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An Email with the Subject "You Have Requested A New Password!" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:56:09 -0800 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 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 PayPal Customer,
> Unfortunately, we were unable to verify the ownership of your account by phone.
> You can still recover your paypal password.
> A password will not be sent to your email address.
> However, you can receive a new password sent to you by U.S. mail by clicking and complete all required steps on the hyper link bellow.
> The link above will expire in 72 hours. The letter containing your password should arrive within 5 business days.
> Non-U.S. accounts should allow up to 10 business days for delivery.
> When you receive this letter, follow the included instructions and enter the code on the PayPal website.
> Thanks for using PayPal!
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> PROTECT YOUR PASSWORD
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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.
> PayPal Email ID PP483
https://www.paypal.com/phone-conf/account-ownership/password-recovery.html