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A secondary e-mail address has been added to
your PayPal account.

PayPal


 

 
Scam Report
Date Reported: 15th October 2006 Whats this? Risk Level: MEDIUM Whats this?
 
Details
 
Email Subject:
 A secondary e-mail address has been added to your PayPal account.
Apparent Sender:
 PayPal Whats this?
Return Address:
 < accounts@paypal.com > Whats this?
Email Format:  HTML Whats this?
 
URL of Web Content:
 http://raptor.interq.pl/UserFiles/Image/ Illustration/.pp/tmp/ Whats this?
Location:
 Poland Whats this?
 
Scam number:
 aa-3602
 
Comments:
  • Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at PayPal by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.


  • PayPal never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.


  • The REAL URL of the spoof website looks nothing like the actual PayPal URL.
     
Content
 
 
 
"If you don't agree with this email jasonw01@verizon.net and if you need assistance with your account, click here and login."

You've added an additional email address to your account.
If you don't agree with this email jasonw01@verizon.net and if you need assistance with your account, click here and login.

To make sure you can use your PayPal account the next time you make a purchase, all you need to do is confirm or not your email address.
If your email program has problems with hypertext links, you may also confirm your email address by logging in to your account.

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team

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 PP007
 
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