An
Email with the Subject "Verify your account access" was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:49:57 -0700
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as PayPal <services@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.
Scam TagCloud
assistancepaypalpaypal.comlog insuspendverificationactivitysafeaccountnotificationrecordsserviceaccessverifysentbuysellmailrandomlyreference will maintenancesecuritydearfor 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
(
[return-path:] =>
[envelope-to:] => scamdex@scamdex.com
[delivery-date:] => Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:49:57 -0700
[received:] => Array
(
[0] => from trinity.nswebhost.com ([65.254.55.234])by bartok.o7e.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256)(Exim 4.66)(envelope-from )id 1ITjq0-00025W-VHfor scamdex@scamdex.com; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:49:57 -0700
[1] => from perk by trinity.nswebhost.com with local (Exim 4.66)(envelope-from )id 1ITjpr-0002pG-8zfor scamdex@scamdex.com; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:49:47 -0500
)
[to:] => scamdex@scamdex.com
[subject:] => Verify your account access
[from:] => PayPal
[reply-to:] => services@paypal.com
[mime-version:] => 1.0
[content-type:] => text/html
[content-transfer-encoding:] => 8bit
[x-mailer:] =>
[date:] => Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:49:47 -0500
[x-antiabuse:] => Array
(
[0] => This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report
[1] => Primary Hostname - trinity.nswebhost.com
[2] => Original Domain - scamdex.com
[3] => Originator/Caller UID/GID - [32087 32090] / [47 12]
[4] => Sender Address Domain - trinity.nswebhost.com
)
[message-id:] =>
[x-scamdex-scores:] => S:63 P:75 A:71 L:58 E:66 G:56
[x-scamdex-classtype:] => P
[x-scamdex-classscore:] => 75
[x-scamdex-totscore:] => 389
[x-scamdex-kw:] => access,account,activity,assistance,buy,employ,inc.,log in,notification,paypal,records,report,safe,sell,sent,service,suspend,verification,verify
[x-scamdex-em:] => services@paypal.com
[x-scamdex-dir:] => P
[x-scamdex-id:] => P1205734258.M706764P2523V
[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.
PayPal is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community
of buyers and sellers. 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.
We are currently performing regular maintenance of our security
measures. Your account has been randomly selected for this maintenance,
and you will now be taken through a series of identity verification
pages.
In order to confirm your PayPal records, we may require some specific
information from you.
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.
If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choise but to
temporaly suspend your account.
Thank you for using PayPal! The PayPal Team
Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent
to this address cannot be answered. For assistance,
log in to your PayPal account and choose the "Help" link in the
footer of any page.
To receive email notifications in plain text instead of HTML, update
your preferences
here.
PayPal Email ID PP697
Security Center Advisory!
Dear Valued Member,
PayPal is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community
of buyers and sellers. 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.
We are currently performing regular maintenance of our security
measures. Your account has been randomly selected for this maintenance,
and you will now be taken through a series of identity verification
pages.
In order to confirm your PayPal records, we may require some specific
information from you.
Click here to verify your account
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.
If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choise but to
temporaly suspend your account.
Thank you for using PayPal! The PayPal Team
Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent
to this address cannot be answered. For assistance,
log in to your PayPal account and choose the "Help" link in the
footer of any page.
To receive email notifications in plain text instead of HTML, update
your preferences
here.
PayPal Email ID PP697
