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An Email with the Subject "Notification from Billing Department" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:54:44 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "PayPal Inc."<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:
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:
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.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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