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New PayPal scam e-mail

I received another scam e-mail today, this time from PayPal instead of eBay.



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----- Original Message -----
From: service@paypal.com
To: xxxxx@xxxxx.xxx
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 12:25 PM
Subject: Notification of PayPal Unauthorized Account Access


Dear user,

We recently reviewed your account, and suspect that your PayPal account may have been accessed by an unauthorized third party. Protecting the security of your account and of the PayPal network is our primary concern. Therefore, as a preventative measure, we have temporarily limited access to sensitive PayPal account features.

To restore your account access, please take the following steps to ensure that your account has not been compromised:

1. Login to your PayPal account.

2. Confirm your identity by completing the account verification process.

3. Review your recent account history for any unauthorized payments sent or received, and check your account profile to make sure not changes have been made. If any unauthorized activity has taken place on your account, report this to PayPal immediately.

To get started, please click the link below:

"https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_verification-run"

For more information about how to protect your account, please visit PayPal's Security Center, accessible via the "Security Center" link located at the bottom of each page of the PayPal website.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and appreciate your assistance in helping us maintain the integrity of the entire PayPal system. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.


Sincerely,

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 header of any page.

PayPal Email ID PP147
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Anybody else get one of these??? BTW, when I visited the link, my eBay toolbar detected it and gave me a pop-up alert. (I knew it was fake, but I always like to go to them, just to see how convincing they are.)
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Comments

  • AskariAskari Posts: 3,713
    Yeah, a few days ago. I simply forwarded it on to eBay's security group.
    Askari



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  • LloydLloyd Posts: 887
    Usually these are easy to spot but I had a beauty last week "from Ebay" inviting me to join the powersellers programme. Didn't fall for it but it was really convincing.

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