email.
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) has been suppressed, but can be
supplied as received to appropriate investigating or law enforcement agencies on request.
EEEEEstdClass Object
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[return-path:] =>
[envelope-to:] => submitted@scamdex.com,scams@scamdex.com
[delivery-date:] => Sun, 04 Feb 2007 17:52:29 -0800
[received:] => Array
(
[0] => from [216.200.145.37] (helo=omta06.mta.everyone.net)by bartok.o7e.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63)(envelope-from )id 1HDt1x-0006PO-1a; Sun, 04 Feb 2007 17:52:29 -0800
[1] => from dm26.mta.everyone.net (bigiplb-dsnat [172.16.0.19])by omta06.mta.everyone.net (Postfix) with ESMTPid BEBE91C17E; Sun, 4 Feb 2007 17:50:52 -0800 (PST)
[2] => from 133.potential-network.com (210.245.166.133 [210.245.166.133])by dm26.mta.everyone.net (EON-INBOUND) with ESMTP id dm26.45bce2b0.18dfb19for ; Sun, 4 Feb 2007 17:50:47 -0800
[3] => by 133.potential-network.com (Postfix, from userid 48)id 9798E119252B; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 09:38:47 +0800 (HKT)
)
[x-eon-delivered-to:] =>
[x-eon-dm:] => dm26
[to:] => phishing@antihotmail.com
[subject:] => Dear Member
[x-mailer:] => <1170639527.77444.qmail@ebay.com>
[from:] => "service"
[content-type:] => text/html
[date:] => Mon, 5 Feb 2007 09:38:47 +0800 (HKT)
[sender:] =>
[message-id:] =>
[x-scamdex-scores:] => S:43 P:49 A:50 L:40 E:51 G:39
[x-scamdex-classtype:] => E
[x-scamdex-classscore:] => 51
[x-scamdex-totscore:] => 272
[x-scamdex-kw:] => access,account,activity,assistance,buy,employ,inc.,internet,log in,login,password,paypal,safe,sell,sent,service,user
[x-scamdex-em:] => phishing@antihotmail.com
[x-scamdex-dir:] => P
[x-scamdex-id:] => P1204818641.M787626P21232V
[x-scamdex-copyright:] => This Email is Copyright Scamdex.com 2009, Reproduction Prohibited
)
Domain Names used for collecting scam email ("Honeypot email accounts") have been obscured and replaced with the token 'HUN1P0T'
Community Action - SPAM/non-Scam Report
Occasionally, incorrectly categorized emails get into the Scamdex Scam Email Database and need to be removed. If this
email has Personally Identifiable Information (PII), or is, in your opinion, from a bona-fide entity, let us know.
Scamdex will, as soon as is practicable, take-down any emails that in our opinion should not
be in our database. Note that ALL emails in the Scamdex Scam Email Database were received as Unsolicited Commercial Email, aka UCE or
SPAM, via unpublished 'Honeypot' email addresses.
Dear PayPal Member,
PayPal is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community of buyers and sellers. To protect the security of your account, we employ the most advanced security systems in the world and regularly screen our system for unusual activity.
Recently, our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account. Per PayPal's user agreement, we have limited access to your account until this issue has been resolved. This is a fraud prevention measure meant to ensure that your account is not compromised.
In order to secure your account and quickly restore full access, we require some specific information from you.
Login follow our secure site and update all necessary informations to your account.
Click here to restore your account access
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience.
To
safely and securely access the PayPal website or your account, open a new web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or
Netscape) and type in the PayPal login page (http://paypal.com/) to be sure you are on the real PayPal
site.
PayPal will never ask you to enter your password in an email.
For more information on protecting
yourself from fraud, please review our Security Tips at https://www.paypal.com/us/securitytips
Protect Your Password
You should never give your PayPal password to anyone.
