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Notification of Limited Account Access

PayPal


 

 
Scam Report
Date Reported: 26th July 2009 Whats this? Risk Level: MEDIUM Whats this?
 
Details
 
Email Subject:
 Notification of Limited Account Access
Apparent Sender:
 PayPal Whats this?
Return Address:
 service@paypal.com Whats this?
Email Format:  HTML Whats this?
 
URL of Web Content:
 http://www.paypal.com.6ckjzte0vatwx.yim5u57gg4.com
 /cmd-confirm/?310-202-583RNC310-202-583?login&
 login_email=-censored
  Whats this?
Anchor text of URLs:
 1) URL link is in form of image, 2) Click
here to login and restore your account
access, 3) log in, 4) log in, 5)
https://www.paypal.com/row/s ecuritytips Whats this?
Location:
 Location not available Whats this?
 
Scam number:
 2803-40208-212234
 
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 anchor text appears as a legitimate URL, but don't be fooled - clicking on it will take you to a phishing site!


     
Content
 
 

Notification of Limited Account Access

Dear Michael Webb, As part of our security
measures, we regularly screen activity in the
PayPal system. We recently
contacted you after noticing an issue on your
account.We requested information from you for
the following reason:

We recently received a report of unauthorized
credit card use associated with this account.
As a precaution, we have
limited access to your PayPal account in
order to protect against future unauthorized
...



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